[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 before the eyepiece of a periscope carried up through the roof. (_U. S. Official Photos_.)] [Illustration: Departure of President Wilson from New York, December 3. 1918, on the steamship George Washington, formerly a German liner, on his voyage to France to attend the Peace Conference. This event made a new record in American history, it being the first time a President has ever left the country for any length of time. A destroyer is seen escorting the President's ship down the harbor to Staten Island, where the battleship Pennsylvania assumed the chief escort duty. _(Copyright, I. F. S_.)] [Illustration: _Above_--General Pershing decorating Private Nick Connors, Infantry, 42nd Division, with the Distinguished Service Cross, for bravery at Chateau Thierry. _Below_--Y. M. C. A. Secretary H. F. Butterfield, with a volunteer detail of the 104th Infantry, 26th Division, loaded with cigarettes, chewing gum, and tobacco for the boys of the 104th, who were chasing the retreating foe in France. _(U. S. Official Photos.)_]