The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-16
ORDNANCE CHIEF GIVES
CREDIT TO SCIENTISTS
Tremendous Progress Made In the
Manufacture of WAR Making
Facilities.
SCALE OF ACTIVITIES VAST
Abltty to Prepare Quickly Greatest
Assurance ur Nations
Future Safety.

WhguNGTON. March q, To
American Industry dud engineering
bui American science. not iO the
ordinance corps ot the regular lrm.
belongs the credit of huNug cNuls"d
ANA made pumiblo uu ordnance pro.
Nrlm for tho American army Tint
made victory 10 Dur'utntg hui"r
Gauvill clarence t. Williams 'Hlof
of ordnance. declares iu "a lotto, TO
ihr ufu,,ra 81 his department 20.
iriuE Co Di.i, NE mad" ruhu' 20
ulshl
Il was American Industry nud
science that Nrrc on trial Huys the
lrttrr rhc % nfDLgrs ~ the ord
nnu,c department of tho old regular
army and tho II government uI-"r.
nls they 1lUHulgLsrnd ruIIl never
have uinIfrNS5 have won the rut
cvHH or caused the filur" 10! ma"
5000 officers from civilian lifu aud
tho 5000 private industrial ulNuls
which were incorporated lu tho ur.
Eanl2atiou for tho period uf the Wpr.
Tho enlistment iu iuduury equally
with tho druii uf mlnpuwor. was a
Wcccgg. Ana Tor that I thank }uu
the administrative directors ana tho
engineering advisors ~ American
industry who came into tho ucr,lrc
w WV ''NNN'I'' Nv l'' ''''.'' WV ''h
the war"
variety of Activities
No othor part Of the American
war program Carried itY rc1ponsibll-
tiles and effort aa tu design and In.
vrutlun. or production into $50 many
channels. the letter says or pro-
iccted them upon 40 vast scale.
when your problem IH tho pro-
ductl0n of 100000 separate compo-
nontS IN more than 5000 different
plants" II continues. with these
Items ranging from feed bags and
star shells 10 complete trains ot
railway artillery, the Judge who can
compotontly say what your progress
has been must indeed huvo u pro-
found knowledge of tho field
GENERAL WILLIAMS points out that
his own service took him first 10
France for eight months, then back
TO keep the work nt home under
constant review.
"Of such knowledge" he adds II
say that YOU did exceedingly well
and that I am proud 10 have COM !
manded such soldiers In this war I |
say this utterly without thought OF |
any personal responsibility for that |
success. The tribute ls not TO mo, |
u In not TO the army ordnance de- |
partment OF the regular establish |
ment nor TO the ordnance officers
OF the regular army. II IA 10 Amer |
lean industry and engineering, 10
American science."
Not Time for DEVELOPMENT
Tho department, General Williams
says, probably exercised direction !
over IA greater physical power than
was ever concentrated on u single |
purpose In the history OF the world"
Tho happy attainment ~ our OBJ !
jectiyc In the war within 10 months !
gave insufficient time for the com
plete development Of that power"
he adds, Proper strategy required
tho projection OF the ordnance pro-
gram upon n scale designed to Sc
cure an ultimate, overwhelming md
continuous rate OF production rather
than lesser rate OF production NJ
an earlier date
obviously housewife could buy |
an oven and bake six loaves Of bread |
In less time than a bakery could he
built ana provision made for tho |
needs OF an entire city. Hut the rate |
OF prodhctionN from the housewives y !
oven could never feed the city
The ordnance objective was
rate Of production adequate FOR an |
army Of 5000 600 men. We could |
not sacrifice production In 1920 TO |
force quicker hut lesser rate OF
production In 1919 We were build !
ing to make ultimate victory uhso-
lutely certain and there never was II