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Show VETERANS ASK FOR MAINE TABLET In behalf of Harry A. Young camp No 2, Spanish American War veterans veter-ans Commander George 'Wardlaw hae Bent an application to the Becretan of the navy for one of the memorial tablets cast from the guns ot the bat tleshlp Main.- Only 1000 tabh ts cast and strong rceommendai ion -required to secure one, but it is believed be-lieved that one of the thousand will come to Ogden When the sunken Maine was recovered, re-covered, the pmiF were removed and taken in charge by the "; y depart -ment They were melted and cist Into In-to tablets. 13x18 inches, weighing 15 pounds each The government stamp has been placed upon one side and upon the other is an engraving oi the Maine with an Inscription stating, that the tablet is a memorial for those ho lost their lives Id the explosion ex-plosion of the vessel In the applications sent out to be filled in. the organizations asking for a tablet must promise to hang It prominently In the meeting room and that great care be taken to preserve It The tablet cannot be ghen away or loaned without the permission of the government. Commander Wardlaw completed the task of securing signatures and Bi al to the papers sent with the application applica-tion today and mailed the documents this afternoon |