The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-21
SOLDIERS or THE LEGION

The BENNINGTON EF I'm
SOLDIERS OF THE LEGION
items OF Interest to Veterans and
others.
The Arlington National cemetery
contains 40S acres.
"LIning.rp'' for ratlons in the Eng
lish army has been abolished.
According to reports. Germany is
its war college.
The New York National Guard has
adopted silver half.moon as its in
sigma.
The first law pensioning Civil war
veterans for disability was enacted
July IA, 1862.
Germany is said to be the best
equipped of any country for getting
control of the air by means of air
planes
OF the states to vote on bonus for
former soldiers, Oklahoma Is the only
one to vote against the payment.
The United States navy has only
three submarines over 1000 tons, and
three others are under construction.
France Ii sending military mis-.
sion Of five officers to the United
States for the purpose of advancing
goodwill between the two countries
The enlisted personnel OF the Brit
ish navy numbers over 100000 The
enlisted personnel OF the United States
navy is $4,000, and of the Japanese
navy, $4,000.
According to reports, all Spanish
soldiers prisoners in the hands OF the
Moors, including two generals, are
now employed at carrying stones for
road construction.
The new army cook for British sol.
diers may not 20 on duty without be.
ing shaved; he Is not permitted to
smoke In the mess hall, and must
have clean hands and fingcr-naila.
Although there Is a wide demand
for the withdrawal Of the 1000 Amer.
lean soldiers on the Rhine, the troops
are TO be held overseas because of
/ their influence for stability.
Army officers who are on duty IN
Washington, ID. G.. are now permitted
to dress IN civilian attire. The new
order requires them TO wear their uni
forms at least one day each month.
Major General G. r. Edwards, com.
manding the First Army Corps area,
and commander Of the Yankee divi.
sion in France, retired recently from
the army after l3 years of active sery.
4 ice.
Three United States army officers
\ detailed 10 Harvard university for
4 work with the field artillery unit have
/ been made assistant professors of mil
itary science and tactics at the insti.
| tuition.
Officers and enlisted men OF the
! United States army at Boston. Mass.
are wearing paper coats. sold in Ger
many for 20 cents. The coat, said TO
be warmer than WOODEN coat, is
worn over sweater
The Federal prisoners of the United
States are in Atlanta, Ga, Fort Lev
enworth Kan. and McNeils Island
Wash, There are naval prisons al
1 Boston. Mass, Portsmouth. n. H., and
Mare Island, Calf.
The American Legion and Women 5
Auxiliary of Lakewood. ~ j., is plan
nng to buy farm 10 be used as a
convalescent home for wounded ser.
4 vice men. II is said to be the drst of
its kind in the United States.
Lieutenant Charles Nungesser, re-
tired of the French army, wounded II
times, destroyer of los German planes
and decorated many times Tor BRAY
cry by the allied governments is to
pilot the first Paris-New York air.
/ plane.
Camp Grant, at Rockford, ILL.,. is
claimed 10 have been the largest train
ing camp daring the World War. The
''H"'"um capacity of this camp was
62,675. Camp Lee. at Petersburg. Va
| was the next largest with maximum
] capacity of 60335,
! Because of the inequalities of the
i single promotion list enforced in the
] army air service. which promotion
system holds back many highly train.
I ed pilots, large number OF the men
are leaving the service to take more
lucrative employment in civil life.
After more than four years, Fred
arick Miller, ir, Of Philadelphia, Pa,
was cited for gallantry in action al
4 Flsmes, France, during the night of
] August SO, 1918. Miller volunteered
! with five others, TO take two ammu.
milton trucks to the front through
I high-explosiye she'll fire and heavy
/ gas Two OF the six men were
wounded seriously.
In major war the United States
4 II is estimated, could use women in
technical duties with troops as fol
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