The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-03


Hand grenades ...... :. 27 1-2a
Protecting masks against
suffocating gas :. ..10
POWDER
Othere explosives ....... 5
A French officer says that up to
October Is, France had supplied Rus
STA with more than 100000 rifles. and
more than 30O,00O,O0O cartridges;
sent her several hundred pieces of
heavy artillery, millions Of projectiles
for field guns, millions Of hand gren-
AIDES, and thousands of aeroplAne mo-
tors.
French technical experts and spe-
cialists were also sent to Russia to
intensity the home production" he
said. There are now 20 officers and
2S6 fsubaltern officers and soldiers of
the French army occupying important
posts in Russian mufiition factories -
The most important French mis-
sion sent to Russia was that headed by
Colonel .Pyot, who transformer into
munition factories a. great many es-
adjustments that had not previously
worked for national defense.
Raw materials and coal have been
sent in large quantities from France
to Italy, together with, a number Of
batteries of heavy artillery with a
supply Of shells to go with it. Besides
keeping up the provision Of sprojec-
tiles for these heavy guns, France
furnished italy with a considerable
number Of charged Stitch shells and
engaged to supply regularly several
thousand empty shells per day, Five
hundred thousand helmets 10000
trench shields, more than 100 trench
mortars, hundreds OF tons OF alumni
mum and chemical products, were
among the things furnished to Italy,
while a French Flying Corps consti-
tutes the defense of Venice against
Austrian air attacks. +
From the end of 1914 until the
evacuation Of Serbia, France supplied
the Serbian artillery with 1000 three
inch shells per day. After the re-
treat it was France that undertook
the transportation and the reconsti-
tuition of the Serbian army at Corfu
The armament and ammunition. were
furnished exclusively by France and
were. identical with those of the
French divisions; the rest of the ma
terial and supplies were furnished in
common by France and Great Britain
Inc hundred and fifty vessels were
required for the transportation, con-
shutting another great privation to
France, in such dire need of better
ocean transportation facilities. Sew
enty-six voyages were required for
the entire operation, and 1t was ac-
complished without single incident
France also supplied entirely the
Rumanian army with war material
and munitions from the day of its en-
Uyor E%y.o, n3r
to Rumania include more than 100
thousand rifles, with so million cart
ridges, and the additional supplies OF
10 thousand rifles per month, more
than 1000 machine guns with the
necessary munition supplies. more
than million hand grenades. She
furnished her with field guns, heavy
artillery, trench guns and anti-air-
craft guns with an initial supply OF
munitions for. each and with the I'M
dertaking to keep that supply up to
the requirements. France gave the
Rumanian army all it's engineerine
material. including telephone and
| Geographic lines, and all it's wire
less outfit; with certain number
of automobile searchlights and more
than 40 searchlights of different cali
bres, with 4,500 tons of barbed wire
All the aviation material used by
Rumania is of French manufacture;
the French Flying Corps ceded to
them 200 machines for pursuit, bonn
bardment and accommodating, while
100 other machines were built in Ru-
mania with material or parts furnish
ed by French industry. France made
100000 steel helmets, 100000 gas
masks, and $500 apparatuses against
| asphyxiating gas for Rumania In
September and October of this year
France shipped to Rumania more
than 5000 tons of material. It went
| by way of ArchangeI and over Rus
sian railroads Twenty French of
| ficers and 800 French soldiers, train.
ed in the aviation service were sent
| to Rumania Immediately after the
declaration of war and formed the nu.
cleus Of it's flying corps.