The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-11-19
Art mics Are Using Up Millions
Upon Millions of Bullets Daily
as Well as Countless Shells.
TO Make These Every Available
factory Abroad Is Running
Night and Day-Many Women
Employed.

NvEN with millions of men and
the most modern rifles and ar
tillery an army is practically
useless unless provided with an
ample supply Of ammunition. The ma
tons now at war realize this, and many
experts believe that in the end the side
which has the last shell will be the
victor.
A a result Of this all England and
France have turned their hands to the
manufacture Of munitions. Little is
know n in this country about the am
munition factories in Germany, as the
Gel man ensor allows no news Of this
nature to pass. 1t is known. however,
that the krupp works, where the guns
and shells are made, are the largest in
the world, and Judging from the num-
Der Of shells they have used since the
beg inning of the war, 1t is seen that
their supply has been ineXhaustible.
The retreat Of the Russians was due
In q large measure to their shortage Of
ammunition. Dispatches told how the
cars men stood up under the Teuton
tire to the last ditch and then fought
with bayonets, only to be moved down
by the fire from the German guns. 1t
has also been said that many Russian
guns have been captured only after the
last shell had been fired.
The British and French realize this
and as a result have exerted their best
efforts in forcing the Dardanelles SO
that the supply Of Russian ammunition
might be augmented. Other reports
tell OF the ammunition shortage now
being felt by the Turkish armies. but
the truth Of these statements has neye
been established. 1t is known, how
g q, that the Germans used every dip
lomatic method known to gain the con-
Sen OF Roumania to be allowed to
send munitions across this neutral
country to aid their Turkish allies.
Women Of Britain Are Helping.
The British women, who, when the
wal opened a year ago, We're absorbed
IN society and engaged in only orna-
n charity, are showing their met
tie In doing work as different from
that as the rough life in the trenches
must be different to their aristocratlc
husbands and sons. This is especially
true with the ladies who serve at the
canteens which have been established
through private funds at Woolwich ar
senal and at the different munition
factories and dockyards, as we'll as at
the large railroad stations In London,
Tor the purpose of serving something
substantial to eat, with hot coffee and
tea, to the munition workers and to
the soldiers passing through London.
Caste and social prestige seem to be
almost forgotten at these canteens and
army Bullets, the women working to-
gether in frank comradeship.
The women live at the training hos
telry, Lesrey House, a pretty, old fash
Toned mansion, which has been espe-
cially fitted up by Mrs. Moir, the wife
OF the chief Of the inventions branch
OF the munitions board. 1t has pleas
ant gardens, but the workers have
sm all time to enjoy them during the
We eek end, and the housekeeping is of
the simplest nature, the food being
ade quate, but plain.
The women must enter into an agree
ment for a six months stay before
they will be accepted for training, and
they must also agree to offer no sug-
gestions regarding the forewomen un-
der whom they work. The managers
at the works absolutely reserve the