New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-05-07
EVERY STATE TO
GET WAR TROPHY
THOUSANDS OF FIELD PIECES
ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED
AS MEMENTOS.
FOR WORKMEN'S PROTECTION
Government Commissioner Contends
There Must Be Cooperation Be-
tween Management and Employees
-Filipinos Renew Demands.
BY M p.

-Filipinos Renew Demands.
BY JAMES P. HoRNADAY.
Washington.-Every state will get a
share of the trophies of the world war.
This is the decision of the war depart
ment and congress is In favor of the
plan. Practically every member of the
congress has introduced a bill asking
that some of these wal souvenirs be
distributed TO the municipalities and
communities In his home district. A
vast store of these arms is now In this
country, ready t. be packed and
shipped to all parts of the country as
soo as congress passes the required
legislation, according to a report
which has just been prepared by the
war department for the house military
affairs committee.
There are now in this country 3,242
cannon and big guns, including French
mortars, from the 77-millimeter guns
up to 24G and 245 millimeter howitzers.
OF these the service will retain all but
stDOut 1,Dtp. lltlt ult lp,Oop w
1000 machine guns and 1900 rifles,
according to the report of the ord
nance department. Congress is ad-
visai that it will cost about a million
dollars to box and ship these trophies
and that it will take about three
months to carry out this task after
congress has passed the authorization.
All plans have been worked out along
the lines defined in the Wadsworth bill.
As there are lot enough of the big
guns for all the communities that have
asked for them, the distribution is to
be made in accordance with the pro-
portion of men furnished by each state
In the world war.
Standing Of States.
The percentage standing of the
states is as follows: New York, 90;
Pennsylvania. 1888; Illinois. 6.6s; Ohio,
5.53; Texas, 4.29; Michigan, 361 Mas
s~achusetts, 1853; Missouri, 3.42; Cali
fornia, 2.93; Indiana, 2.S3; New Jer-
sey, $50; Minnesota, 2.64; Iowa. 2.63;
Wisconsin, 2.6l Georgia. IDS; Okla
Mona, 2.l3; Tennessee, 2.G2; Ken
lucky. 900; Alabama, 100; Virginia.
I.94; North Carolina, 1.94 Louisiana,
1.76; Kansas, 1.69; Arkansas, l.62
West Virginia, 1.4S; Mississippi, LA
South Carolina, LAP Connecticut, LIB;
Nebraska, 1.27; Maryland, l.25; Wash
ington, 10; Montana. 81; Colorado,
M. lna,t.ln % ntp Thn VliStriHf nf
Columbia percentage, from the one
city as against entire states, Is AZ.
This quantity of enemy arms is now In
storage at Port Newark, n. j., and rep
resents the most complete collection
of enemy arms in the entire world, in
Guiding cannon, mortars, small arms
and other implements Of destruction
of every type used by Germans, Turks,
Austrians and Bulgars in the var
Mai. A. r. Fletcher of the ordnance
department is In general charge Of this
collection. and Is working out plans
with ngr Cor the distribution.
Can't. Fred |. Gilbert is in actual
charge at Port Newark, and also was
Ill charge u l1' b'l'ot "a
Yevre. France, where the guns were
sent to be prepared for transportation
to this country. The specialist on small
arms is j. l.. Aney, formerly q captain
in the ordnance department with the
American ex~peditionary forces. When
the United States entered the world
war he was in the Springfield (Mass.)
armory experimenting the manufac'
ture of different types for the British,
French, Belgian and Russian armies
He was chosen for the specially tech
nlcal task Of making the collection OF
small arms.
American Legion Interested.
Congress plans 10 order the arrange
ment of exhibits of these small arms
TO be sent to national museums, ord
nnnce depots and military schools rec
ornized by the wal department.
The American Legion is very much
interested in the distribution of these
trophies, and the probability Is that II
will. to a large extent. control theii
distribution in the various states. In
a good many of the states the legion
is planning to establish permanent
Headquarters in memorial buildings
and II has been proposed that these
trophies, to some extent at least. be
used for the adornment of these legion
buildings. II is already practically
settled that when the permanent nome
of the leglon-the national headquar
ters' home-is erected in Indianapolis
thot building will become the re-
c~eptac,e for some of the more desira
bile If trophies that were brought
home by our army.
The members of the house of repre-
s~entatives will be very glad TO have
the problem of distributing these me
mentos solved. There is probably moi
n member of the house who has moi
received a request from every city
town and village in his district for q
German cannon Ii is obvious. OF
,.rrse. that no such demand can be
met but the representatives say that
il is not easy to make their constitu
ents understand the impossibility OF
getting some of these trophies for
them. Under the scheme of distribu.
fion that has been proposed and viii
probably 90 through the congressman
feel that they will be relieved to q
large extent Of personal responsibility