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Show LOCOMOTIVES GIVEN PERSHING'S FORCES i Belgian Government Turns Over to United States Forces All That Remains Re-mains of Kail Motive Power. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Dec. '8 (By the Associated Press.) As a mark of its appreciation of what the United States has done for Belgium, the Belgian government has turned over to the American expeditionary expedi-tionary force 800 locomotives, all that remains of the Belgian rail motive power. General Pershing has been authorized au-thorized to make such disposition of thom as ho deems advisable. To a Belgian representative General Pershing expressed the appreciation which, he said, he knew would be felt by the people of the United States especially es-pecially as the Belgian government's act would result in a large saving of cargo space on American ships. |