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at the port of Harwich, England. Note the listless attitude of this particular German crew. _(Copyright, I.F.S.)_] [Illustration: Drafting the armistice terms by the Allied plenipotentiaries at Versailles. On the left side of the table from left to right are shown: Gen. du Robilant; next man unidentified; Italian Foreign Minister Sonnino; Italian Premier Orlando; Col. E.M. House; Gen. Tasker H. Bliss; next man unidentified; Greek Premier Venizelos; Serbian Minister Vesnitch. On the right side of the table from left to right: Admiral Wemyss, with back to camera; Gen. Sir Henry Wilson; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; Gen. Sackville West; Andrew Bonar Law; Premier David Lloyd-George; French Premier Georges Clemenceau; and French Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon. (_French Official Photo, from I.F.S._)] [Illustration: The American delegates to the Peace Conference at Versailles: _From left to right_--Colonel E. M. House, Secretary of State Robert Lansing, President Woodrow Wilson, Henry White, General Tasker H. Bliss. The photograph was taken in the Murat Mansion, residence of the President while in Paris.] [Illustration: The Human Flag--A wonderful triumph of artistic military formation and photography, showing 10,000 Jackies at Great Lakes, Illinois, the largest naval training station in the world, with nearly 60,000 sailors in the making, and a naval band of over 1,000 pieces. _(Copyright,_ _U. & U_.)] [Illustration: A typical aerial battle. Destruction of a Boche plane by dauntless American aviators, swooping like eagles upon their prey, regardless of the anti-aircraft shells that burst all about them, and helping by their intrepidity and skill to clear the air of the Hun and maintain the supremacy gained by the Allies in aerial warfare. Thousands of American flyers were trained and ready to carry the war into Germany when the Teuton forces collapsed and cried "Enough!" _(Photo from I. F. S_.)] [Illustration: _Above_--An American supply train in the town of Esnes, seen from the cemetery. In the background Hill 300, which was held by the Germans since early in the war and has been the scene of many attacks and great slaughter. Note the utter ruin of the town as it was found by the Americans. _Below_--An American patrol arriving at the ruins of the house used as an observatory by the German Crown Prince during the famous battle of Verdun. It is said that he watched the operations in comfort while seated befo
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