Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1916 — THE MARK OF THE DEATH'S HEAD. [ARTICLE]

THE MARK OF THE DEATH'S HEAD.

From the day of the medieval archer, who notched his crossbow, to the day of theWestera bad man, who notched his gun, men have always sought to preserve some mark of military prowess, some tally of their victims. This war has not changed human nature. The modern military aviator, "the only soldier who still fights single-handed, does not notch his gun; but he paints a death’s head on the wing of his ’plane to show that he has vanquished his foe in open combat.