The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-14
TROPH|ESFOR NANKATO'
CURI0S FROM battlefield
WILL BE OBTAINED
Secretary Soaring Of the Com
mercial Club Is At Work On
Proposition

Mankato will have some captured
trophies of the war as soon as any
other city. Recently Secretary Scar
ing of the Mankato Commercial club
took the matter up with the war de-
partment at Washington and also with
Representative Ellsworth and Senators
Nelson and Kellogg. The following
replies will speak for themselves:
Yours of the 23rd at hand. | will
write department, calling attention TO
application, and also inquire as 10
present plans of distribution, TO ascer-
tain what steps can be taken 10 in
sure consideration certainly feel
that we ought TO have some special
consideration for Mnakato. Cordial
ly, F. F. Ellsworth
Responsive TO your letter of Jan
uary %, enclosing a copy of your let
ter TO the war department, | have TO
advise that at this time the depart
ment has received no ordnance of
any description for donation. / have
IOWtNeT, dShtu llldl tllC -hohho'o >oAA
mercial club be placed on their list,
TO receive a proper allotment OF any
such ordnance as it may receive in
the future for distribution. Yours
very truly. Frank B. Kellogg"
Your favor of the 23rd is at hand.
relative 10 securing war trophy lot
your city. | shall within few days
introduce bill in the senate, author
izing the secretary of war TO donate
10 your city a captured German can
non or field piece, or a condemned
United States cannon or field piece
and shall be glad to help as FAR as
possible if the matter. Yours very
truly, Knute Nelson"
"Referring TO your letter or jan
uary 90, 1919, relative to the appiica
ton of your Commercial club Tor an
allotment of one or more captured en-
emy cannon for each OF your pupilc
marks. three in number, and any TANKS
armored automobiles, and any lesser
trophies of war, beg leave TO ADVISE
you as follows: :,
1.-The war department has asked
General Pershing TO send to this coun-
try captured cannons and such other
war material as can be distributed.
Only small quantity has thus far
been received most of which is now
in the possession of the Liberty Loan
committee for exhibition purposes.
1.-The department is receiving many
requests similar to the one contained
in your letter, and they are being
made a matter of official record for
further consideration when larger
quantity of material becomes avail
able, ard the question of its distri-
button, which is matter for congress,
shall have been determined. Very re-
spectfully, ]. c. Ashburn, Adjutant
General"
letter of similar import was re-
ceived from C. c. Williams, Major
general. chief of Ordnance, U. S. A.
AS will be noted from the adjutant
generals letter, Mr.. Soaring put in
an application for trophies for each
of the citys principal parks, Sibley,
Washington and Highland, to include
captured cannan, tanks, armored au-
tomobiles or any lesser trophies. He
thought that while he was asking, he
might as well ask for enough to go
around He cited the hundreds of
soldiers and sailors furnished by Man
kato, their fine. record, and the fact
of the city going lover the top in
every patriotic money solicitation,
TO say nothing of its Ded Cross and
other work, and the universal loyalty
of its citizens.