Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
BRITISH WAR ACTIVITIES
Cabinet Reviews Figures for the
Year 1872

Cabinet Reviews Figures for the
Year 1917.
There has just been issued by the
war cabinet, according to Answers, 9
London weekly, a general survey OF
Of the astonishing details it makes
clear are reduced to line or so here
Britain lent $3.50 million dollars to
her allies up TO December, 1917, and
SIS million dollars to the dominions
The manufacture of beer has been
reduced from SO million barrels to IL
million.
1t is estimated that the present sys.
tenn Of coal distribution will save the
equivalent OF 100 million IONS being
carried one mile.
The war cabinet held three hun
dred meetings in Il year.
There are seven and one-half mil
lion men in the British army.
Only one ship in two hundred OF
conveyed vessels has been lost.
The German submarine has a sur
face speed up to Is knots, and sub
merged speed Of 10 to IL knots. She
carries from Is to 20 torpedoes; she
can travel 100 miles completely sub
merged; and she can remain under
water, resting ON the bottom, up to
4S hours.
The range Of German torpedo is
five miles and the speed 40 knots.
Half Germany's U-Boats Destroyed
Since the beginning of the war the
admiralty believes that between 40
and 50 per cent of German subma-
rines operating in British waters
have been captured, sunk, or other.
wise destroyed.
In one month battleship cruisers
and destroyers in home waters steam-
ed more than one million miles, while
auxiliary patrol services steamed more
than six million miles.
HItul DiltiiH iNo ab'VV hi'ASS ~
coast line to defend.
The royal naval air service num-
bers $1,000 men, 176 airships end kite
pliloons and more than 2,50O sea-
planes and airplanes. These figures
are constantly increasing.
In one week the aircraft patrol
round the British isles flies 10000
miles.
OF l3 million men transported over
sea, only about $500 have been lost.
Up to last August 25 million tons
of explosives and army supplies and
81 million tons of coal and oil had
been shipped overseas.
Seven Thousand men and 10000
tons of supplies are sent daily to
France.
About SCI steamers are 'ntlnually
supplied in carrying troops and army
supplies.
There are 100000 men in tie navy
During 1917 we took on all fronts
$4,000 prisoners and Isl guns.
Military hospitals in the United
Kingdom number 1000.
More than 1900 women are en-
ployed us military nurses and 2S,O0O
others are employed in various work
at military hospitals.
Moonlight Aids Airplanes.
In the brightest moonlight ii is al
most impossible to see an airplane
ilying at 10000 to $1,000 feet.
There are 100000 men and 7O4,-
600 women engaged on munitions.
Since the beginning Of 1917 the
output of high explosives has more
than met our own demands. enabled
us to build up large stocks and sup
ply our allies.
Some 5000 tractors and tractor
plows have been ordered in America.
The number of articles handled
each week by the central stores
branch Of the .inistry of munitions
exceeds SO million.
II we had paid the same price for
gun ammunition in 1917 IS in 1916.
the increa.c In cost would have been
els million dollars.
Excluding officers. non commission
ed officers and invalids. there are in
this country some 10000 enemy pris-
oners, all but 400 of whom are at
work.
Only 5S6.0OO tons of paper reached
England in 1917, as against 1.I9S.O0O
tons in 1914.