The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-28
UNCLE SAM SETS
PRINTING RECORD
Governments Big Establishment
Turns Out Vast Amount
of Work.
WAR IS CAUSE OF INCREASE

Press Room Produces 24o,ooo,ooo
Copies Of Posters, Pamphlets and
Other Publications in
One Month.
Wartime work at Uncle Sans print
ing office has reached large proper
tiOns, establishing during one month
q record never before equaled in the
history of the office, according to Pub
lie Printer Cornelius Ford. The pre-
paredness and war situation demanded
rush delivery on a vast number of or
ders covering every conceivable class
of printing and binding, these orders
varying In quantity from 1000 to 25,-
100000 copies each. In order to han
die this extra work, in addition to the
ordinary current work for congress and
the various departments and bureaus
Of the government, the working forces
were augmented to some extent as
rapidly as possible, and all divisions
put on what is practically continuous
24hour run, divided into several
shifts.
Registration Printing Heavy.
The law requiring registration in
connection with military duty called
for very large quantities of job print
ing. All of this work was prepared
for posting in the government print
ing office, and forwarded direct to the
mailing tables in the city post office
The principal items concerned In this
work were 25,000000 registration
cards, together with 1S,000,0OO copies
of certificates Of registration, a certain
number OF each being mailed to the
sheriff of each county In the United
States; other blanks, vouchers, tele
grams, instructions, ETC., in connection
with registration totaled approximate
ly 100000 copies.
The Liberty bond issue required
large quantities of rush work. One
million copies of Liberty bond posters
printed in two colOrs, were delivered
within the space of few days. Foul
million copies were printed Of wha
is known as the boy Scouts" poster
This poster was printed in two colors
and was prepared for mailing by mem
bers of various Boy Scout troops. Tel
81 million copies were printed of circu
lars, applications, etc.
Approximately 100000 wire
stitched pamphlets, varying In siz
from s to $50 pages each, on mat
ters concerning preparedness and wa
were printed.
The output of the bindery during tn
month was extremely heavy. In ad
dition to many millions Of copies o
miscellaneous work, there were 75O
600 bound books delivered, amon
which were: Handy Book for En-
listed Men," 10000; Soldiers Deposi
Book" 10000; Manual Of Interio
Guard Duty" 100000; "ProvisiOna
Drill and Service Regulation" 10000
Manual for Courts-Martial," 100000
Small Arms Firing Manual" 100000
Health Record for Officers" 25,OOO
Drill Regulations and Service Maj
ual," 10000; army Regulations" 30
900; "Rules of Land Warfare" 26
600; "The Army Horseshoer," 10000
Army Horse in Accident and Dis
. ease" 5000; Infantry Drill Regult
tions," 10000.
Other Departments Supplied.
The agriculture department wa
; supplied with many millions Of pos
ers, bulletins, ETC., concerning foo
conservation and farming.
In addition to the printing an
binding in connection with the prepa
alton and prosecution Of war, the regl
lar current work, unusually heavy s
this time by reason of increased acti'
tiles and the creation of new bureau
. Was produced for the departments an
congress, amounting to, approXimatel,
, 100000. This work included q dali
: edition of $4,000 copies of the Congre
sional Record, 123,000,00O postal care
. and 100000 money order blanks.
!" The pressroOm handled $4,000 form
: and produced 240,000,0OO copies; Il
! pamphlet bindery folded 25,O0O,O(
$ sheets; the total cost of paper use
+ during the month was $282, 900, avera
3 ing about $1,000 per day, as again
about $4,000 per day during the san
Y month last year, and the wages pa
g amounted to 100000. The publ
8 printer says:
J. "All employees In the gOvernmel
printing office have shown an efficiel
e and patriotic spirit in respondir
n cheerfully to the extremely heavy d
l. mand made on them by the long hOu
l. and hard work necessary at this tim
n and great credit is due them for Il
= splendid showing made by the OfliC
o 1t is my firm belief that the prese
organization and working forces Il
the best in the history of the cover
u ment printing Office.
y Notwithstanding all the long hou
= and rush of work, the employees foul
y time to subscribe, approximately, $40
600 Tor Liberty Loan bonds"