The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-06
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Ordinary prlvates Of the National

"a bf about $4,000 men.
Germany had a number Of vege-
tartan regiments in active service
during the World War.
II Is reported that Fort Riley, In
Kansas, is to be made tho largest
cavalry station In the United
States.
State and national dues TO nc"
members Of the American Legion In
Pennsylvania amount to SLID
year. 80,
1t has been announced that the
sum OF 100000 monthly will be
required to run the League OF M
tons next year.
Only 1881 alleged draft evad-
ers OF the United States army re-
main unaccounted for in the rec
ords OF the War Department lles.
Moro than 10000 women through
out the United States are enrolled
under the banner Of the Women's
Auxiliary OF tho American Legion.
Armies OF France, England Ann
The United Suites are engaged IN
Important experiments toward de-
I .yelnpiIg and improving war tanks
-Four Italian adm!Tai5 and len
other naval officers Of that coun-
try were recently decorated win
the United States Naval Cross in
Rome.
After July /, 1921. the minimum
atTeneth at which National Guard
tnfantry companies may be main
tained is sixty-IlVe active enllSteu
M, q plan to honor ex.students
Of the University OF Wisconsin VINO
ioSt beu lives i'll the World war
campaign Is under way to raise
$1,000 900 for u war memorial.
AAccording 10 estimates compiled
bySSs Treasury Department the III
tgs dEfictal figures show $50" per
sons loss between 1900 and $4,000
Liberty bonds valued ut hundreds
cf thousands Of dollars.
All Saints Day has. been adopt
ed BY the Canadians living in Par
Is tor the yearly decoration o.
Their soldiers graves. Every grave
wfll ia decorated with the Canad!-
IN dag RnI Canadian flowers.
The Forty-seCoEd Regiment, Rail
road Artillery, Oh the Coasl Artii-
iery loips, Is the only Aompleted
/, railway artillery unit :Eaintalned by
mo United States army. Forty
threu cars ace included III :he tray
Cling COST defenBe outilt.
The Ai:sd keparations Commits
s.eion mas presented TO the German
government u den and for the I'M,
mediate delivery OF 10000 bulls and
22SsR00 cuws TO France, 1850 head
rattle to Italy, 100000 cows -
GUM and $4,000 head OF cattle
serbia
BEc4use . number of soldiers.
lis, Gtt IN Bronze as dead, have turn
d up safely at hCme the war me-
moral tablet in front OF The court
houae, at-R eadng, Pa, must be re-
ylsad, Names OF more than twenty
men now known as dead do not
appear. on the tablet.
During the World War the public
sent a total of Tic, 900 inventions or
ideas for Inventions to the United
States Navy. or that number which
had to be- examined and passed up
on. only about one suggestion in 4
thousand was found to possess any
practical value.
gAIGAlSISL1 AAt11 1850 ~
pointed member OF the committee
arranging for the celebration OF the
sa100th anniversary OF the death or
" Napoleon Bonaparte. Marshal Focn
& XfhSnorary president. Marshal
&sasNig, OF Great Britain, and Gener-
al Diaz, OF Italy, will also be mem
Y bers OF the body.
Fifty-four men OF the a. E. f.
who returned from France with the
Conversational Medal of Honor were
occupied In civil life as butler,
steward, college professor, country
church deacon landscape gardener,
office clerk, real estate salesman,
iawyer, musical comedy actor and
{ pciBarmaker.
The army transport Pocahontas
which recently arrived IN New
York from Antwerp and St,
Nazaire, carried the bodies Of 2lS5
! American soldiers killed i'll France.
mong the passengers were flfty-
Iree war brides from Belgium,
socho-slovaRia, England, France
sd Germany, eleven prisoners
>irS&he army OF occupation in Ger
manl and four stowaways.
81 EGAAGkpAASp IA A%+ASS AAt
which her soldiers are buried are
TO be national property, and the
body OF each soldier or sailor that
has been identified is to have n
separate grave, with a uniform
monument inscribed with the name,
rank, ETC., and the words Pour la
France, as well as any religious
device or other ornamentutlon
which tho family may desire.
4. 4 The first shell hurled by the Am
erican army at the Germans, Octo.
her 2S, 1917, was fired from a
French 75-millimetre gun, Of Bat
terry @, Sixth Field Artillery, First
Division. Corporal Louis J. VarH.
day, OF East St. Louis, ILL.,, fired
tta9ahot, pulling the lanyard. The
historic cannon with a record OF
having fred 10000 rounds in all Ia
now Il the U. s. Military Academy
at West Point.
=, In q report on the number OF pa
Eients treated In hospitals Of the
VI. q. F., records show that there
lWere $3.50; gas (all kinds) cases:
gunshot missile, S5,132: shrapnel,
y "a, 1888; rife ball, 23,536; shell, .2l.-
aia; hand grenade, 1156; indirect
result OF military agents, 1888; ex'
plosiyes, 946; pistol ball, 257; bay
onaF OASs falling 0hiactg 1QS. Hor-