Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-11
WILL LOAD $1,000
SHELLS EACH DAY.

oaGAT GOVERNMENT PLANT IN
8 NEW JERsEY TO START SHIP.
MENrs BEFORE LONG.
8 LARGEST IN THE WORLD
1hrss Others Like lt Being Construct
ed-Medieal Department Has Mobile
4! Appasatve 20 Provide Pure Drinking
/ Water In France.
(vssa Csnnittes On Public Informationy
Washington.-Quantity II not capac-
~ shipments will start soon from a
esw government shell-loading factory
n Nav Jersey. one Of four such gov
eminent plants each Of which is larger
than any similar plant IN the world.
When turning out $1,000 loaded
ahslls day under full operation the
plant will use 1900 tons of shells and
explosives daily, the products Of some
q factories. More than 5000 work.
mon will be required. Plans contem-
plate the employment Of large num-
bse OF women. The marking Of shells
- dssisnate size, load and range will
ssauirs 100000 operations each day.
The plant has q total area Of approx
tnatsly $500 acres. More than 100
Buildings. with an aggregate floor
space Of 100000 square feet, will pro-
vide storage for shells and parts and
for material. A small city, with heat
Ing and lighting plants. water and sew
age systems, hospitals. fre-f1ghting
plant and restaurants, was built to
house the employees. There is equip
nsnt to protect the health of those
Who work with poisonous gases, and
school for instruction in the load
iAs Of artillery ammunition with high
explosives.
The operating plant consists Of 10
shsll-loading units, each Independent
Of the other, with equipment for load
Ing 10 sizes Of shells, ranging from the
recently developed 7-millimeter to 16
inches. On two sizes of shells the pro-
Delling charge also will be loaded, the
aAell and cartridge case being assem-
bled at the plant All other shells are
assembled In France.
In the construction Of the she'll
leading units the problem was far
eEsater than one Of mere building. I'm
Asnse fans have been installed to dis
poss Of the poisonous fumes from the
High explosives. When a unit is in
operation the air in the loading room
. changed every few minutes.
The American soldier In France gets
pure drinking water from mobile water
tfainA The trains are under the ju-
sisdiction Of the army medical depart
nsnt They are miniature water
works, which chemically treat, filter
and sterilize water, making 1t fit for
consumption. What municipal water
works do to insure healthful water to
the people Of city these trains do for
the soldiers.
A number Of publication units with
attached motor-tank trucks constitute
10 train. Each unit is complete filtra-
t1on plant, including laboratory. Ar
irving 1T stream It sets hose into
the water and pumps the water
through pressure tank. Before the
water passes through sand filter it is
treated chemically to rid It Of disease
germs. The pure water is pumped
late tanks mounted on trucks, which
carry the water to the soldiers.
Each mobile water unit carries an
expert chemist, bacteriologist and
iDsmpman. There is a complete lab
esatory In the front Of the machine for
,,tAs testing Of the water. Tests are
made every two hours OF more often
when 1t IL thought necessary. The wa
tsr 10 lifted into the filter by gasoline
pump engine and complete supply
se extra pipes and tools are carried so
that all repairs. either from accident
~ shell hre, can be made on the spot
The trucks are equipped with electric
lights % that the work can be carried
q at night. Many Of the chemists
and bactsriologists assigned to the mo-
bile laboratories were formerly con-
iasctsd with municipal waterworks and
Ntratt0n plants.
Every community will be combed for
war workers. War industries are short
nearly 100000 common laborers and
lack Of workers in the coal-mining in
dustry Is imperiling all war produc-
tea. There 10 also serious shortage
e skilled labor. One Of the largest
'nunition plants, turning out heavy
eolibsf guns. 10 short 1000 machinists.
The war plants Of Connecticut and
Maryland are undermined $4,000 ma
SAlnists.
The United States employment serv-
TO will begin an intensive recruiting
iok workers for war work from the nom
essential Industries. Employment Of
1ces win be increased and the force
sk local agents and travelling exam
siners will be enlarged and sent into
every community that relief may be
.S1yen before the ban against private
tabor recruiting goes into effect on
August I.
! Nearly 1900 600 girls and boys have
Seluntssred for the United States gar
- army in the department Of the
anterior. Their service flag bears
:eEoassd rake and hoe with the letters
y. 3. .. q. In blue on field Of white
WITH . red border The enlistment