Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-07
MEMORIALS FOR
WOUNDED |OWANS
SOLDIERS WHO BEAR SCARS OF
WAR TO be GIVEN HONOR
CERTIFICATES.
SIMILAR TOKENS FOR
KIN OF DEAD SOLDIERS
Memorials to Bear Signature of FIRES
ident and to Be Appropriately
Worded-WiIl Be Sent to Those
Entitled to Thorn Without AppIica-
tion-oaper Shortage Causes Some
Delay in Issuance.
,IBy E. @. Dougherty.1

Z 81 W washington, July (."-AS a molnen-
to of their service with the American
army. all Iowa soldiers who were
wounded in the world war are 10 be
given, a memorial certificate by the
/ war department, and the nearest
relative Of all Iowa soldiers who died
In the service will be similarly
honored with a certificate, Secretary
Of War Baker has just announced.
The Smemorials will bear the
fac-simile of the SIGNATURE Of Presi-
dent Wilson and will be appropriate
~ worded to describe the action in
which the Hawkeye heroes were
wounded or where they made the
great sacrifice for their country. Al,
officers. enlisted men, field clerks and
other members Of the authorized
military establishment will be in-
cluded, whether their wounds or
death occurred In this country or
. abroad.
Where 1t appears that the person
entitled to q wound certificate has
{ died since discharge from the service,
the certificate will be issued to the
next OF kin. In all other cases the
memorial will be mailed direct to
the former soldier in. mailable tubes
SO the certificate can be framed or
otherwise preserved
No, Application Required.
Secretary Bakers Announcement
said that no application for the
memorial is necessary or, required.
Correspondence with reference Il, the
date the memorial may be expected
lis also discouraged. Owing to delays
IN securing suitable paper and tc, the
amount of work involved in prepar-
ing the certificates, it will be we'll
toward the end Of the present year
before the last of the certificates will
be ready for mailing The wound
certificates will be first to be pre-
pared and dispatched to persons who
are entitled to them. The paper
for the death memorials has not yet
been received and their Issuance will
be materially delayed.
The adjutant general of the army
Is to enEross each certificate, ana
mail them to each person entitled to
the memorial There are approx
mately 1922 men killed and 22i.,O59
men wounded In the war.
Rife Ranges For Public. +;
The war department in order to
I promote rifle practice among civil
ians has notified Adjutant General
#Lasher. and other state adjutants
general that II. they desire to open
the state-ownedsrifie ranges under
their jurisdiction for small -arms tar
lsget practice by rife clubs, SCHOOLS,
colleges and other responsible or
Nominations the army. will authorize
tho state adiutants general to issue
the arms. ammunition and necessary
target material on ranges where the
state. maintains adequate personnel
for their care and for the main
tenance Of discipline.
Rifles, ammunition and target ma
terial on hand In the various states
which has been furnished for the alse
kof the National Guard from the state
militia appropriations will not be
used for this purpose, but requisi-
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ssget material for the use OF civilian
ORGANIZATIONS will be considered and
4 authorized on the basis Of four rifles
for each target available on the
range. but not to exceed fifty rifles
for any one camp or station. These
rifles will be issued daily to mem
bers Of the organizations who apply
for them. In regard to ammunition
the annual allowance for any indi-
syidual will not exceed that pre-
scribed for Workmanship instruction
Rof the infantry soldier of the regular
! army, nor will more. than fifty
rounds per man be issued for any
one days practice.
The war department is authorized
4 by law to encourage rifle practice
among civilians. clubs and college
and university teams. and this recent
authorization Is made for the pur-
/ pose OF encouraging the shooters OF
the various states to keep in prac-
4 tice with small arms without great
financial outlay being required from
Z them.