The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-29
Yanks and
Legionaiires

France has nearly 100000 war
orphans.
AdmiralS on active list Of the
British navy number e5.
The new French army is expert
menting with Automobile cavalry
The United States lost many
more soldiers in the Civil War than
in the World War.
With the exception Of Germany,
the United States has the smallest
army among the great powers.
Ordnance of the United States
army is made up of $4,000 articles,
recurring 100000 separate parts.
The British Legion has 900
branches in England, and its mem
bership is well over the first mil
lion.
The Veterans Bureau has 1873
employees, drawing an aggregate
monthly income of $2,0o0,00o.
The cost OF maintaining q modern
battleship is approximately $780,
600 a year, exclusive Of pay.
Approximately 100000 men
form the active armies Of the II
most important nations Of the
world.
Nurse Corps IS olive drab, the same
as worn by officers and enlisted
Great Britain has the largest
navy in the world ranking 40 per
cent larger than that of the United
One hundred and twenty-six thou
sand officers and men are now en-.
rolled in the National Guard Of the
United States.
The hand salute is symbolic OF
olden days, when gentleman upon
meeting a friend removed the ar
NOR from his face.
Of the S9,200 former service men
of the United States army in Vo.
cational training, only 5,793 have
been graduated after three years
The woman's auxiliary Of the
American Legion i'll New York
state is represented by 299 units
and membership Of 1900 women
Captain N. X. Carolin, of the U
S. Army Air Service, tests from an
airplane all the deadly bombs de-
Vlscd by the Ordnance Department
A campaign to recruit National
Guard regiments Of the State Of
New York to a full quota Of 24,000
men has started. The strength
now is about $4,000.
Winter meneuVers of the com.
bined Atlantic and Pacific fleets Of
the United States navy are &C. he'd,
uled to take place in Panama Bay,
February 6-13, 1922.
In France, during aerial man.
euvers over Metz recently, no fewer
than 220 bombing and fighting air
planes were in the sky at one time
There were no accidents.
A monumental building has been
proposed, to be erected in Wash.
ington, b. c., in memory Of the
National Guardsmen who gave
their lives in the World War.
The general attitude Of the
American soldiers in thea rrny Of
occupation shows that they would
rather stay single and remain o.
the Rhine, than get married and
havo to go home.
The Officers Reserve Corps Of
the United States army has two
Major Generals and II Brigadicl
Generals, all Of whom saw service
in that rank during the World Wor.
The first machine gun is said ia
have been invented by N. du Per-
ron, Of Lyons, France, in 177P. The
gun, which worked on crank sys-
tenn, fired "a bullets almost stimuli
EauanYInlv
10 accept all the invitations ex.
tended by the American people,
Marshal Foch, whom, visiting this
country this fall, would be eompell-
ed to travel more than 10000 miles
and visit nearly every state in thu
Over Ss4, 900, 900 has been spent
by the Canadian government fol
placing returned soldiers on farm
land, There are more than $4,000
Individual ex-service men Of the
Dominion who have benefited from
the law.
Pennington.
AmericanizationI Is
n, A4Tooo1v Mn A.