The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-22

be able again 70 see such "a hrainN
man. and that in losing him the war
department Is making tho mistake 81
its life Among the devices sent in
are rsfiectors To throw the sun into
the cncn,y's eyes. land torpcdoes TO
run across No Mans Land aud eN-
piole IN the boche trench. chained
midnight, For there are a nilhuu
MOI 70 De put on the fielas Of France
a million bodies 10 ciOthe and a mil
lion months. 20 he fed, not to count
the same number Of guns or the tons
~ powder or the doctors To- be trained
and the hospital supplies gathered
So the grind 0es on an day and part
u the nleht-the grind of work
which II grinding the shining sword
OF Uncle sam
N Of the most interesting uctiVi-
ties % the war department II that OF
examining the hundreds % inventions
offered daily Men with bulky b"gs
containing their drawings crowd the
city Inventors fran BBiley's Cross
roads and kalamazoo. the bearded
crank and the smooth college man
are all here. cnch With his particular
scherie to end the war at once And
, each II examined. OF course. only
shot. sahrcs with pistols attached.
costs OF matt centrifugal guns 10
whirl bullets ON q Zoe. smoke bombs,
modern %citnpultp. aerial torpedocs
and dozens 81 similar ideas
Money MN In Cca~clcss Ncti,itN.
Another place whore work goes ON
steadily FOR t-wentw-four hours rs the
vast glass edifice down by the river
the bureau OF engraving and print
inr Here the light flashes am the
darkness through the presses grind
and the money. bonds or stamps fan
In huge sheets Go furnish the sinews
of wal fof a nation Not a wheel
turns. not Il man j. housed. fed or
| clothed. but the means mus, first Doe
manufactured Ina this hig plant Last
year there were zoe peopl" cm-
picvet thcre Now about 500 ate
daily laborinr
Here the money loaned foreign
governments was made and here the
huge liberty loan bonds We're printed
! About S21. ugH. nth. BOO In securities
will be the output his year while
there Will bee at least xSur.0u 600
worth ~ postage stamp. issued The
place h. bits clean. and hardly Is sound
save the whisr. whirr ~ the presses
disttuhs the silence but niEht and
day It is closely guarded both with
out and within Near the sidewalk
Is q sentry post. a. Waterman grects
you at the 0oor. a second me inter
views sou "a few steps further on then
YOU get to the captain 81 the watch.
who has some one detailed 90 ace
company YOU everywhere YOU GO
Many OF the heads Of the different
sections are SO husy that the, have
hardly time to eat when ar the office
The department ~ Justice Is also
busy-in q diguifiol way ss hclits
the majesty Of the law But the root
ing out Of spies iu this big country is
"a biE contract and It's Officials are
on the job all houTs Now hat no
aliens are To reside within ths con-
fines OF the district aad tho work ot
secret uemies VIII DE more plevCrlN
concealed. there Is "a corresponding
activity which takes iu the whole cit,
and shadows those whose words ur
actions are suspicious
The arsenal anal nav, yard. are.
of course. closed to visitors
IN mo- department is there more Jr
couplishcd than lu the great council
OF national defeuC, lt has at ITS
head men worth millions vino lr, Civ
Ing their labor here iu war TIMES
for nothing just so 49, to h. legal
they are placed ON ;nc government
rolls ~ pay ~ i dollar q wear On
IN" council are such men rs H1rueh.
willard. Eosenwuld. Gompcr Dr.
Martin aud many others who are
ot HON" receiving salaries far larger
than our president and 10 this NUM-
bcr must hc added Ford. who ia tuk
ing charge Of tho S"hlpbuildlur cud
of things. Through thu council 81
committee tho raw material of the
tuuntry has been mobilizcd and se-
cured a. 70 reasonable figure. ana iu-
Vontorv of lll manufacturing plants
made, 2G2 .nuH miles OF railroads mO-
hiliZcd. the telephone aud telegraph
put 90 close touch with government
control "a medical board ~ the best
physicians n surgeons 90 tho land
obtained. AN aircraft production
board organized emergency ra1-
|-tructiou done the activities OF the
states coordinttcd, % railway rom-
mission sent q" Russia. Regiments Of
engineers sent tp France tu mend
the French lines supervision OF Hll
Industries such CO.'S copper and steel.
which enter into munitions aud 20
vumau'e committee Co organic. the
Women of tho country bon defence
v'Ih. thrs" arc % few Of th" things
tIe council has accomplished
Hoover >tudic~ Food In iIi~ sleep
Do" fuu' 'uu mission has about
workers without puy M Hoo
| .tT .. at lH. It.N. ff|I Inf. and .f.I.NIA.