South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-13
EXHIBIT TRAIN
To VISIT CITY
To BOOST LOAN
Foe Trophies and American
War implements to be
Displayed.

The visit Of the great war ex-
hibit train 10 boost the victory Lib
erty loan TO South Bend next week
promises TO be an interesting fea-
ture OF the program preliminary 10
the opening OF the loan on April
81. The train Will come into South
Bend over the New j Ork Central
railroad Thursday morning. IL is
due 10 arrive at 9.15 o'clock in the
morning and leave at 1890 o'clock
in the afternoon w l. Chandler.
county chairman of the loan, is in
touch with railroad officials to have
the train placed in prominent To-
cation along the New York Central
right-of-way in this city. 10 give
just as large number Of local PEG
pie as possible opportunity 10 visit
the train.
The train viii go from here to
Mishawaka IT will arrive in Misha
waka at 1910 o'clock and is due
10 leave at $40 o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
Have Big Collection.
The citizens of every city and
large town i'm the seventh federal
reserve district will be given the op-
portunity during the period of the
Victory Liberty loan campaign Of
seeing the greatest and most inter
esting collection Of war trophies and
implements ever gathered together
when they visit this train. 1t is
veritable museum on wheels-and
being an education in itself as per
tanning TO the sort of death-dealing
devices employed by the allies and
the central powers in the great war.
There will be four of these war
exhibit trains in all, each one con-
sisting of three fiat ears loaded with
captured cannon, wrecked German
planes and like trophies. a bag
gage car in which are displayed
thousands OF smaller articles Of
warfare, many OF them being Yam
kee inventions that helped Uncle
sam in winning the war; "a Pullman
sleeping car carrying "A lecturer, an
escort OF soldiers and company of
sailors. The exhibits are absolutely
free to the public, and every one
is cordially invited 10 visit the roll
ing war museum" and learn more
in an hour Of the fighting nipple
ments OF warfare than could be
gained In months of reading, il ever
IN any other way
To Help Loan.
These trains are sent out by the
Liberty loan committee of the
seventh federal reserve district to
awaken interest in the Victory Lib
erty loan and help put it across in
the locality. They were found to
be a great aid in the fourth Lib
erty loan campaign. and it is ex-
pected they viii prove an even
greater help in the Victory loan
drive.
Each exhibit will include a
captured German airplane-one Of
the high-speed Fokkers that the
Germans claimed-and believed for
"A brief time were too speedy 10 be
shot down by the allies aviators.
This shattered machine testifes TO
the superiority of the American
planes and craftsmanship Another
remarkable relic is "a captured Ger
man anti-aircraft gun. mounted on
an automobile. just as Ii was cap
tured from the foe by our intrepid
Yankee fighters and still pointing
skyward in mock defiance of the
imaginary American bombing
planes that. as a reality, silenced IT
forever
Many War Implements.
Then in profusion there are
trench mOrtars. howitzers. grenade
throwers and grenades. torpedces.
helmets. gas masks. hreastplates.
rifles. bayonets. floating mines.
depth bombs. pack carriers, haver-
sacks. machine guns, mess kits.
liquid. aerial. motor and gas bombs.
a great variety of shells. bullet cIips.
daggers. revolvers. ammunition
wagons. and so forth, in all a be-
wildering variety OF war material
and impedimenta.
The German trophies form only a
comparatively small part OF the in
teresting burden OF this wonder
train. In particular there are the
very machine guns that our boys
used along the western front with
such telling effect-at Chateau
Thierry in the Argonne Forest. in
Belleau's Woods. along the St
Mihiei salient in the Toul sector. az
scissors, and on dozen other bat
tie fields where our valiant Yankee
heroes scattered the barbarous foe
before them in some OF the most
sanEuinary and most bitterly fought
battles OF history. and where Amer
lean arms proved the deciding fac
tor IN winning the great struggle
for humanity and saving civilization
from being destroyed by the vandal
Huns.
'Sec What You Got"
Chairman Chandler said today:
Here Is your great and final op-
portunity 10 see with your own ewes
what your money did TO win the war
the money that you paid for Lib
erty bonds II was much of these
same munitions OF war that went
into the vast preparations that Tn
Gle sam made and which decided
the conflict and ended IL a full year
earlier than was expected. thereby
saving the lives Of half a million OF
Americas bravest sons. The pro-
ceads from the Victory loan will be