Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-21
CROWDS FROM ALL OVER couN
TY SPEND SUNDAY VIEWING
TROPHIES OF WAN.
WHlPPET TANK ATTRACTS
ATTENTION ON STREETS
Spad Observation Plane Also Proves
One Of Most interesting Features
Thousands Present for Speaking in
Interest of Victory loan-Trophy
Car is Camouflaeed.

Thousands from this city neighbor-
ing towns and surrounding country
gathered Sunday to view the interest
| ing exhibit OF war relics shown from a
special train in the Northwestern rail-
road yards. From early morning until
a late hour at night hundreds OF inter-
ested spectators surged about the fiat
cars loaded with field pieces, the whip
pet tank, the Spad aeroplane and guns.
and passed thru the coach containing
the smaller and no less interesting
trophies of the great struggle. Many
residents of the city visited the train
Saturday evening. Leaving at $3.50
this morning the train went west on
the Northwestern stopping this fore
noon at State Center Nevada and
Ames.
During the speaking in the interest
of the victory loan, at o'clock Sunday
afternoon. several thousand persons
were assembled at the train. Interest
ing addresses We're made by members
of the staff in charge of the train, in
Guiding soldiers who had seen active.
service in France. Just before the
speaking a troop train of casuals from
overseas stopped for ten minutes at
the union station in view of the throng
gathered to hear the program.
Interesting War Trophies.
Chief interest in the collection of
war trophies conferred in the whippet
tank, one of the smaller type OF tanks
used in France with great success. The
whippet was taken from the train Sat
urday evening and again Sunday fore
noon TO make a trip thru the business
district of the city 1t was fully
armoured and camouhaged and carried
a quick firer. 1t was Cleverly manipu-
lated by skilled driver, who demon
strated it's advantages in quick and
sharp maneuvering.
Perhaps the next trophy Of war 10
hold the attention Of the public was
the French Spad. which showed the
effect Of hard service both on the bat
tie front and in touring the country
on a more peaceful mission. The
machine was constructed for observa-
ton purposes, with seats for an OBJ
server and pilot, and a machine gun
platform for the former.
Machine Guns Ora" Attention.
The leading attractions in the eX-
hibit coach were the varied types OF
machine guns shown, including the
greatly discussed Lewis gun. The
trophy car contained many interesting
relics of the allied armies and Of the
defeated Hun forces. The car itself
attracted much attention in It's coat
ing Of camoufage paint. The trophies
shown included the following:
French plane (Spad), German mach
,ne gun mount, gun shield, snip!ng
shield, floating mine. shell roller.
American timber, 14-inCh high eXpio-
sive (navaD, American trench mortar
whippet tank, German trench mortar
French Hotchkiss machine gun nm
her. Italian 3-inch field piece, krupp
3-inch piece, star shell protector Ger
man 3-inch field piece timber. French
trench mortar, German machine gun
4-inch American field piece, rack Oh
assorted rifles. Lewis machine gun,
mes pan. aerial torpedo, 16-incA naval
shell. McHugh naval stretcher. cavalry
equipment. star shell thrower. French
sabers. United States cartridge belt,