Evening star., 1918-08-04

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Daminions d and colonies. 1e
do not apologize for reverting to
the casualty list. 1t is essential that
these statistics should be made
known. 1t is difficult in a short arti--
1Britain's work in other fields. In
heavy guns alone she manufactured
during the third year of the war
twenty-seven times as many as In the
drss year ,. and s aso nssa,,srs times as much n
rife ammunition per week is now
sixty-five times greater than the
average weekly expenditure during
the first ten months OF the war. The
output of machine guns has been in
sand miles of railway track, 1000
locomotives and many tens of thou
sands of wagons have been shipped
abroad.
$1,000. 600 articles per week. and sends
abroad 10000 consiRnments per week.
In addition to over ninety national
arsenals, Great Britain has now 5.e46
government controlled factories. all
working day and night on munitions
and supplies. In October. 1917. about
100000 men and about 100000
women were engaged in munition
work proper. In July. 1917. the num-
Der of women employed in govern
according to the board of trade
Labor Gazette of November Is. 1917.
the number had risen TO 1,30e.sG0 be-
fore the latter date. Women do so to
10 per cent of all the machine work
on shells, fuses and trench warfare
supplies. and have contributed 1.45o
trained mechanics to .he Royal Fly
ing Corps. in one ~7ay or another
about 100000 British women are
working for their country in her
in their lives before.
Turning to the f1ee:. what shall
say. what can I say that will be at
all adequate to the theme. of the work
done by the British navy? 1t would
be almost ludicrous. in a review cf
Britain.s share in the war. to dismiss
in a sentence the absolutely vital part
borne by the feet did 1 not feel as
sured that every intelligent man and
woman in the United States knows
as well. IL not better, than I that the
civilized world owes its existence to-
day TO the unparalleled services render
ed by the navy. Eritain's ships
and penned the Hun in his few pro-
tected harbors. The navy has tripled
its personnel and doubled its fighting
armament. 1t has transported over
the face of the waters 1900. 600 of
men. 100000 of horses and mules,
plosives, 81, ,00o. .00o tons of oil and fuel.
and 130. .o0o. 600 tons Of food and other
stores. Need say more? OF course,
with the British feet / include the
officers and men of the mercantile
marine. To them in particular my
heart goes out. fer my home in Eng
land Is in httle seaport town which
breeds more shippers. mates. deck
hands and -firemen than amy other
town in the werld of its size
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]. And. alas. How can deal with the
aid given to, the motherland by Canada.
Australia, India and South Africa?
The requisite tribute. We're it to be =,
rendered adequately, would need ,
volume. I can only plead my opinion
that my American readers may be
more interested today in a Briton.s
exposition Of the emotional influences
which have swayed his. fellow coun- :
trymen during the past four years
than In n precise historical sketch
which would embrace the DEVELOPMENT
OF the royal air, force or the hospital
service or the army Of women ,ae-
tually employed in France For in
stance, I would like to tell of the
growth OF discipline among the /.
civilian population at home, the dis /,
cipline which the islands civilians
have fmpo6ed upon themselves as we'll
as the discipline which has been i'm :
posed upon them from headquarters
II 10 a.disefpfinel not ef the kind which,
as in -Gefman3y jInpaSes- the VIII of the
1T is a>forn Of ssiscipiiseswhieiri is
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