Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04
COST OF BIG
 DRIVE IN FRANCE
Some Figures That Tell Why You Should Subscribe to Che Fourth
 Liberty Loan

7ge.U0O. and Che rifles. automau. rifles and heavy machine guns -aII shooting small arms ammunition cost Sl.Fe1IoU. Iu other words Che drst 2I hours of che drive repro seuts au investment ot $53.gg9.lUt iu gums and ammunition.
 For such a drive. Che French mas. nine divisions l0.OOU Go l2.oou men to diyis.ouI. Since our div.s. ions arc twice Che size of che French or German divisions. it is assumed chat we would mass four and ono. haIt or live divisions for drive on a tU-mue front
 On Chat front there would bc l- oet 20 mm. Jabout s-iuchl guns light field pieces Behind One 15s would be our medium beay.cs. loo nun. .Jbout 6-nehI guns and how iuu There would be 16S oi thgs'. nsh costing S-uU0H sun farther la,k .Here would be our heavy ar- urg 2fU mm .about lU-iugbI gun. and boVitegss There would be esf of thgs.. oleH costing SGuuuU.
 The amount invested u 60 mn suns u m. drive. therefore. is Ss.- UTs.Uu0. u 100 mu. guns and how iHcrs. SI5.efHHUH. and iu 2iu nm guns and bov..egn. St53to.0UU. Total artillery ot aI types Sas.- 7ge.UUU.
 10 .. rsumatcI that Che 60 nm guns would lire 5lg.U0U rounds u tfc drst eG hours ol tb.s drive The cost per round would be approyi- msteIy $IU. lt s estimated that Che I55s would fire approximately I53.GOD rounds In che 2i hours The cost per round would be lpproN.- matcIy 800. It is estimated chat Che 2ID's would Gre 5f.2UU rounds The cost per round would be approu- matcly SI0U.
 The amount of. money represented. therefore. ir artillery ammunition would br. For % nm. guns. S5.- 12n.00O; for 100 mm guns and bow- itzcrs. S7.GSaUHU. for elH mm. gums and howItEcrs. S5I2UU0U. To- ul artillery ammunition consumed sI1.P2U.U0U.
 Tho forces mae.rd for che drive would have. ou Che French basis &C., 6l0 rifles. Ig0n light automatic rifles. and 900 heavy machine guns
 The cost of rifIc. witch bay0Hc. strap and all accessories. Is approx imatcIy Sg5: Che cost of a light auto m1tic ruc s approximately Slo0; Che cost of a heavy machine gun is approximately S2O0
 The rifles used in Che drive repre- s.ut am investment of S1.2l1.UOui tbc automatic rifles au investment Of EIgU.uOO. Che heavy machine gums am investment ot fl9DUU0 Total for rifles. automatic rifles. and machine gums. Sl.Ge74Oo.
 The rifles. automatic rifles and heavy machine guns aII usr Che same caIlbrc oI sma.I-arms ammunition. Iu Che first s3 hours of che drive it is estimated tbaf is.2uU.uUU c1r- trIdecs would bc consumed The cost per cartridge is approximately cents Total cost oi smlll-lrms ammunition consumed In Che 2l hours. SG1o.O00.
 Nearly Gf.r four millions ot Iol- lars involved .u one brief battle eighteen and half of them conn plctcly fired aV1y Iu shot and shell
 guns worn away t0 Che cost of gt least five oud a haIt millions more thcrc you have million aU hour as Che cost cl bis battle -to say noth- iue of Che possible destruction or capture of part OF aII ot Che thirty fyc million dollar original Inycst- mcnt
 This is study In money cost. but Che most powerful appeal ot an is this. that the moro money we spend in artillery and munitions. che more AmerIcan men there win bc to take part iu Che peace parades after Che war has been won.
 A single wcll-p'agcd shell. putting concrete machiuc-Euu empIacc- mcnt out or action. win save hum drcds of lives among our infantry; just as a b1rrarc by which barbed wire dcfcuscs are blown away saves thousands ot lives by speeding mp the action When che men must de- lay to eut wires-a at Neuvc Cha- peuc-thc slaughter is trightfui
 Our dollars win avoid that; they win give our boys Che backing they deserve. making victory more oer- tain. more speedy. and less costly u terms of American manhood
 And SO. as we lend our dollars in this Fourth Liberty Loan, may we realize where they go and what they do; and how vital a part they win play In saving thc lives of our men. both in Che battles yet Co be fought and by forcing an earlier ending oi Che war In victorious and permanent peace.
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