Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-21
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FOrceful Facts Concerning the In
terests OF Former Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines.

The ". S. government has $780,
600 people, in its civilian army.
American army mules proved
the superior in war work in France.
Wisconsin has 240 American Le-
gion posts and nearly $4,000 MEM
bersJ
For service in the civil war, o.
$4,000 men were called by Presi-
dent Lincoln.
The United States borrowed
s19,772,167,570.27 in war bonds
from 1917 to 1919.
The average height of the
French 'poilu" of 1914 was feet
o and one-half inches.
There were forty-two American
divisions sent to France during the
world war. '-.#
Approximately 1900 graves of
American soldiers have been pho
tographed in France.
Seven of the 4S9 general officers
in the U. s. army during the recent
""i "VlC iolclSll-D OIIl.
Only eight per cent of the Ameri-
can soldiers in the world war We're
over thirty years of age.
One million foreign-born labor
ers have left the United States for
Europe since the armistice.
Death. sentence was passed on
3,076 British soldiers during the
world war, but only 343 were ex-
ecuted.
Only former service men of the
British army are employed by the
Prince of Wales as his male SER
wants in England. e..
More than 2,000,OOO,OOO French
citations are recorded for the
period of the war and up to March
j., of this year.
American soldiers totalling $780,
900 participated in the st. Mihiel
drive and 100000 in the Meuse-
Argonne offensive.
In the U. S. navy, the vessels of
the Atlantic fleet have 24,671 men.
The Pacific fleet carries a person
mel of 22,390 men.
About $4,000 veteran officers
who served in the army during the
war have accepted commissions in
the officers reserve corps.
The allied forces on the Rhine
are made up as follows: United
States, 10000 British, $4,000;
French, $4,000; Belgium, 10000.
Though the American Legion Is
less than fifteen months old, 1,5O0,-
900 ex-service men and women al
ready belong to the organization.
In the course of his inspection
Of Panama canal activities, Gener-
al Pershing recently kissed more
than a score of pretty young Bal
boa girls.
An American Legion post with
only thirty-five members at EN-
den, H., has $4,000 in it's treasury
and runs the only moving picture
show in that town.
The armory at the University of
Illinois is claimed to have the
largest unobstructed floor space in
the world. 1t is 400 feet long and
225 feet wide.
Returned soldiers in Canada
have already acquired about 200,-
300 acres of land, either as. a free
gift or on money advanced by the
Dominion government.
designations of 2,490 regular
officers of the L. S. army have been
accepted since the armistice. Dur
ing the same period 1S0,5S1 emerg-
ency officers were discharged. ~
Since January 1, the city of
Philadelphia has paid for the fun
eral expenses of forty former serv-
ice men who died from after eff
fects of wounds sustained in the
war.
A recent organization of the y
ciety of ME- airy Engineers viii
include Officers and enlisted men
who served in the engineering units
Turing the war either in the United
States or abroad.
OF American honors during the
war with Germany, 5,3S7 disting-
lished service crosses have been
awarded, 1916 distinguished serV-
ce medals, and seventy-eight
medals of honor. the country's
highest decoration.
The latest United States census
will not include at least 10000
americans who are living in
France. The census, however, is
being taken among the American
roops and welfare workers on the
Rhine.
The total personnel of the air
service of the u. s. army, officers,
tudents and enlisted men increased
rom 1900, at the outbreak of the
var, to nearly 100000. at the close.
The Second division led all other
divisions in receiving gallantry
certificates, gil such citations hav-
ng gone to that division. The,
Third division was second with
35.
Germany must pay about three
illion marks year for thirty
ears as war levy At the old
ate of exchange it calls for $780,
100, 600 per annum from now until
$50.
Statistics show that it took a
otal of 395 shells to kill one man
Turing a period Of five months in
917. A total OF 3,690,000 shells
ell on the front of the three
french armies, killing 1926 men
nd. wounding 55,412. -
Scattered throughout the United
tates to handle the records of
early "a million men of the Sc
active draft service. there were
GAS local boards, 1853 district
cards, 1919 medical advisory
oards and fjfty-two state head.