Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-09-26

mately 900 community labor boards
of the United States employment serv.
ice have been organized or are In final
process of organization. Between 700
and 500 of them are ready to function
and some already have begun work
Full and partial returns from 80
states and the District of Columbia
give a total of 915 boards completed
or in formation while four other states,
two of them large Industrial common
wealths, report the organization of
boards but not the number. The five
remaining states failed to report.
Each community labor board is COM
posed of three members, one represent
ing the community's employers, the sec
ond it employees and the third, who Is
chairman, the United States employ
ment service. The employers and en-
ployees' members are chosen by their
respective local organizations. their ap-
pointment being approved by the d.
rector general of the employment serv-
ice. 1t is the work of the community
boards to generally supervise the re-
cruitment and distribution of workers
for war production, the actual recruit
ing and distributing being done by the
local offices and agents of the employ
ment service, including the agents Of
the public service reserve.
The federal directors of employment
for the states have been notified by
the director general to rush the organ
and their functioning as quickly as
possible in order to provide relief for
short-handed war industries.
Some facts about guns and munitions
told by the secretary of war:
We are constructing big gun plant
at Neville Island. We signed con-
tract with United States Steel corpor-
alton to build and operate without
profit this plant for guns Of the larger
calibers. This is the biggest plant of
this kind ever conceived and will build
guns of not less than Ia inch. The
site is just below Pittsburgh and COW
ers about 1000 acres. The housing
will be on the hills south of the island.
The amount of money involved is
S150,OOO.O 900 which is being supplied by
the United States government. This
plant will handle tremendous amount
of material, and will be retained by
the government after the war.
We have shipped two hundred and
fifty 155-mm. howitzers to France.
We are producing between 25.OOO
and 10000 machine guns per month.
OF Browning heavy 5000 to 1900;
Browning light automatic rifle from
5000 to 1900 per month.
We are making about 1000 motor
tractors per month.
We are turning out all the smOkeleSs
power we need now.
The production of rifles has been
about 100000 per month.
We produce more than $4,000 pistols
and revolvers per month.
Orders have been given for the sup
ply of one million emergency ratiOns
by the subsistence division of the
quartermas ter corps. The emergency
ration corresponds to the iron ration of
the British troops. 1t is carried in an
alright, gas-proof container and is suf-
ficient to maintain man for one day,
sustaining his full strength and vigor.
1t is strapped in the pack of the sol
der going over the top and may be
used only according to the instructions
given when the emergency ration Is
issued.
The emergency ration is composed
of ground meat and wheat compressed
into cake There is also a block
of sweet chocolate. The bread and
wheat component may be eaten dry
or, If possible, stirred into cold water.
The cake. when boiled for five minutes
in three pints of water, results in
very palatable soup, or when boiled in
one pint of water for five minutes it
makes porridge which may be eaten
hot or cold. When cold, 1T may be
sliced and fried, If bacon or other fat
is available The chocolate component
of the emergency ration may be eaten
dry or made into hot chocolate.
The Quartermaster corps has just
completed purchases of large quantities
American Red Cross. The food will
be shipped to France. Switzerland and
Denmark and used for civilian relief
and at prison camps.
The order includes more than $780,
600 pounds of hard bread; 100000
pounds of oatmeal; 333, 1873 pounds Of
fresh beef and more than 100000 cans
of baked beans. Purchases also have
been made for the Red Cross of 205, 600
cans of fish flakes These flakes are
a combination of paddock and shad.
About $50 pounds of fresh fish are re-
quired to make 100 pounds of hsh
flakes
Purchases also are being made by the