The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-20
DYAkNKs&
Forceful Facts Concerning. the In
tereSts Of Former Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines.

luGFe are at pIcSEu' 7S~ONV -
ish troops In ireland.
The National Guard OF Maryland
Is to be ,fIIlly equipped with air
planes.
Four million persons in the Uni
ted States make returns under the
Federal Income tax.
Recruits are entering the service
Of the United States navy at a rate
exceeding $500 a week.
Twenty-Five modern destrOyers OF
the United States navy are now
cruising in European waters.
Four million acres Of agricultural
soil in France, which vas pitted
and SCARED. are already uncer u
tivation.
Germany owes approximately $4S
for every dollar she owed in 1913;
the total is more than fifty-cight
billions.
The total strength OF the United
States army is now 2US, ISL officers
and mon. OF whom I5S.ii6 are IN
this country.
Casualties OF American Jews dur
Ing the World war totaled fro 49,
900 to $4,000 in the a. +. F., in.
Guiding $500 killed.
: In Germany there are $4,000 men
in the American army of Occupa
ton, and 5000 or these r quart
cred aroung and near CoblenZ.
In Great Britain approximately
$40 900 claims to pension have been
refused on the ground that the dis
! nktIftIs 10 NOT rCUunpfn6 Vstfh QpF.
vice in che late war.
The battleships lOwG and Indiana
which cost millions of dollars to
construct, are being used as tar
gets for The big guns OF the new
fleet and the bombs Of seapIanes.
The War department claims that
it has saved V S4,GT5, 342,SS1.1O
10 the taxpayers Of this country
through the sale OF surplus war sup
plies and Settlements OF claims"
Grover c. Bergdoll, fugitive
American draft evader, who escap.
ed from guards in Philadelphia last
May, was reported to have been
seen in Karlsruhe and other places
in Germany.
Five million ex.service men and
3lO, 900 officers have been r%eabsorb-
ed In British industries, leaving
$50, 900 men, Of whom 10 per cent.
we're disabled, and $4,000 officers
still unplaced.
The annual pay Of a Sergeant, 1st
Class, is S37".96, aud a Private, 1st
Class, SASS, In the National
Guard. AS a course of training for.
ty.nine drIIls and fifteen days fielu
service are listed.
More than 100 officers and men IN
the United States navy are TO re.
Ccive the Distinguished Service
Medal. and 1900 will be nonored
with the Navy Cross for their eX.
ceptionll service during the World
war.
Gener;.. John J. Pershing. as the
ranking officer Of the army. will
probably be chief marsnaI Of the
military and civil parade. when
president-elect Harding Is formal,
ly installed il. office on March i
next.
The minimum allotment of the
National Guard in the Second Corps
area, which embraces New York.
New Jersey and Delaware. Will be
a total of 1900 men, on the basis
Of 22O for each member OF Con.
less. ,
AS a plan OF reorganization Of
the armies. OF France two years
compulsory service for all French
men AID three years for those who
desire TO enter the government
service is the proposal of Andre
Lorevre, War Minister.
An erection and operation OF a
modern hospital for children viii
be placed at St. Michel, France, in
memory of the first great Ameri'
can battle effort Of the war. The
project will be financed by the jun
Tor section of the American Red
Cross.
Ten thousand disabled soldiers.
sailors and marines, somewhere IN
Greater New York, have never APP
piled for their compensation. rang
INK from 500 to S170 a month.
training for a suitable vocation, and
placement In desirable positions.
Tho field kitchen Of William
Hohenzollern, which mad followed
tho former kaiser In all his wan
der!ngs about Europe during the
war, is on its way to the United
States. The trophy, 1t Is intended,
shall be added to a notable collec'
ton Of war relics at Washington.
According to Lieut.. i. r. HarTi'
son. of the Eighth Machine Gun
Corps. who has recently returned
from CoblenZ. Germany, where he
has been stationed since the close
OF the war, soldiers in the Amerl'
can Army Of Occupation are suffer-
ing from an epidemic Of German
brides.
The French government has pro.
posed 4 plan. providing FOR the
transfer of the body of an I'M
known soldier from the battle zone
to the Pantheon In Paris. This
movement ~ similar to one origi.
mated some time ago in England, 1t
being deciued there to bury an I'M
known soldier in Westminster Alb
hey.
4 reward of one million rubles Is
offered by the Bolshevlks for the
capture, dead or alive, Of Major p.
Cedric Fauntleroy, Of Chicago and
McGhehee, Ark, commander Of the
Polish air forces Of tho southern
front. Major Fauntleroy was re-
Gently appointed chief of aviation
OF the Sixth Polish army.
Many former soldiers OF the Brit"