Belgian Veterans and Dogs Famed in the War, Will Parade Streets Here Tomorrow

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, April 30, 1919: A Belgian machine gun detachment will parade through Indianapolis streets tomorrow on behalf of the Victory Loan campaign. The detachment’s seven officers and 110 enlisted men will carry a number of machine guns of the type drawn by the great Flemish dogs in the Belgian and French armies. A display of the machine guns and the large sturdy “Flemish hounds” will be on display on Monument Circle after the parade. The detachment will carry the colors of the 12th Infantry Regiment which was awarded the Cross of Leopold. The men of the detachment have been cited for bravery, and collectively they have more than 300 medals of honor. This is the first unit of Belgian fighting men, veterans of four years fighting on the Flanders front, to tour the United States.

“Belgian Veterans and Dogs…Will Parade Streets Here Tomorrow,” The Indianapolis Star, 30 April 1919, p. 5:5

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Report Says Lunches Helped Grade Pupils

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, April 30, 1919: Grade school pupils gained weight and new mental vigor, especially in cases of anemic and undersized children, from lunches of hot, nutritious soup or cocoa and bread served daily in an eleven-week experiment conducted at Indianapolis Public School No. 5, Washington and California Streets, according to a report presented to the board of school commissioners last evening by the Woman’s Department Club of Indianapolis. Lunches were served daily to an average of 270 pupils for a total of 11,040 lunches served at a total cost of $305.69 (2018: $4,498). The club gave $125 (2018: $1,839) towards the lunches so no child was left out if they could not pay the 10ȼ a week for lunch. At the beginning of the experiment 73.5% of the children were below normal weight.

“Report Says Lunches Helped Grade Pupils,” The Indianapolis News, 30 April 1919, p. 6:1

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Local Shops to Train Wounded

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, April 22, 1919: Indianapolis manufacturers said they were willing to take more than their quota of wounded veterans for shop training following a talk on retraining disabled soldiers presented yesterday by Dr. A. C. Prosser, director of the Federal board for vocational education, at a noon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Prosser said of the 20,000 men who need retraining, more than half will be able to return to their old jobs after retraining. Only about 3,000 men have been in any way dismembered and less than 100 have been blinded. The largest group of veterans in need of retraining will be those with arrested cases of tuberculosis. It is expected that upwards of ninety men will be sent to this city for retraining. The Chamber is willing to provide housing for the men.

“Local Shops to Train Wounded,” The Indianapolis Star, 22 April 1919, p. 8:3

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