The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-20
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Ill Leglonanes
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Rolcefm Facts Concerning the In.
forests OF Former Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines
During the WoF1dfWdf 10000.
soldiers deserted from the Italian.
Eariny. OF this number fewer than.
100000 were sol ellssedsbecausesok
their political Opposition To the.
war.
With an enrolment Of 90, 600
soldiers, who served IN the World.
War, the United States isiengiged
In the largest educational PROPOSE
noh ever Undertaken BY any g6y-
%ernlnent.
The famous old battleahIpSM Maine,
is listed for sale at the PhIladei-
phla Navy Yard. The vessel that
originally cost between $3s000,Q0Di
and $5.000,000G is appraised as
Junk at s%I20,000.s
Hundreds OF e4sAmerican .citi-
zens, who lost theirScihzenship by
volunteering in the Canadian,
Frnchf and British forces in the
early days of the World Wal. have
not as yet returned to hefunited
States.
BY returning the bonus given,
them by the Spanish Government,
all Americans who enlisted In the,
Foreign Legion of the Spanish.
army to- fight in Morocco. can Sc
cure their releaee through the
Spanish Ambassador in Washing
ton.
Marriage after the entrance OF
America into the War lis not an.
attempted evasion OF the draft,
according to IL Supreme Court OF
Minnesota, and Will not deprive.
the service man OF a bonus claim.
under tile statute Of the State.
After iratding the battlefells at
midnight. from which hundreds Of
tons of;metal were hauled away In.
a long line Of motor trucks, Arthur
Parsy, q Frenchman, living near
Amiens, grew from q poor hard
ware merchant to a millionaire In
three years.
Trenches and dugouts prepared.
by the German army during the
World War, now are being used as.
dwellings by the impoverished.
families of Volhynia, in Poland.
The majority Of the French inhab-
itantsAar Jews. who fed or were
dirye1 from Their homes in 1915,
and have now returned TO find the
town destroyed.
ito be erected at IIartsdala, n. ",
in memory OF The war dogs that
servel inEthe trenches and on the
battleieldsNof France. The Gene
i terry covers four acres and has
many monuments. vaults and head
stonesto mark the graves Of pets.
A monument costing $500 Is.
The cemetery Is the first and only
animal burial ground in the coun-
try.
Officers of the Grand Lodge Of
Masons of Pennsylvania have a
fund u $125,00O which Is to be
deroted 10 former anld,er Masons.
who requ'r re aid inysome way which
Ills not being provided by the.
Federal government. The fund,
has been in the hands Of the off,
GERS since the war and was collect
ed for the relief Of soldiers Of
Masonic connection.
Aylmer Brandon, an American
former captain Of The British air
force, distinguished for shooting
down tho first Zeppelin over Eng!
land in the World War, wss found
begging for work in New York.
City. He says that hunting the en-
envy 10000 fest. IN the air Is con-
stderably easier than bunting a
job on solid ground. Brandon has
only one arm and one leg.
Lieutenant Frank Il. (T1ard-
boiledl Smith, known as the most
hated man In thesA. e. E." now Is.
la colonel in Mexican army. Be-
cause Of his alleged brutal treat
ment Sof American prisoners at
hChelles,r France, which finally
Handed him In a military prison,
for an 1S-months' term, he drop
ped out Of sigha In this countrySto.
wipe out a bitter memory Of, his
court marital and disgrace.
TO bring about the, puniShment Of
the more than 100000 mem who
evaded the draft during the World
war, Major General Harris, Adju.
tant General of the United States
army. urgently recommended that
Congress appropriate $250,000 to
pay rewards of $50 for each draft
deserter delivered to the military
authorities.
Because Lieutenant Herduin and
Militant OF the French, army were
executed In error. the government
has allotted q civil PREPARATION to
minimum and prevent wages from
Lrelching to untold heights.
MADAME Herduin, the, widow! OF
100000 francs, ard TO the father OF
lieutenant Militant, $4,000 francs.
The officers were believed to have
deserted their posts when the fate
OF France was bound up In Yerduu
Just before victory, but II was later
proved that a mistake had been
made and that neither man had
abandoned his post.
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