Show TANK INVENTORS ARE HONORED BY GREAT BRITAIN I General Who VIto Slumped for Liberty Loans in U. U S. S Gets Purse By Forbes W. W Fairbairn Staff Corre Correspondent lond nt nl Service London Jan Signal 31 SI n. Signal nal honor has been beon rendered b by tho the British govern govern- governs government ment mont to Maj Gen E. E D D. Swinton s n-s a s result of tho the recent investigation Into Inlo the responsibility for the tho Invention In of ot tho the tank a n. war weapon which accordIng accordIng accord accord- 1 Ing InS to many man authorities did more mora to I un undermine German morals morale than an any other single factor A purse of ot and a a. citation of ot praise Were cro the reward given en General Swinton by b tho the royal ro al commission which r sat to determine the exact authorship an and Invention of or tho Stumped Slumped for Liberty Loan Loon General Swinton Is 19 exceptionally well ell l known non In tho the United States Stales ho he assisted tho the government in tho the Liberty Liberty Lib Lib- erty loan drives In tho the spring and nummer rummer rum num- mer of ot 1918 1318 From February to July 1918 he be stumped slUmped tho country from coast const to coast telling the tho th tale talo of or the tank to vast au audiences In New leW York Chicago San Francisco Detroit Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- I delphia and other principal American cities I Tho The citation reads as ns follows follow This officer acting outside the scope of or his general duties made mad an important contribution to tho the ton ion and n adoption of ot tho tank This Included first tho the conception In n October October Octol Oc Oc- tol tober er 1914 of or a n. machine gun bUn de destroyer destroyer de- de o of tho the ge general eral character of oC the tho tank second the persistent energetic energetic ener enor- getic and successful ul advocacy nd from flom then hen onward of ot the value and feasibility ity ty of or the employment of or such an nil In Instrument instrument in- in strument of or warfare and third the specific definition In June 1916 of or ortho ho tho necessary characteristics of ot tho the weapon the tho conditions of its uso use and the he tests which It must bo required to o satisfy We e conceive that the terms of ot reference reference ref ref- to us do not riot contemplate tho the recommendations of or awards s for general gen gen- eral cral services such as those secondly second mentioned above but bul limit us to those which contributed to the invention and design of or tho the actual weapon of or warfare war- war fare fale are In question and In respect of or these latter services we recommend an award of ot But Bul beyond this wo vo desire expressly to recognize 1 tho still greater value of oC that part parl of ot Major General SwInton's work for tor which a a. pecuniary reward Is not nol appropriate ap Ap- proprIa tc Oilier OCher A Sir William and Thomas Wilson wore were granted for 01 or their part in the tho Invention of or tho tank ank These two men actually built the ho instrument of ot war acting upon ho tho suggestions and nud Ideas Ides of ot others oUters and were responsible for Its appearance appearance appear appear- ance on tho the battlefields of or France Franco Recognition wan also given Iven Winston Churchill British Se Secretary of or War Yar ar and nd nine others In discussing the reward given Jt him General Swinton recalled his ex experiences expert expert- perl dices In n America I r 1 delighted in America Its cities titles and amI Its wonderful people ho he said eala I f 1 was glad indeed to give an any assistance assist anco ance I 1 could In time the Liberty ert loan drives My Ij tour of or the United States was wasa a no revelation revolution to m mo me of or tho the country and nud I it-a it Its Ita people coPle I certainly want to visit America again Wonderful on Au Audiences Audience lence Never lever havo I had such wonderful audiences In the tho ml middle lo west especially espo- espo clan which was as popularly to bo be exceedingly cX neutral I found a a. I great response to tho the appeal of or tho the allies Chicago and Its surrounding I cities were wonderful In their recep recep- reception recep-I recep tion Lion of ot allied emissaries Typical l of ot tho the reception given mo tau was that of or Joliet Ill whore where I In tho the Masonic Ma- Ma sonic malL Joliet Jollet as aa I remember isa Is Ie Isa a 1 manufacturing town with a n. great groat foreign n population mostly from contral cunI con con- I Europe Yet I never Haw saw such loyalty and pro pro-Am pro In all my my j I I life Tho The hall was draped with American Amen Ameri can flags and Union Jacks Jacka When I 1 I entered I was ts as so su touched that I was I hardly ablo able to speak I never nover came camo I nearer crying Ill I'll always or Joliet Jollet and tho the hundreds of other othor I I I J I love lovo America I |