The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-18
HAND GRENADES
To SAVE MONEY
The Hand Grenade in Neutrality-suspicious.
OF One of Most Deadly weapons
OF Great world struggle.

Wheeling hanks a" going to aid STATE
| War Savings Director John f.. norman
| in his hand grenade savings oank
drive. MI Norman announced yester
: day that within n few days thousands OF
! real hand crrnad"s will he received IN
. Wheeling for distribution among School
| children. in tn" hope and DcIlc1 lha'
! gr ut saving will result.
! Mr.. Norman nrrk"s tho following in
: tc-cstiuy statement concerning mana
! grenadrS and thrift:
/ once again the old prophecy "They
! shall beat their swords int" plough
shares" is h"nE fulfilled. only lh'S
! time. it should be transp"Scd to fiji more
! modern requirements and r"ad' lh"H
shall turn. their crcnadcS into savings
| banks" for millions Of tho onc-llm'
! deadly weapons. now robbed of Their
! high explosive and provided with slot
| TO admit Irrnirs and dimes. are DOING
! duty as savings banks for children.
lust rs Tie original grGnadi"r was
selected for his mental and physical SUI
| Lcrinri;r in IN" nidcn days. so was IN"
! mcn in tho trenches entrusted with IN"
| dangerous business Of Errnad" throwing
! only when he was aCtiv" AMI quick III
! Judgment. intelligent and fearless. En-
! liStin. N the great army of youthful
| grruadicrs should. for these reasons.
| provc nm inspiration TO children of all
| ages for special qualifications arc de-
| mlndcd today from these Thrift Gren-
| adicr*.
To every child under tho age Of seven
! teen wears WI hc given this opportun-
| ity Of enlistment. by calling ut any
| local bank each ono may secure hand
! grenade savings bank MS loan for the
! sumner months. If enough money IL
| saved 10 purChoS" ono or more War Sa"-
/ ingS Stamps the grenade becomes the
| property of he child at the end of
! specified time. II was originally in
tended to make the loan period for tn"
| summer vacation only. but owing TO
! unavoidable delay in the preparation OF
| tie hand grcnadcs for savings banks. II
| has been decided TO extend the time.
Grcnadcs were known to have been In
| use five centuries ago. In 1877. at the
| siege OF the Fortress Of CasamaEgiorc
| on tho river Po. tn" defenders used
! primtiv" grenade, made Of glass bot
! tic filled with powder. Grenadrs were
| used ut tho siege Of ROucn in 1862. and
at the siege Of Namtcndonrk in the
! Low Countries in 1855. When the con-
taincr Developed from glass 10 iron they
made a tremendous effect.
! During the reign Of Louis NV in
! 1865. tn" pocket used Tor carrying gre
nadcs began to he known rs the ErCna-
| dicrc and II wnS not long until tho pick
cd soldiers who secured tho country in
advance Of the line of march. entrusted
with tho deadly hand bombs, were
! known rs the grenadicrs.
/ In English history. ms wcll.hthe grcna-
/ dicrS are found from the seventeenth
| century on. and on tho Continent. during
the war sof the first part Of tho nine
tcenth century. grcnadcS played large
part.
1t was loft for tho Russo-Jnpanese
| war in 1904. To develop tho hand gre
made nearest the ones in the Great War.
ana the hi/ 'ry Of this development IL
! extremely interesting. Jam tins. toma-
to cans. any kind of metal rNc"ptaclcs.
were savcd-cvcn ut tho beginning OF IN"
European War-and filled with cXpl"-
! sives, bits of shell. shrapn"l balls. mas
and mud to hurl ut the better prepared
| enemy. The hair brush" tho cricket
hall" etc, were the next stops in the
! evolution Of tho modern Mills bomb.
! which was the final step used by the
| English and American armies.
1t is the Mills Defensive Bomb. Mark
! H. which will be used to equip tho
school children of the United States in
| their fight on waste. Enlisted by
! classes into companies OF Thrift GrCna-
dicrs. they will jam their Gronadcs full
! Of pennies and dimes with which 10 buy
! Thrift and War Savings Stamps. With
the aid of the Grcnadcs, by drilling in
steady saving wise buying and safe in
vestmcnt. they will bccom" an indcpcni-
! cnt Citizcnry assuring prosperity and
! happiness to their country.
| No uniform will characterize this now
army of grcnadcrs. hut tho patriotic
fight in which thCS" little soldiers will
: engage will bear the highest testimony
as to tho true worth Of those who pledge
thcmscl rs to DO "activC and quick in
judgment, intelligent and fearless"