El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-21
Ari&Onq Plans
Victory Shoe
At State Fair
Will Have Exhibition Of
Arms And Equipment
Taken From Germans.

Phoenix. Ariz-. Aug. Clone OF the
outstanding attractions OF the Arizona
state fair this year will be the COM
I bined government exhibits. Arrange
ments have just beesn completed
whereby the ~ictory show as it is
called. VIII be staged every day OF
fair week. November 8 to s. inclusive,
without any extra charge TO the pub
! lie. One Of the features Of these
exhibits consists Of trophies and
other enemy material captured on the
battlefields Of France by American
soldiers The captured articles. in
Guiding almost everything from a big
trench mortar TO a canteen. have just
been brought TO this country and have
never before been on exhibition. With
them viii be shown military and ma
val equipment Of the American forces,
in addition TO displays from other
departments Of the government.
The character Of the display OF cap
tured material is indicated by the fol-
lowing partial list
Light and heavy machine guns. anti
tank guns. rifles and carbines, small
arms ammunition, grenatenwerfers.
( trench mOrtars. hand grenades hal
NETS OF various kinds. sabers. officers
and enlisted mems canteens. shells
and cartridge cases of various sizes.
trench periscOpes, gas shells. smoke
hand grenades. smoke pots. antigas
alarm devices. field telephones and
switchboards. signal lamps. breast
reels and trench lanterns.
Visitors to the exhibit viii have
an opportunity TO compare the Ger
man equipment with that used by
the American fighters Among the
articles furnished by the war depart
ment OF the United States government
are the following.
Field gun and mount. trench NOR
tar. light and heavy machine guns.
aircraft gun. rifles. trench helmets
hand and rifle grenades. dummy cart
ridges and drop bombs. complete set
Of infantry equipment. figures wear
ing different uniforms OF the army.
including the winter uniform supplied
TO troops on duty in Russia, live car
rier pigeons. some Of which saw ser
vice on the firing line in France. ma
tional and regimental colOrs. insignia !
and campaign badges, wireless tele- |
phone apparatus, and variOues other
equipment from the ordnance depart [
ment. quartemaster corps. signal I
corps, engineer corps. air service and ]
medical department Of the army
One OF the feature exhibits is a col |
lection Of 80 enlarged photographs /
selected from 10000 taken BY army T,
photographers in France
The navy will exhibit two complete
exhibition models Of fighting ships. I
and five small models showing the I
application Of camouflace. Other ma
val exhibites viii be radio telephones. !
tOrpedOes and their trucks. machine /
guns and rifles, guns OF the kind thar I
were mounted on submarine cha sers. |
Y guns for launching depth charges. /
Of various sizes. and win
ter clothing. including a set of the /
kind worn on submarines. The ma
rine corps aleso Will exhibit a large /
number OF articles Of equipment
Other exhibits VIII be shown from I
the department OF commerce and the /
department Of labor Altogether the /
government is expected TO be Of great !
aid in bringing the public in closer /
touch with the activities and achieve ]
ments Of the government