Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1919 — WAR EXHIBITS TRAIN HERE THIS EVENING [ARTICLE]

WAR EXHIBITS TRAIN HERE THIS EVENING

One of the most interesting exhibits of captured German war trophies ever gathered together is being taken through the seventh federal reserve district on special trains which are routed to take in every large town and city in the district. This train will be in Rensselaer this Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock and will be side-tracked at the Monon station for inspection all evening. The train carries its own lighting system for illumating at night. It will leave here at 5 a. m. tomorrow morning for Lafayette, Fowler and Frankfort, remaining in Frankfort over Thursday night. Each train consists of three flat cars loaded with captured cannon, German airplanes, machine guns, trench mortars, gas warfare apparatus and gas masks and thousands of other interesting trophies One of our own tanks, dressed up in its fighting clothes, is an interesting feature of the exhibit. Each train is accompanied by an armed guard of returned soldiers, sailors and marines. The trains are sent out in the Interest of the Victory Liberty loan. In this exhibit you -avill be able to form a definite idea of the weapons of warfare the Huns were using against our fighting men. You will see the equipment upon which

the kaiser builded his faith to become ruler of middle Europe and, later, ruler of the world. It goes without saying that everyone in this territory will welcome an opportunity to view these souvenirs of Prussian conquest. e Wlth what a feeling of pride will we realize that our own flesh and blood, the backbone of our country, with their own hands wrested the bloody power of Hohenzollern from guilty hands and forever overthrew Hun power and <H«n ruthlessness.