Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-28
ARTILLERY NEARLY
ALL IS MOTORIZED
AMERICAN ARMY TO co FURTHER
In THIS RESPECT THAN HAS
ANY OTHER.
NOTIFYING OF CASUALTIES
How the War Department Informs
Relatives of Killed and Wounded
Soldiers-Radio and Ruzzer Opera
tion Taught in 600 Schools.

artillery will be carried to a greater
extent in the American army than in
any other army engaged in the war.
Not only will a far greater amount of
motor equipment be provided in pro-
portion to the strength of the army,
but 1t will be used for work where
armies now in the field depend solely
upon horse power and man power.
The ordnance department has sue
ceeded in developing such types of
tractors that, exclusive of the heaviest
field artillery mounted on railroad car
riages, all American artillery will be
motorized, with the exception of some
problem of motorization of field artil-
lery is a difficult one, which explains
why it has not been carried out to a
greater extent than has been the case
with the armies that have been fight
ing in Europe for the last three years.
The possible output of tractors for
the transport of field artillery in the
United States is practically unlimited,
whereas the supply of horses is at
present limited and is becoming more
so each month.
Relatives of soldiers named in cas-
ualty lists forwarded from France or
dinarily are notified within ID hours
after receipt of the lists, according to
a statement authorized by the war de-
partment. A statistical DIVISION .
with staff of officers and a corps of
stenographers, gives all its time to
the maintenance of files of soldiers
names and addresses. This division
notifies relatives.
A copy of the roster of each contin-
gent sailing to join the expeditionary
forces is filed in card index fashion,
each card bearing the name of one sol
dier, his organization, and the name
and address of parent or other relative
or friend designated by him to be mott
fed in emergency. When casualty
each name cabled from the American
expeditionary force is listed with the
emergency address on file in the caro-
index. As rapidly as the new list witt
emergency addresses is built up the
telegraph clerks get duplicates. These
clerks already are supplied with blanl
kilograms which require only the rela
p tive's address. name of sender, nature
of casualty and the date, and filling il
the blank spaces they get the tele
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addition to maintaining the telegraph
blanks for the sake of speed the stats
teal division is supplied with sets o
form letters to be filled in and mailed
when further details are available.
While relatives are generally in re
| ceipt of information within "a hour
after the cables are received, delay
are sometimes due to clerical error
/ caused by the fact that names mus
pass through so many hands in Franc
ard in America, incorrect emergenc,
| 1Hs.resses turned in by soldiers, re
Eeyal of families to addresses othe
chan those listed, and the occasiona
necessity for cabling back to Genera
Pershing to verify name or to obtail
an address.
Aside from these four causes of de
lay the only reason for the failure Q
relatives to receive word at once i
military consideration. General Persl
ing may, at his discretion. withhold
casualty list until he is positiv
4 1t will have no military value to tn
enemy.
Through the operation of repai
shops for clothing and other article.
considerable saving in reissue of ne'
equipment has been made at arm
camps. One camp quartermaster est
mates the issue of new clothing ha
decreased one-third, and of shoes 4
per cent.
At a base repair shop for clothin
an average of 1881 garments were rt
paired daily during the first Is days c
May. In addition to the work done 8
base repair shops, many thousands c
garments are repaired at camp shop
one shop being located at each larg
camp.
During April nearly 10000 pairs {
shoes were repaired in army repai
shops. At present practically all hs
repairing is done by contract, th
price varying from so to 80 cents pc
hat
This work is in charge of the conse
vation and reclamation division of til
quartermaster corps, which has bee
in operation only during the last for
months.
The food administration is making
careful survey of the national ice sitl
alton in order that it may be prepare
to meet any sudden shortages in pa
ticular communities. The destructio
of ice plants by fire, breakdown of M
chinery, or the exigency of the weatht
may at any time cause serious shor
age.
Incomplete returns from 25 state
show that nearly 100000 women hay
registered for war work under tt
woman's committee of the council I
national defense.
There is no discrimination Of al
kind between soldiers who are n
citizens of the United States and Il
native born or naturalized citizens
; the American army, excepting that Il
former cannot hold commissions.
Nearly 240,000 transfers of me
from one unit to another have bee
, made in army camps as result of Q
, cupational qualifications determine
, by investigations by the war depal
, ment committee on classification
personnel. Recently about 400
transfers have taken place each wee
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