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Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
INDIANA'S GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL.
Of all the publications that have come
to our notice
devoted to the service of American
soldiers in the World
War, none is more attractive and
appropriate than the
Gold Star Honor Roll recently published by the Indiana
Historical Commission. This book includes photo-
graphs and biographies of more than
three thousand
Indiana soldiers who died in the World
War. Almost
every brief biography is accompanied by
a portrait.
The work is well executed and
attractively and sub-
stantially bound. Extensive correspondence and care-
ful editorial work were necessary in
its production. It
is in every way highly creditable to
the Indiana Com-
mission.
Fortunately the State of Indiana had
made provision
for the Historical Commission before we
entered the
World War. On March 8, 1915, a law was enacted
creating the Indiana Historical
Commission and provid-
ing for the collection and publication
of documentary
and other material on the history of
Indiana. The law
also provided for the printing and
binding of such pub-
lications at the expense of the state.
The Commission
promptly organized and systematically
collected every-
thing relating to the participation of
that state in the
World War.
It is unfortunate that other states
were not similarly
prepared for collecting the materials
of their history
through the war. In Ohio no steps had
been taken in
this direction until February, 1918,
and no appropria-
tions were available for support until
July first of the
following year. Professor A. M. Schlesinger, how-
ever, took great interest in this work
and chiefly through