The Dolores star., 1918-10-11


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ton. Consequently an almost entire
ly civilian personnel was selected for
the procurement division, men who
were experienced in the lines of in
duStry affected. rs, for instance, eX-
pertS in shell industry, in explosives,
machine tools. 'eNtiles. etc.
The orders placed, il was next nee
eSSary TO follow them up In each of
the more than 1000 munitions fac
tories engaged upon ordnance work.
To do this, and to force quick produc-
ton, a production division was organ
i%ed which has representatives in every
plant and which is responsible for all
production Of material. This division,
800, IS made up almost entirely Of
'INlIahS commissioned for the period
OF the war An Inspection division has
me dHAN Oh making sure That guns ana
SheliS are up to specifications. After
the material has been manufactured,
luEuprfpu and accented nv tho ] gETR1
states government, ii Is next necessary
10 supply II 10 troops IN the training
camps IN This country and to the Amer
icah eNpeuIL"ila'E FORCES IN france.
Numerous Articles Required.
The nvtr.rurIv dImrrlt rrohIar, o4
the SUNNY divi.in-, of tho orI,,o,,oo do
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be furnished IN DIR f0htiorr forces md
which mus+ he Distributed ,-,go. tho
most difficult circumstances ,,-Itr,,,,, .
hitch. These 100000 articles rnprs
from the small striker or frine, min, or
n rifle or IittIr nDt or brlt I'm a mann
moth rpiIway mount for . ff-fprb Io,v-
itzer. Some of the artillery corriygns
have rs many rs 1000 narts md ir fs
the duty Of The ordnance dcparfncrt
to rppafr and maintain sucb material
The rifle is rho r.olv y.,.,,,,r, ,r ,r,a
inronfryunn o,.ir., +o Tho cI,o,,,,5
conditions of modern ,vorfora If dnos
not retaln the extroordirorv rI,ca Of
inheritance If once held II is SIN
however the nriprinrI Stoud-hv Of o
American soldier. and the maintenance
of an odeoua+a raser,... of lido, fs
therefore. q NATTER of much conrarn
Have we enough rifles for orr rifle
carving soldtersg We have. What fs
more, we are able to outfit them with
the very best type of rifle known in the
munitions world. For number of
years before the war the superiorltv
of the United States model Of 1903
(popularly called the SpringfeId) was
well recognized. In five international
meets, extending over a period of five
years, our rii!emen, using the Spring
nelu' won hrst place every time, de-
Ie"tlhs tiie inarkSiheh OF 10 hndons'
host Oh our opponents We're armed
Win types oA tne MauSer riiie' WhicA
- useu ny the Germans. Inc new
onlteu suites houel OF 1911 P0pu-
iatis ca,'eu me hodihed EAhelu) Is
supsI"ntiahS the equivalent OF the
Spilhsheiu' IL was declded 10 manu-
lhcture tiie hodihed Ehheid because
our AMERICAN lactofleS' Which had ac-
cepteu larSe contracts from Great Brit
am couid turn TINS weapon out IN
iuiser quantities thah the Sprlngheid,
WHICH had peeh maze only at govern
meht arsenais.
Our rate of rifle production is to-
day 5O,oOO per week. Every three
months we are now making as many
rifles as we had altogether at the be-
ginning of the war. Yet that Original
supply (6OO,OOO Springfields and 100.
600 rifles of other sorts) was, from the