Albert H. Wiggin, president of Chase Manhattan Bank; financier
J.P. Morgan, and Walter E. Frew, president of the Corn Exchange Bank at
the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917.
Liberty Loan Committee members Thomas William Lamont, Jr.; William Woodward, president Hanover
National Bank; Charles H. Sabin, president Guaranty Trust Company;
Martin Vogel, assistant treasurer United States; Gates W. McGarrah,
president Mechanics and Metals Bank; James S. Alexander, president
National Bank of Commerce; M. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Allen B.
Forbes of Harris, Forbes & Co.; Seward Prosser, president Bankers'
Trust Company; Albert H. Wiggins, president Chase National Bank; J.P.
Morgan; ; Walter E. Frew, president Corn Exchange Bank; James N.
Wallace, president Central Trust Company; Charles V. Rich, vice
president National City Bank; ; Jacob H. Schiff, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. attending the Liberty Loan
Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917.
A parade was held.
Exotic weapons of war were displayed.
The captured German UC-5 Type UC I minelayer submarine which was displayed as part of the Liberty Loan drive and renamed
U-Buy-a-Bond. She sank 29 ships sunk for a total of 36,288 tons in 29 patrols. On August 21, 1915 the UC-5 became the first submarine minelayer to penetrate into the English Channel, laying 12 mines off Boulogne, one of which sank the steamship William Dawson. She ran aground while on patrol April 26, 1916 at and was scuttled but recovered by the British.
British Mark IV Tank "Britannia" which was brought to New York
City and renamed the Liberty and put on exhibit to help sell
war bonds. It is
currently is located at the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Maryland.
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