The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
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fpreetpl facte concerning Ine W.
terests Of Former Soldiers,
Il Sailors and Marines. -.
France spent APPROPRIATELY 20V
Dillon francs on the war.
Texas leads In the National
Guard strength Of the country.
Germany lost thirty.two times az
many men IN war as the United
Z States.
A little over two.seyenthS Of the
!otal loss Of Life In the a. Z. +. was
caused BY disease.
:. One hundred and five thousand
ksoldiers are now studying In army
H,educational and occupational
schools.
The United States army has =
noiseless machine gunS said to have
8 capacity Of firing 1000 shots
Q minute.
The largest gun used in the Uni.
a States army Is the 16inch gun,
Which Is the type used on The Pan
anna Canal.
American Legion posts through
out the United States are staging
elaborate celebrations for ARMS.
tee Day, November II.
Among soldiers and sailors Of the
tAmerlcan Exped!tionary Force. no
f1ess than 1000 have mysteriouslY
4 disappeared.
The War department Of Great
Britain appropriated Se5,g09,0OO for
educating and training soldiers our
ing the coming year.
A permanent record Of more than
1900 officers who died In the war
dIeing compiled by the Army and
Navy club Of America.
There are more than 5000 names
on the list Of draft dodgers from
the eastern district Of Pennsylva
MIA, which includes Philadelphia.
Total losses Of life in all wars In
the 18th century was 4,449,0OO. Cas-
ualt!es Of the world war, 1a1+191S,
for al countries totaled 100000.
& The American Legion post No.
4 209, Of Akron, o., has a member.
ifhip Of 1876 made up entirely Of
employees Of a tire andrubber com.
pa1y IN that city.
Various activities Of the Service
,Jct Supply Which performed much
creditable work In France, consist
y 81 Of 668,312 men, including 23,772
Gulian employees.
After twenty-five operations, Ser.
geant Russell S. Rankin, Of Gym.
thiana, KY, one Of the first soldiers
70 enlist after America entered the
N1er, Is to have a new face
III There Is a shortage Of fish In
France and the fishermen Of that
country want the enemy to replen.
ish the streams and rivers with fish
scared away by both bombs and
4 grenades.
One Of the largest individual
warehouses for an army supply
base In the world, situated at
BROOKLYN, n. Y, was built by the
construction division Of the United
States army.
" In conformity with the Peace
ISCreaty the German government has
fsurrendered to the municipality OF
! Srasburg thirty-slx old cannoEs
removed from the city by the Ger.
mans In 1870.
New York state offers 500 as
tuition fee and 500 for mainte-
nance In schools and colleges TO
educate soldiers, sailors, marines
and trained nurses Of that state
who served in the world war.
Officers Of the United States
army are to have a new ra!Gcca;
Eirtlar to tho trench coat. Il wiz
~ made Of oiiye-6rab worsted
erge, double breasted and will be
oFn with q belt at the waist.
ifhe German "Big Bertha" which
began shelling Paris March 90,
1915, at a distance Of 70 miles,
flung lS3 shells into The city, l2e
shells without its limits, killed 256
1lncombatants. and wounded $50.
a mobilization Of the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets OF the United
States in the vicinity Of the Gull OF
Panama, next January, Is to be the
greatest concentration Of sea power
IN the history Of the American
Navy.
France paid an indemnity Of ST.