Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-18
INVENTOR OF TANK
PRAISES AMERICA
General Swinton, Awarded $4,000
and Citation Recently, Speaks
of Tour in United States.
kIDED IN LOAN CAMPAIGNS
Visit to This Country, British
Officer Declares, Was Reeve
lation to Him.
M roRBEs w. FAIRBAIRy.

| LONDON, Jan. 17.-Signal honor has
Fnent to Major General L. Is. sSinton
4as result of the recent investigation
INTO the responsibility for the inven-
recording to, many authorities. did
more to undermine German morale
hs n any other single factor.
a purse of $4,000 and citation OF
swinton By the royal comm. ssion
which Sat TO determine the exact au-
horship and invention OF tho landship.
we'll known In the Cnltod states.
where he assisted the government in
he Liberty loan drives in the spring
10 July. 1918. he stumped the country
Erom coast to coast. telling tho tale
3of the tank to vast audiences In New
York. Chicago. San Francisco. Detroit,
[Phiiadelphia and other principal
American cities.
The citation reads as follows:
Rccope OF his general duties, made AN
important CONTRIBUTION to the invcn-
hon and adoption OF the tank. This
|iober. 1914. OF machine gun destroyer
| OF the general character OF the tank
second. tho persistent. energetic ana
9ot the value anu Feasibility OF the en-
p-oynent OF such an instrument of
warfare, and. tnrd. tho specihc aehni-
IN ,uns 1872 , of the nesess1sy
4
YonolLiOns or its use And the tests
whlcn II must be required to satisfy.
we conce.ve tnat the terms OF ret-
.rence to us do not contemplate the
Recommendations OF awards Tor gen
erA services such Rs those secondly
mentioned above. put limit US to those
daeiSn OF the actual weapon OF war
tare IN question. and In respect OF
heae latter services we recommend
an award OF 5000. But beyond THIS
We desire expressly TO recognize the
stnl greater value of that part OF
Aa1or-General Swinton's work fo'
which a pecuniary reward is not ap-
other Tank Awards.
SI "ltI 4i.a Triton ,.S and ,Ma 506
Tor their part N the Invention OF the
tank These two men actually built
me instrument OF war. acting upon
Ine suggestions and IDEAS OF others.
ance on the battle fields or France.
i Recognition was Also given Winston
Churchill. British Secretary OF War.
svssss ~ s:Hss .ssa a'T
cnees in America.
and It's 1a"dsrtai peSDle.S ne IS SAID d'''eH
mas glad indeed TO give any assist.
.noe ] could In the Liberty loan drives
revelation 20 me OF the country and
its people. certainly want TO vlsi!
America again.
."WonderfuI Audiences.,
Never have 1 had such wonderful
audiences In the Middle West cspc-
cially. which was popularity supposed
10 be exceedingly neutral. found a
great response to the appeal OF the
allies. Chicago and its Surrounding
cities were wonderful In their recep.
ton Q. allied emissaries. Typical OF
the receptions given me was that OF
Joliet, H., where 1 spoke In the Ma
sonic Hall. Joliet. as I remember. Is
Foreign population, mostly from Cen
trail Europe. Yet, ] never saw such
loyalty and pro-Americanism in all
my life The hall was draped with
When entered 7 was so touched that
vas hardly able to speak. never
came nearer crying. I'll always re.
other cities visited love America"