Arizona republican., 1915-07-26
SKILLED WORKMEN
 GATHERED EARLY
And All Are SoIdiers-Mu- nitions Bureau Stands Between the War Depart ment and Critical Par lament and Public
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 PARIS, July 25.-In spite of Ger man assertions to the contrary, it is stated that the French as yet have employed no foreign made munitions. and their artillery, which is the strongest and most effective arm of their army, has been able to depend wholly upon France for it's projec- tiles. The possibility that the oc- casion might one day call for even more extraordinary quantities of shells than are required now, and especially the munitions agitation in England, have led the French to fore see and discount any sudden need which might arise by the appoint
 ment of an under secretary of state for war whose duty should be to give particular attention to the prod uction of munitions for the French army and navy.
 Already Mr. Albert Thomas, the incumbent of this post, has organ ized the service of military produc- tion in three general divisions: a technical service, an industrial ser vice and a labor service. At the head of each he has placed competent men familiar with the work before them. At the head of the technical service. MT. Thomas has set three military officers. themselves technical
 experts who also had had practical experience or the fighting line. They serve as a buffer between the war department and the critics of the government in the parliament-~ Also, they constitute the court of first eX- animation for all the scores of in ventions and tactical suggestions which pour in upon the French gov ernment every day.
 The industrial service is in charge of self made man who began life as a workman and rose to be one of the biggest manufa actureTs in France.
 He knows both ends of production. and it is therefore he who has charge of making the utmost of the indus trial resources, in factories, machinery and tools. of the French republic in it's one present business of the hour. war Thousands of offers from fac tory owners to put all or part of their shops at the disposal of the government are already in the hands of Mir. Thomas. The industrial ser vice is expected to work out a sys- tenn by which these may all be used for that kind of work for which they are best suited. Later. ] t is planned that every factory in ! France will be called upon to furnish this department with a detailed report of the sort | of machinery installed in each and the kinds of work each can do. ] The government will then take pos session of such shops as it requires and as happen to be most favorably situated for munitions work.
 The labor service of the war de- ! partment presents the most cOmpli- cations and is by far the most i'm portant in France. At the outbreak of the war every able-bOdied man
 in France was mObiized: the fac. tories therefore were forced either to 1 shut down or to supply the places of skilled workmen with such mat | erial as happened to be at hand
 men who had been judged physical | lv unfit for military service, women or bcys. The result was, naturally, an immense decrease in production and a rise in the cost of manufac- | turing due to the use of awkward. l untrained factory hands. As the war | settled into the siege of Germany, it became evident that the lack of | skilled workmen in the factories han | dicappd not so much private enter prise as the very work the govern ment itself must depend upon for success in tEe war The Dalbiez law
 was therefore passed. permitting the
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