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Official Catalog a 7 x‘ " 7 , 7 ax a a a x x a x a x x r x x a a x x a x x a f ‘ o PRESIDEN T W OODROW WILSON I hereby create a Committee on Pu bl ic Information to be , composed of the Secretary of War of State , the Secretary of , the Secretary of N av v who the y, and a ci ilian shall he charged with the execu tiv e direction of the Committee . As civilian chairman of the Committee r . I appoint M George Creel . The Secretary of State , the Secretary of War v u , and the Secretary of the Na y are a thor ized each to detail an officer or officers to the work of the Committee . IL 14 19 17. WOODROW W SON April , p r e s e nte d b y UN ITED S TATES GO"ERN MEN T ‘ Bure au o F Ex o s t ons p i i , Di v i si o n 0 F i l ms C o mmi tte e o n p ubli c Geor e Cre e l Chairma n g . f o r e w o r d To the members of the Army at Home who throu gh days of toil and nights of anxiety pray for the safe retu rn of those " who O ver Th er e fight hu manity s battle , the Gov ernments of the United States , Great Britain , Canada , F rance , Italy and Belgiu m send this Allied War Exposition 29 2528 T 28 284 G erman re n c h How itzer with Be d 0 to . Am m un it ion Boxe s 8- in ch G erman T re nc h How i tze r Cavalry Sword C 28 v arriage for T re n ch H ow itz e r an d 7. Ca alry Swo rd S c a bbard s Gren ad e T hrowe r C avalry Sword M ' S . Iron Plating from H . Sp itfire Mortar B omb , S e c ti on ed . 291 Iron Pla ting from H M S . Lion an d . Mortar B omb s 292 Pie ce o f An ch or . Plug from Naval Min e , pi ck ed u p in Pi e c e of An ch or from S . S . S t . 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