Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-04-11 | Page 11 | Pictures of Bridges, Towns and Buildings Are Wanted by the U. S. Government

PICTURES OF BRIDGES, TOWNS .AND BUILDINGS ARE WANTED BY TDE U. S. GOVERNMENT District Forester L. F Kn-ipp , received a request from ihe t'overn-menf t'overn-menf at Washington to procure as speedily as possible for use for intelli gence purposes, all photographs, drawings and descriptions of bridges, buildings, towns and localities nnv. oc cupled by the German forces in Belgium. Bel-gium. France Lueraberg and also Oi that part of the German line lying west of a line running north and south through Hamburg The communication to Mr. Kneipp instructs him in one of its sections a.s followi "You will proceed at once to solicit, tbrouch your organization and in such other ways as commend themselves to you. all the above material. Including picture postals, photos, half tone re productions and other illustrative matter." mat-ter." While Mr Kneipp did not state from which department the request came, he intimated that the peed was urgent and that all patriotic citizens having such Information and materials should lose no time in taking it to the forest s r lee building This, of course, includes in-cludes citizens who have visited any Ol the sections mentioned and are able to write or give a description. The motives of the government in asking for this material and information informa-tion are obvious. The communication also states that those who give these matters must not expect to receive them back again, as such action would not be practicable. Mr. Kneipp asks that those who read this article bring it to the attention atten-tion of others in order that it has tho widest possible publicity, for the matter mat-ter is most urgenL