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Show I Exhibit of Army Trophies to Be Seen i On Washington Ave. His sleeve was partially empty, that j K from a few inches above the wrist' i to the end of the sleeve; on his breast! fl he wore a Croix de guerre, with two' 1 stars and the palm; while above it, I were two gold wound stripes and at fl the shoulder of the left sleeve was the i B little Indian head symbol of the fa-! fl mous Fighting Second division He j fl had nothing to say about himself but I I was full of the genuine boost spirit for the army exhibit which is being' I shown at 2450 Washington avenue j fl The booster was Priv ate First Class j I M G Dradley of the Seventeenth Field I artillery and later with the signal j B; corps of thai -division, fl Brad :.-' would talk very entertain -fl ingly of the exhibit and Its education -fl c value and how the people of the I city should sec it but he was like the I proverbial Sphinx when questioned H about, himself. He changed the sub- ; fl joct and talked about his "buddies,") fl Boyd Braden and Frank Saulers, 14 1 Si years of age. the youngest American fl soldier w ho went to France and who is I with the big exhibit The exhibit is a most extensive one I and consists of trophies of war gath-H gath-H ered on th" European battle ground' 1 by the ihree young fighters It is made up of bayonets, high explosive shells, rifles, uniforms, and pictures, Among the latter are reproductions of lhe sixteen pictures which were pre I ented to President Wilson at the , peace conference showing the proof fl of tiie Huns' atroritie- in B liuni ,iml gj France. |