Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17

Inc funds Tor this statuefte were rails.
ed b. popular subscription. and Ga
Depeche." i Brest paper Of June Is,
1918, has the following item:
There has been magnificent re-
Spouse by all classes OF society OF all
ages for the subscription, to buy the
Joan OF Arc; q response prompted by
lgratitude and admiration as well as
affection for our allies from across the
Atlantic
The widows Of the war, the or
phans, the mutilated. the wounded
the school children, the poor refugees,
with full hearts. are all Offering their
mite"
On June 20 the same paper states:
| "The goal has been reached. The
! sum subscribed so rapidly and gener-
ously by our fellow-citizens exceeds
Jour needs .. The surplus is to
be used to give every patient In the
American hospitals on the Fourth OF
July a souvenir of Brittany"
The statuette was duly presented on
the Fourth of July with very simple
but most effective ceremonies. No in
vitations were sent out, but the place
| OF meeting was too small to hold the
crowd that assembled, among whom
was young man directly descended
from the elder brother of Jean of Arc.
Admiral Wilson made brief speech
OF acceptance in reply to the words OF
the chairman of the committee, point
ing out the admiration OF the United
States for France. and later he sent a
letter reiterating his own appreciation
and that OF the forces under his com
mand.
The statuette was presented to the
Naval Academy by Admiral Wilson on
behalf of the Navy, and it is now dis
played in Memorial Hall.
National Aud Battery C0l0rs
One of the exhibits that has not yet
been displayed consists of the National
Colors and Colors of the u. S. Naval
Batteries, which were presented by
Rear Admiral Plunkett u. S. Navy,
who commanded the batteries of heavy
naval guns that were mounted on rail-
way cars, and used to shell the Ger
mans at long range. These batteries
did excellent work and proved the eff
ficiency and adaptability of the Nays
Organization and personnel. The flags
are to be exhibited at Mahan Hall,
where most of the important flags of
the Naval Academy collection are dis
played.
The first article at the Academy in
consideration of the time at which 1t
was taken Is a German minenwerfer,
captpred by First Battalion, 9th Mar
ines, 4th Brigade, End Division. A. E.
F., in Belleau Woods, June II, 1918,
and presented to the Naval Academy
by the Marine Brigade with their COM
pliments. 1t was one TO the first two
captured by the above brigade of
Marines, which was under command
of Brigadier-General j. G. Harbord,
National Army. The other was pre-
scented to the Military Academy, at
West Point, and both trophies were
exhibited about the country in con-
nection with the Fourth Liberty Loan.
The weapon is in the custody of the
Ordnance Department of the Naval
Academy, and is on exhibition there.
German Machine Gun
Another of the trophies that was
taken as the result of an engagement
is German machine gun, which was
Abandoned by the Germans during the
third attack on Cambria, from Seps
tember to October 1918 American
troops participated in these operations
in conjunction with British and Co
lonial units of the French Army. This
gun was presented to the Naval Acad-
envy by Captain T. T.. Craven, u. S.
Navy This gun is in the Ordance De-
partment at the Academy, for it is