Arizona republican., 1917-01-08

French officer says that up to october IS. France had supplied Rus sia with more than 600 900 rifles and more than 300. 900. 900 cartridges: sent her several hundred pieces of heavy artillery. millions of projectiles for field guns. millions of hand grenades, and thousands of aeroplane motors.
 French technical experts and spe- cialists were also sent to Russia to in- tensify the home production" he said. There are now 22 officers and 23, subaltern officers and soldiers Of the French army occupying important pests in Russian munition factories"
 The mos; important French mission sent to Russia was that headed by Colonel Pyoi. who transformed into intuition factories a great many es- t2blishments that had not previously worked for national defense.
 Raw materials and coal have been sent In large quantities from France to Italy. together with number of batteries of heavy artillery with d suppls of shells to go with il. Be- sides keeping up the provision of pro jectiles for these heavy guns France furnished Italy with considerable number of charged 3-inch shells and engaged to supply regularly several thousand empty shells per dey. Five hundred thousand helmets. 10000 trench shields more than 100 trench mortars. hundreds of tons of alum inum and chemical products were among the things furnished 10 Italy. while 2. French flying corps consti- tutes the defense of Venice against Australian air attacks
 From the end of 1914 until the evac- nation Ji Serbia. France supplied the Serbian artillery with 2,0o0 three inch shells per day. After the retreat it was France that undertook the trans portation and the reconstruction of the Serbian army at Corfu. Thy armament and ammunition were fur nished exclusively by France and wer- Identical with those of te French divi- sions; the rest of the material and supplies were furnished in common by France and Great Britain. One hum dred and fifty vessels were required for the transportation, constituting another great privation to France. in such dire need of better ocean trans portatioA facilities. Seventy-six voy- ages were required for the entire operation. and if was accomplished without single incident
 France also supplied entirely the Rumanian army with war material and munitions from the day of it's en- try into the war Frances donations to Eumania include more than l0O. 900 rifles. with so million cartridges. and the additional supplies of 10 thousand rifles per month. more than 900 ma chine guns with the necessary muni- tion supplies. more than million hand grenadcs. She furnished her with field gIIns. heavy artillery. trench guns and anti-aircraft guns with an Initial supply of munitions for each ard with the undertaking to keep that supply up to the requirements France gave the Rumanian army all it's engineering material. including telephonic and telegraphic lines and all it's wireless outfit with q certain number of automobile searchlights and moro than 400 searcnlights of different calibres. with 4,500 tons Of barbed wire
 All the aviation material used by Rumania Is of French manufacture; the French flying corps coded to them 200 machines for pursuit, lombard ment and reconnoitering. while 100 other machines were built in Rumania with material or parts furnished by French industry. France made 200 900 steel helmets. 500000 gas masks. and 5.200 apparatuses against asphyxiating