New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-10
VAST SUPPLY OF
MUNITIONS SHIPPED
Production for PerShing Exceeded
GueSSes and Hopes Of Country

Washington, Oct. 10.-Militaly sup
plies and materials exceeding every
guess and hazarded estimate are being
sent to Gen. Pershing's armies. This
is revealed by figures and statistics
given out here by Acting Secretary of
War Crowell.
The statements indicate the rapidly
growing rate at which way supplies
are being turned ont in the United
States They also show the extent to
which the War Industries Board and
other agencies OF the government
have been successful in bringing about
conversion of the industrial re-
sources Of the country to war produce
ton.
At the head of the list is the amount
of steel which is being used for turn
ing out materials that do not include
either artillery or projectiles.
The main reason for giving out the
figures is to add to the force behind
the Liberty Loan campaign and en-
phaslze the necessity for larger pur-
chases of bonds.
The enemy is being driven back
said Secretary CroWell, land this is the
best time to increase our pressure. It
would be the worst time to pause.
This applies to civilians as we'll as to
military forces. I say this particularly
in reference to Liberty bond buying
I call upon the civil population of the
United States to accept the present
war responsibility in the same spirit
that our gallant forces are meeting
their stern duty Overseas-driVe hard
er every day for definite victory
Material Shipped Across.
The tonnages of steel materials
which had been shipped to Gen.
Pershing up to August 81, said Sec
rotary Crowell, include these pro
ducts:
Rails and accessories
standard gauge track. .213, 5000
Rails and accessories-nar-
row gauge track. $4,000
Structural steel ....... $4,000
Corrugated iron ........ 1000
Barbed wire ........... 10000
The purchases of lumber including
ties, piles and stringers, amount to
$1,000 tons, with additional quaint
ties bought i'll European countries.
Building materials include 1000 tons
of wall board, 5000 tons of expanded
metal and 900 tons of nails.
Details of the quantities of camou-
| f1age materials that have been sent
| over were given. In the list is 2,00O,-
! 600 square yards of wire netting, 1,
! 200 tons of paint, 100000 square
| yards of bur1ap and 100000 square
| yards of fish netting. Steele ware
| house sheds sufficient to cover 2,000,-
| 600 square feet of space have been
| sent over.
Buying in Other Countries.
| Large quantities of these materials
| also have been purchased in England
| France and Switzerland. An esti-
| mated tonnage Of some of these sup
| plies are 500 tons of machinery
| 374, 1882 tons of various equipment
| $50 tons Of office supplies, 463 tons OF
automobile and truck supplies, ia, 62S
| tons of track and ties, Sill tons OF
/ locomotives and cars, 5,548 tons OF
! water service machinery and 1921
tons of water service supplies.
Considerable quantities of electric
service equipment have been bought
| abroad, including 1878 tons of ma
| chinery and 2,710 tons of supplies
| Twelve tons of motor cycles and bicy-
, cles have been purchased, PAP tons OF
! depot stock, $50 tons of barges, 12,-
1852 tons of construction material
| and 1929 tons of miscellaneous.
The production of these materials
| in the United States it was pointed
| out, was growing larger at an in
! creasingly high rate. Many of the
| munition plants and factories which
| were PROJECTED soon after the declara-
| ton of war are being completed
/! Among these factories is the big shell
| production plant at Neville Island
! Pittsburgh
| Secretary Crowell pointed out that
| hundreds of thousands of tons of ma
terials and supplies are lying on
| wharves in this country awaiting
| shipment to the other side. There is
! a. shortage Of ships for the movem emf
| Of certain materials, among them mo-
| tor trucks, locomotives and transport
| tation equipment. More than 5000
| trucks were transported to France
| last month, however.
| I'VE are getting more ships" said
| Secretary Crowel 1--WE have had a
very large increase in the last thirty