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Show ABOUT THE NEW BONDS WHAT YOUR ROM) PURCHASE WILL. BUY The following figures give one a definite idea of what his or her loan to the government by the purchase of Liberty Bonds will accomplish when used by the War Department: One $50 bond will buy trench knives for a rifle company, or 23 hand grenades, or 14 rifle grenades, or 37 cases of surgical instruments for enlisted men's belts, or 10 cases of surgical instruments for officers' belts. A $100 bond will clothe a soldier, or feed a soldier for eight months, or purchase 5 rifles or 30 rifle grenades, gren-ades, or 43 hand grenades, Or 25 pounds of ether, or 145 hot-water bags, or 2,000 surgical needles. A $100 and a $50 bond will clothe and equip an Infantry soldier for service overseas, or feed a soldier for a year. Two $100 bonds will purchase a horse or mule for Cavalry, Artillery or other service. " Three $100 bonds will clothe a soldier and feed him for one year in France, or buy a motorcycle for a machine-gun company. Four $100 bonds will buy an X-ray X-ray outfit. , One $500 bond will supply bicycles for the headquarters company of an Infantry regiment. |