Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16


feopeet - IT, teeAnlcal Oea . q
peaceful Sooesoy. nakaag seseasene
ana tesn ana UtaiiSang an u seses
menus q Invention ana ossaen - seel
pecs w1th competitor u war seeip
ment ana secure every sovantaes pos
0oie.
Have capoble gxpeeeA
In neaceful industres the public 4,
satisfied TO iudee by the quality Of TIN
nnal produet. When the history Of III,
present var n written. II will proba,
bly, be found that this was the propeI
measure Of our fighting industry. thu
results secured on the battle front
Those results viii be secured By the
American military ofacer trained Il
design the equipment Of an army, and
the weight Of expert opinion both from
military men Of other nations and
capable business men in this country
who are working with the war depart.
ment Is to the effect that we have as
good q system Of development a ex'
lists.
In ordinary times our requirements
for fighting tools are 20 small that
they can be supplied as a n incident to
peaceful Industry. The American mil.
itary expert was able to center upon
the design Of rifles. guns and ammuni.
ton, turning his blue prints and speci.
fications over to manufacturers who
were waiting to bid upon contracts.
When the design was finished he sim.
ply advertised for bids and secured de.
liveries through the penalty clause In
government contracts. and saw that
quality was maintained by careful In.
spection of material delivered.
For several months after war was
declared the ordnance department
found Its whole scheme of organization
fairly satisfactory, and for a reason
which will be apparent to everyone
when II is stated.
Regardless Of the magnitude NJ our
task and the urgency which has
not been lost sight Of n new armv
and our war nrenorat,ons hod IN he
arranged IN an ORDERLY nropram NJ
growth. Soldiers for tho army had n
no drafted md trained This wos wort
which wonld consume months ~ limo
No mattar how vol, tho p,or, vora
laid. And wh,,e the mon were he,np
moh;,Iznd md ,nstrpctoa Tho ordnonco
dena rtment con,d arrange for tha,r
+oo,s rharo uos oyo, t,rna
IN snana m thororcb tosts "a dotor.
mine which type of rifle. machine pun.
etc. uon,d cive tho hest res,,ts m
tho fighting front Tho nooca.t,mo
nlon re orcan,,atior uos thoraforo
n hut With f,,, nro,,s;on Gov
growth as the new army was trained
and sent to France. 1t was possible to
plot the requirements for each bureau,
increase the organization by drawing
In more technical men from civil life
for each sreciic task. and provide
new bureaus to deal with new tasks.
. bureau of supplies became neces.
for instance. and was started last
May, with two men in a single room,
who proceeded TO man ont that bu.
functions for IS months. taking
into account the delivery of supplies
from factories, and their distribution
to every army camp in the United
States, as required by the army's de-
yelopments In this country. and nna,.
" taking care Of ,ts requirements
when II reached the western front.
This bureau of sunnlips TODAY hos
about 5000 workers. md more ore he.
ing added daily according TO ORDERLY
Of work. md NV tho end ~ tb;s
yenr there will he fully 10000.
War er,;n..r. IL ch.r,.
r,o or,,onoo ,onar.uon. t.
ronnoa ,n = nov thot nnlos - ~ -
80. ..,s .an,.as
nor,n.oonoo ~ ,.s na.,e,,.s
~l.,cast sco,o ord u,,th mo ro.t
eorefnl atten,ion n MI dato,,s ror The
neriod If the war A, tho bead ~ tho
den,r,ment today 10 Tho ch,ot -, o-d.
nence which nos,tion &c Gin hold he
Mai Con w;l,l,n Cro,,or canoro,
howeyar ,s Of nroront ~
France. onn,v;nc his ah,litv ond ax.
perIence 70 the study Of tho ormv,s "a.
ou,rcments in the field. Hr,p Con
Charles r. Wheeler. rs acting chief ~