The sun., 1918-10-10
SUPPLIES SENT TO
TUOOPSSET RECORD
Rapidity and Quantity Of
Shipments Now surpass
Highest Guess.
PRODUCTION Is GROWING
a.
Crowell Bares Statistics to I'm
press Need Of Money to
Keep Er Drive.
PRODUCTION Is GROWING

sseasl DespefeA 70 Tss sES-
wAsHIxozoN, OcL s.-s,fIi,tAry GSo-
psses ard materials ezcsedtng every
guess and hazard- estimate are b-ing
ssnt to Gen PershIngs armies This
~as revealed to-day By assres and
statistics given ouf.. sere By acting Sec
rotary Of War CTovel
TIE statements, lsd.czts ths rzpsdiy
growing rata At winch vaf supplies are
being turned out In the United States
They also shov TIE extent 20 which the
War Industries Board and other
agencies Of the Gosernn1eufA b1vs been
sSseceszful In bringing about q CONVEX
SION Of the Industrial resources Of The
country 70 war production
steel Heads List.
AZ the head Of the list b the amount
Of steel which 10 betzS used for turn
Ing out materials thai DO not include
stthsr artillery or nrojectiles-
The main resspss for giving out the
dsures Is To add % the force behind
the Liberty Loan campaign and en-
chases Of -bondA-
The enemy % being driven hack. -
said Secretary croUeIl. and this Ia the
bess time to increase our pressure II
would be the worst time 70 pause This
applies to civilians as well as to mill
tzrJ forceA / say this particularly In
references to Liberty bond buying I
call upon tie c.yu population of the
United States to ACCEPT the present war
responsibility Ia the same spirit that
our gallant forces are meeting their
stsrn duty overseas-trtye harder every
day for definite victory"
Material shipped Across.
The tonnages OF steel materials which
had, been shipped TO Gen. Pershfng up
% August 81. said Secretary croweIl
include these products:
Rails and acceasories-
standard gauge track: 2fs.eoe
Rails and sccessorfes-nar-
ron gauge track ........ s4eee
STRUCTURAL steel. ......-.... 5000
Corrugated iron. ........... 1000
Barbed wire. .............. Is.peo
The purchases Of lumber. Including
-tes. piles ard strineers. amount %
$500 tons. with additional quantities
bought In European countries Buildlrg
materials include 1000 tons OF wall
board, 5000 tons o. expanded metal
and 10000 tons Of nails.
Detafle Of the quantities OF cannot
Rage materials that have been sent over
were given In the list are zoos. coo
square yards OF wire netting. IL. .
tons Of paint. 1000 900 souare yards OF
buriap and i.3oeoss SCI ire yards o.
sufYc,ent to cover 100000 square fee'
Of space hare been sent over.
Large GRANTEES or these materials
also have oeep purchased IN England
France ard Switzerland. An estimated
tonnage Of some OF these supplies 1,
500 tons Of ma chfnesy. 57+,ss3 tons o!
various equipment. $50 tons OF offic.
.sIppiles 4ss tons OF automobiles and
truck supplies. 1li.s2s tons OF track anc
ties. s.lf7 tons Of locomotives ard cars
S,sts tons o. water service machinery
and 1881 tons Of water service Supplies
Purchases Made Abroad.
Considerable quantities Of electric ser.
fee equipment have been bought abroad
including i273 tons Of machinery ant
3.7iS tons OF supplies Twelve tons Of
motor cycles and bicycles have bee.
purchased 243 tons OF depot stock. So
tons OF barges. 1882 tons OF construc
ianeous-
The production Of these materials II
she United States. II was pointed out
vas growing larger at an increasingly
Aigh rate Many Of the manition plant
and factories which were projected sooi
after the declaration OF war are beIni
completed Among these factories IN tn
tfg shell production plant al Neville Ii.
and. near Pittsburg.
Secretary crowell pointed out IRA
srandress OF thousands Of tons OF mate
Rails and supplies are lying on wharve
IN this country awaiting shipment 20 tn
other eide There 10 a shortage Of ship
Tor the movement OF certain materials
among them motor trucks. locomotive
and transportation equipment Nor
han 5000 trucks were transported .
France last month. however.
I'VE are getting more ships." sal
Secretary Crowel We have had
very large Increase In the last thirt
siays" 80