HUMAN STATUE of LIBERTY - 18,000 officers and men preparing for war at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa. Col. Wm. NEWMAN, Commanding; Col. Rush S. WELLS, Directing.

FACTS: Base to Shoulder: 150 feet; Right Arm: 340 feet; Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet; Right thumb: 35 feet; Thickest part of body: 29 feet; Left hand length: 30 feet; Face: 60 feet; Nose: 21 feet; Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet; Torch and flame combined: 980 feet; Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000; Number of men in torch: 2,800; Number of men in right arm: 1,200; Number of men in body, head and balance of figure: only 2,000.

Photograph taken by Mole &Thomas, 915 Medinah Bld., Chicago IL

Courtesy of Gold Star Museum, Camp Dodge, Iowa