El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-10
SAYS LOOK OUT.
F0RLOAN SHARKS
Col. Lord Warns Soldiers
Against Paying High In
terest on Liberty Bonds.

! ton especially TO loans on Liberty
! bonds. has been received at local dis
trict military headquarters from Col
H. N Lord OF the quartermaster
! corps I'm charge OF the army Liberty
/ loan campaign. through the southern
/ department The officer declared
that loan shaks are lending from $50
10 SO on 500 bonds at rates as high
/ as 10 percent. The information stated
} that army men should be protected at
I all hazards against the operations Of
! loan sharks and against those who
would misinform them OF take advau-
! tage Of them with respect TO their
{ government bonds.
: Any reputable bank. the information
pointed out will give the market for
: the bonds and should loan money on
{ them at a reasonable rate.
It was asked that this information
| be posted in conspicuous places in
/ camps and posts.
/ has been kept up, a constant contact
{ kept with trained men abroad study
/ ing the operation Of ordnance mate
/ rial in battle. and accordingly modi-
flying designs and plans here by rea-
I son Of observation and experience
Difficulties in Ordnance.
Many OF the classes of ordnance
{ material requiring to be designed.
I specifications drawn, and contracts
( let. were wholly unfamiliar TO our
! normal military practices Trench
warfare material alone involves com
mitments Of $1,000. 600.
Many Of the ordnance depart
I ments contracts involve increase Of
I plant facilities. or construction Of
: by inspectors who have had to be
+ trained in specially established
/ schools
The Quartermaster Generals Dept.
For the Quartermaster generals
department in 1918, SS,0lS.00o.0o0 was
/ appropriated. or a sum more thar four
I times as great as the 1915 apprOpria-
"On the first day Of April there
{ were 3f7 officers in the Quartermaster
/ corps. On the first day OF January,
1918, there was total Of 645i Off
ION the first day OF January. 1918,
nearly 50. OOO. 600 600 OF the appropria-
! ton had been obligated by contrcts
! or disburseme uts-
This business involved accounting,
I determinations of standards. prices,
quantities and the creation OF new
manufacturing facilities
300 Mills Produce WOOIens.
In the wooden goods section alone
the cooperation OF over 900 mills was
/ involved and the following items give
{ some idea OF the extensive character
! of the operations; there have been
purchased over 100000 blankets,
I 10000. 600 Yards OF overcoatinE and
over so 10000 yards each Of shifting
flannel and suiting. involving an eX-
l penditure Of over S345,0Oo.oe0.
The department has contracted Tor
100000 0O0 yards Of various cotton
$1,000 In AVIATION Corps.
The aviation section Of the signal
/ CORDS on the first day OF April, lslf'
/ consisted OF Go officers and 1870 men
on the first day OF January. 1915, II
/ consisted Of $500 officers and s-'l-0
This division OF the war depart
/ ment was charged by congress with
I the expenditure Of an appropriation
! azgregatinS for 1918, Sf44,oOt,o0V or
five times the 1915 appropriation Tor
the entire war department.
The engineer department. FOR
which in 1917. S55.000,O00 was appro-
priated. was charged by the 1918 ap-
preparation with the expenditure OF
/ $3.50. O0O, 900, or about zoo percent IN
10000 Technical Troops.
There have been organized, trained
I and equipped technical troops OF Tor
! esters. stevedores, and railroad con-
struction and operation men. aggre-
gazing ABOUT 4-tfyJvs NAM "a
have been operating in France tor
/ some months"
summary OF Accomplishments.
! In summing up the department
work the secretary gave the Iollo"-
ing as its chief accomplishments
IA large army is in the ned ana
{ in training; so large that further N
I crements TO II can be Adequately
/ euuipped and trained as rapidly as
those already in training cal be
I transported
THE army has been enlisted and
selected without serious dislocation
OF the industries Of the country
Supplies Abroad Are Complete.
"3-The training OF the army Is
! proceeding rapidly and its spirit Is
high. The subsistence OF the army
Z has been above criticism It's initial
J clothing supply. temporarily made
quats is nov substantially complete
! and reserves will rapidly accumulate.
Arms Of the most modern and e.
! fectiye kind-including artillery, ma
] chaine guns, automatic rifles ana
small arms-have peen PROVIDED oy
! manufacture or purchase for every
soldier in France and are available LOT
every soldier who can be gotten 10
4 France in the year 1918
a substantial army is alrea dy
Z in France. where both men and Off
{ GERS have been additionally and specl-
I fIcally trained and are ready Tor
Z active service
Construction In France
5-Independent lines Of communl-
cation and supply and vast storage
and other facilities are in process OF
I construction in France.
"6-Great programs for the manu-
facture of additional equipment ana
for production OF new Instruments or
war have been formulated"
I Is Aware of Criticisms-
: ct make this statement" continued
! the secretary. fully aware that there
have been produced before the mem
{ beers Of this committee some EXPIRES
sion Of doubt. differences Of opinion
and disapprOval. The war department
has spent eight months hearing sim
I liar expressions, Analysing them. cor
recting the conditions out Of which
{ they grew. perfectinE its orcanizatie-l
Z to prevent their recurrence; and all
! the while driving on to the accom-
Z plishment Of the main task.
Criticisms Are Valuable.
Ny military associates and I ap-
Z preciate the work which this commit
{ tee has done, and viii value sug-
2 gestions from the committee as a
( whole. from its individual members
and from every other patriotic citizen