The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-13
BATTLE MAP OF
 A.E.F.ISPLACED |
 IN WAR MUSEUM

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is by ASSO ciated Press) .-One of the most inter- esting exhibits of the thousands in the world war collection now being gath cred at the National museum is the "Order of Battle" map used by Gen eral Pershing in directing the move ments of the American forces in France. The wall map, 8 by 10 feet in size, together with the walls. door and furniture of the room in which it hung at American headquarters at Chaumont, was transferred to the mu- scum by the war department at the request of the general.
 The map was brought to Washington and installed in the museum by the sergeant and three enlisted men of the headquarters staff who kept 1t corrected and guarded it throughout the war At Chaumont the map, when not in use, was concealed by sliding the same manner in the museum.
 The map shows in vivid fashion the exact situation at the hour the armistice was signed with reference to the strength and location of all divi- sions, both enemy and allied, on the western front, the correct battle line, the names and location of command ing officers and locations of headquar- ters and army boundaries. There also is a considerable amount of detailed information regarding the American divisions, as for instance the percent ages of fresh and tired troops and the length of time the various units had been in the line or in reserve.
 The war collection has already as- sumed such proportions as to make necessary some new arrangement for housing it. Many of the exhibits are now crowded into the ground floor Of the new National museum building while others are in the old building and a few of the artillery pieces are in the open air awaiting the cOnstruc- tion of suitable shelter. William Dec. Ravenel, the director of the museum, says congress probably will be asked at the next session to provide a build ing for the collection which is of great historical value.
 The airplane exhibit includes all types of American and French planes used extensively in combat, pursuit and bombing work abroad and several specimens of captured enemy ma chimes. There are also on exhibition many types of airplane motors. In addition to the world war aviation section the museum contains the orig inal Langley and Wright models.
 The collection of American army medical equipment, furnished by the war department, is practically com plete and includes the various types of operating and X-ray equipment used in base hospitals and field and ad- vanced base stations, large variety of surgical instruments, ambulances and military dental equipment.
 One entire section of the collection is devoted to exhibits showing the in ception and development of the gas mask. Other exhibits include the great 6O-inch searchlights used in the field, the field artillery, machine gun and rifles; uniforms, field equipment and medals of general officers, sub- ordinate officers and privates of all the allied countries and Germany and Austria. There also is a collection of articles manufactured entirely of paper by the Germans These include paper twine, paper cloth, feed bags, artillery packs, water buckets, blankets, kit bags, saddle bags, canteen covers and Enapsacks.
 Many other exhibist are being re- ceived daily from the army and navy and the director hopes to make the collection the most complete world war museum in existence.