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Show 1 NOBLE REDMAN ,' IS LOYAL YANKEE! , I By Associated Prass. WASHINGTON'. rw p T'-j ; American Indian, by enlisting in the army and navy, by subscribing liber-I liber-I ally to the Liberty loans, by increasing increas-ing the production of foodstuffs on Indian In-dian lands, and by contributions to relief re-lief agencies, greatly aided the I'nited ! t Sates and the allien in winning the! war, declared Cato Sells, commissioner! of Indian affairs, in his annual re- i port. J Mr. Sells said that, out of 33.000 ell- gible for military duty, mora th $500 I Indians entered the army. !000 en- f listed In the navy, and R'JO were in other war work. More than 6000 of j" the enlistments were voluntary. Lib- fr erty bonds were bought, Commissioner In I Sella said, until Indisns now hold the IjIJ equivalent of one $'0 bond for every i man, woman and child of their race in 1 the nation. . ft n |