The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-23

eminent Is spent to defrAy tbs
cuuts Of past wars or in prepare
ton for future wars
Turkey has Q regiment o. 1890
women THE flag Oh the 70 gtrnentalt
commanded beard the Inscription
First regiment 81 M6Inen "a indie
} pendent TH4k
Cs6tsrnot Small. 81 ttiinois. re
Gently signed the soldier bonus Bill
| providing SIS q month. This blu
viii be put to q vote Of the people
In November, 1892 y
THE American dag should be-
flown on sWhshihg tons birthday.
Ltneolnss birthday, Mothers Day,
Memorial Day, Flag Day, the
j Fourth Of July end Ar6istite Day.
The Australian government has
decided on q grant OF 50 pounds for
each year lot active service 10 Aus.
traliaas, including nurses. who en-:
listed IN the imperial army.
According 70 the ration costs for
March, ID which IS cents was spent
per head per day ia the army and.
90 cents iii the navy, sailors eat
nearly twice as much "a the sol.
diers! ~ =
ID Canada $500 ex.seryice men
have thus far taken Up farms un.
der the Soldiers Reestablishment
Act. The total acreage Of land,
held BY the soldier settlers is at
least s,3S5,000 acres.
Future armies Of the United
States will carry banners embia.
toned with Shields dragons. cross.
\ ess ctestsi aud all sorts OF other
4 lteraldic emblems which have come
down from tho mid die ages. ~
| In the Quafternaster Corps OF
the United States army, 400 differ.
ent kinds Of civilian positions list.
| ed are to be consolidated into 125.
| The same Job will no longer have
two OF more different names.
Great Britain has more than 25st
900 ex.servtte men In training al,
4 various occupations. The men re.
ceiye a minimum allowance Of 40
shiltinEs d week, with extras &C.
cotding to the number and tharac.
ter OF dependents.
At q sale recently Advertised in
Berlin, Germany, announcement
was made for the disposal OF the
| famous statue OF General Hihden.
burg, In which patriots drove mil.
lions Of marks worth OF nails, IN.
Guiding one golden one BY the
Kaiser.
Because Of the many errors in
the first Stacker fist recently
made public, which Is said To have
caused great injustice TO men who
were In the service, many protests
and severe criticisms are Now
: pouring into Washington from all
parts Of the country, !.
a. conference viii shortly be held
IN Europe between the Representa-.
tiyes Of the British, French and
Belgian War Graves Commissions
and German representatives, with
= regard 10 the treatment Oh German
. graves ID Allied countries and d
Z Allied graves in Germany.
!: Hotsedrawn vehicles OF IS o. s,
t National Guard infantry divisions
d and two cavalry divisions are to be
g replaced By army motor ednihl
mert. The list includes 1876 pas
$ sengef ears, trucks and motor.
8 cycles, and 1860 trallefs.
!: Invitations have been extended
by the American Legion 10 Field
Marshal Haig and Admiral Beatty
in England, to attend the next an,
nual convention III Kansas City.
!; Mo-, on Oct befS 81, November. land
B. President Hafdihg ana Marshal
Foof are expected to attend. 4
Among the organizations repre-.
scented Id nThe Womefi's Overseas
Service League q new national or.
ganization for all women who were
regularly enlisted in some arm 81
the military service overseas, are
the ex.Service Women's Overseas
! Legion, OF Seattle; the Red Cross
Overseas club, OF Washington, b
O.; the y. M. @. A, Overseas
League club, OF Chicago; the Amer.
lean Wonen's Overseas League, OF
Minneapolis; the Wom6n's Over.
seas League, Of Boston; the Won.
ems Overseas League, Of Philadel.
phia, and other kindred oreaniza.
!. tions throughout the United States.
HOTEL BURNS