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portunity to know both sides of the
story of the conquest
of the Northwest Territory. Clark's
achievement gave
the infant Republic of the United
States its claim to the
vast region northwest of the River Ohio
and east of the
Mississippi. Assuredly, he and his
followers are en-
titled to the memorial that is to be
erected on the site
of "Old Vincennes," February
25, 1929, commemorative
of the capture of that Post, February
25, 1779.
OFFICIAL ROSTER OF OHIO SOLDIERS,
SAILORS
AND MARINES IN THE WORLD WAR
This is the title of a work now issuing
from the press
of the F. J. Heer Printing Company. It
is compiled
under the direction of the Governor,
the Secretary of
State and the Adjutant General, in
accord with an act
of the General Assembly of Ohio and
approved May 8,
1919.
Ten volumes of this work have already
been printed.
In arrangement for convenient reference
they far sur-
pass any rosters of other wars published
by the State.
The names of the soldiers, sailors and
marines are ar-
ranged alphabetically, with the record
of service oppo-
site each. This facilitates, for all
time, a reference to
the service of any veteran of the World
War.
This is a distinct improvement over the
arrangement
by regiments and companies in rosters,
previously pub-
lished by the State, of soldiers of the
War of 1812, the
War with Mexico and the Civil War. To
find the record
of service of a soldier in any of
these, one must know his
regiment and company. If the name of
the regiment
only is known, it may be necessary to
read over almost