The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-01-18
SHORT OF MEN
ENGLAND PILES
UP AMMUNITION
Critics Say She Needs 60 New
Divisions for West Front
Before Great Often
sive Can Succeed.
TURN TO BIGGER GUNS
Enough Small Ones to Insure
Their Part Now on Hand
Supply of Shells
Grows Rapidly.
TURN TO BIGGER GUNS

London, Jan. 16-The Times mill
tary correspondent maintains that the
p~rolongation of the war, "as h result
OF the foredoomed failure of the peace
movement" throws on all the allies the
duty of making greater efforts in order
to deserve victory. He says thai Ger
many did not wait for a reply to her
peace offer, but initiated measures a
month ago to expand her supply OF men
and munitions.
I'VE ought to see," the correspond
ent writes, clearly enough that our
efforts on land, especially on the west
tern front, have not been adequate to
secure a decision or even to deserve it,"
Referring to the imputation," with q
tendency to eX~aggeration," that the
British have 1000, 900 men in Francs
and the French have 5000, 600, he says:
Sees Shortage Of Men.
Statements of this nature serve to
obscure the issues rather thar to IL
Illuminate them. 1t ought to be known
and admitted that the aggregate pa-
tional strengths do not express the ZEAL
value Of fighting armies. We all ought
to count in bayonets and guns in order
TO ascertain u chances OF victory and
when we count in this manner the fig
ures dwindle to quite a different total.
The truth Of the situation is that In the
west, Germany has 1913 divisions OPP
posed to US, and hat the number OF
French, British and Belgium divisions
is not yet such as to promise a decision
In an offensive war.
The writer declares that there Is q
crying need for more men and that
there has been a great remissness In
the creation OF new divisions along the
lines Of Kitchener'S original conception.
w need another so divisions In the
west" he concluded. "The necessary
men exist n there is every probable
ity that their appearance in the field
will decide the war;"
English munition factories are now
turning u every As hours more heavy
gun ammunition than they manufac-
tured in the entire first year of the wal
and the production Is increasing each
week in preparation for the great Of
fensive on the western front which
British military critics believe will
come next spring.
Many Machine Guns.
Dealing with guns in the same way.
1t is foun that representing the num-
Der Of guns manufactured during the
first year Of the war by 100, the num-
Der for the second year would be S41,
and for the third year will be some.
where In the neighborhood of 1850. The
manufacture Of lighter pieces has had
to be slackened recently, owing to the
fact that the equipment of the British
army in light field pieces is approx
mately complete and it is only necessary
to provide for requirements and re-
newals.
Representing the total number OF
machine guns delivered to the army
during the first year as 100, the total
for the second year was 1850, and for
the third year will exceed 5000.
The production of trench mortar am
munition n grenades has been so
highly developed that any further in
creases scarcely seems necessary.
The increase in the manufacture OF
explosives has been tremendous. For
every tom Of explosive employed in Sep
TENDER, 1914, $50 tons were employed
in July, 1915, and 10000 tons In July.
1916.