Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-02
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EorcefuI Facts Concerning the In
terests of Former Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines.

cuba has an army of 5000 SOL
diers. .ooon p,.;t-
ish troops in ireland.
The national guard of Maryland
ia 10 b.. fully equipped with ar
planes. :. .ha
United States make returns uhuof
the federal income tax.
Recruits are entering the service
of the United States navy az d
rate exceeding 1880 a week.
Twanty-five modern destroyers
Of the United States navy are no"
cruising in European waters.
Four million acres of agrlcul-
tural soil in France when was
nitted and Scared, are already ah-
der cultivation. -,
Germany owes approximately
s4S for every dollar she owed III
1g13: the total is more than fllty'
eight billions.
The total strength of the Unltee
States army is now 2OS,7Sl OF.
ficers and men, of whom loo'4o'
are in this country.
Casualties of American Jews
during the World war totaled from
$1,000 to $4,000 in the a. II. :
including $500 killed.
In Germany there are 16,oo'
| men in the American army OF oc'
cupation and 5000 of these arr
| ouartered around and near COD
LEM. .. .,,,..o,,
| 24O,O0O claims to pension nav
been refused on the ground tina
| the disability is not connected VIII
service in the late war.
| The battleships Iowa and IN
diana. which cost millions OF dol
| lars to construct, are being use(
as targets for the big guns or tn
new fleet and the bombs OF sea
planes. 49,
The war department claims tina
it has saved over $4,675,341,oo,
to the taxpayers of this country
through the sale of surplus wa
supplies and the settlement Q
Grover C. Bergdoll, fugitiv
merican draft evader, who es
I caped from guards in Philadeiphl
I last May, was reported to nav
been seen in Karlsruhe and othe
places in Germany.
Five million ex-service men an
\ 100000 officers have been reap
i sorbed in British Industries, leaV
ing 10000 men, of whom IL pc
cent were disabled and l2,oo
~af;ao,e still 11nnlqopd.
The annual pay of a sergeant
LIST class, is s376.96 and a private
i1st class, $74.88 in the nat1ona
guard. AS a course OF tfalnin
forty-nine drills and flfteen aas'
field service are listed.
More than 400 officers and me
in the United States navy are I
receive the Distinguished SerVlc
Medal and 1900 will be honore
, with the Navy Cross for their es
ceptional service during the Wori
/; war.
General John J. Pershing,. 9
: ranking officer of the army Will c
chief marshal of the military an
: civil parade when President-elet
Harding is formally installed in OF
flee on March a, next.
The minimum allotment OF Tn
!. national guard in the second cor!
. area, which embraces New Yori
: New Jersey and Delaware, Will I
a total of 400 men on the bas
! of 22O for each member OF COZ
3 gress.
8 AS a plan of reorganization
the armies of France two year
compulsory for all Frenchmen an
three years for those VINO desire
-lehter the government service,
the proposal for Andre Lefevr
war minister.
An erection and operation OF
g modern hospital for children w
: be placed at st. Michel, Franc
d in memory of the first great Anne
d lean battle effort of the war. I,
d proiect will be financed by Il
g Junior section of the Amerlcs
o Red Cross. 800, :. =,
Many former soldiers OF u
IS British army who are unable
: follow their pre-war vocauons a
i working in the royal career
J. windsor castle, in England. IN
If are learning to become marx
"a private and jobbing gardene'
Others are taking up training