The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-12

'sersat M debE Of lie Republic may
. Sc accomplished In forty year,.
Nearly 400 miles Of ribbon Htll Be
reorired for the Victory Medal TO
be furnished to World war veterans
81 the q. s. Government.
The use Of military tines In connec.
ton with commercial enterprises viii
moi be permitted In the future By Or
der OF the War Department.
OF the 5000 foreign war brides
married BY American soldiers, sailors
and marines, Il were Italian, 70 Rus,
sian. seven Spanish, five Swiss and
i've Greek.
Of gold for the production Of q medal
10 Be presented to President Wilson
comnemorating his visit to Paris, the
impression will be made up IN bronze.
The Sons Of Veterans, U. S. A., was
brought into existence in 1870. Camp
No i was organized In Philadelphia
on September 90 OF that year and the
order extended rapidly all over the
United States.
Seventy expert nap-makers Of the
IU S. Marine Corps recently lett ior
France 10 make Typographical maps
OF ali the battlefeilds on which inc
marines fought during thu war. =
The use Of high explosives IN moo-
ern warfare has about reached ire
end Of its development. Poisonous
eases. it is indicated. cannot be made
much more dangerous. than were
those contived in the World war:
Among the twenty-eight PreSlden!s
o. the United States VINO served IN
war were washington, Monroe. jack
son. ". H. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor,
Buchanan, Lincoln, Pierce, Grant
Hayes. Garfield, Arthur, B. HARRISON
Mckinley and Roosevelt. a..
Judge W. S. Simkins, OF Austln,
Teyas. claims the distinction OF trlne
the first shot Of the Civil war: II was
on February 10, 1861, just NIT, nine
wears ago. Judge Simkins has oeen
\ member Of the law faculty Of the
University Of Texas since 1893.
Canada's reparation claim againnSst
Germany amounts to S1,S71, 0OV,0gV.
The claim is for losses sustained Dy
the Dominion and its citizens, and IN
cIudes: Cost OF war and domobillza-
ZION. st.7l5,O00,000; separation al
lowances. SS5,0Os, 900; Halifax losses
$50 600, 900; army of occupation
$500, 900, and Illegal warfare, $751;
100000. A.. .,;,-
lionaire draft dodger, who made a
sensational escape from military au-
thorities while on a visit to Philadel,
mia. can be extradited from England
Should he 20 TO that country. Great
Britain is the only country IN tne
world which has an agreement with
the United States whereby military
prisoners can be returned.
The War Department has perfected
al, armored aeroplane designed ior
use against troops or land tortitlca,,
tons. The armored craft is equipped
with two Liberty engines, and both
engine and fusilage are completely
armored. It carries eight machine
guns. The plane is well constructed
for battel in the air al high altitudeE
or for ground "staing"S troops close
IN tho Garth
Among the hundreds Of suggestions
as to the most advantageous ma manner 6er
in which to raise the $1,000, 100000
required for the payment Of bonus lot
World war veterans, Mark Harris, Of
Buffalo, N. Y, offered the most novel;
"A national lottery" he says, would
be the logical way TO raise a billion;
or two, and as such a scheme WOULD
not raise taxes or increase the nign
cost Of living. there is much to COM
mend it"