Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1920 — GOLD STAR BOOK IS READY [ARTICLE]

GOLD STAR BOOK IS READY

Final Arrangements for Publication of Volume Commemorating Indiana Citlzena Who’Died In the War, Made at Indianapolis Masting. Indlunnpolls, Dec. 10. —Final arrangements for the publication of the Memorial Gold Htar volume, the state book commemorating Indiana men and women who died in the service during the World war, were made at u meeting of the Indiana historical commission. Compilation of the material for the volume has been In progress for months under the supervision of J. W. Oliver, director of the commission. and Is now virtually completed. The hook will be the first purely gold star volume to he Issued by any state and will he made a worthy tribute to the Indiana men and women who made the supreme sacrifice. The honk will contain a picture and brief biographical sketch of each of the 3,280 men and 14 woman nurses who died during the wnr. Pictures of more than 3,000 of the men and all the women have been secured by the commission and plates made ready for the publication. The list of the honored dead of the state will be arranged In the book by counties and the county lists will be arranged alphabetically. Five pictures and sketches will be included a page, mnltlng the entire volume have about 000 pages. In many cases It has been necessary for the commission to spend weeks In tracing relatives of the dead, who were able to give biographical Information and to supply a picture. j,. r*•