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348 Ohio Arch

348     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