The sun., 1919-05-04
FORD cos WARWORK
WAS TREMENDOUS
Facts and Figures Just Made
Public Show Remarkable
Productive Ability.

The following interesting facts and
osures were furnished by Albert HRS,
., Albert Hirst, Inc, zoos Broadway
che largest Ford dealers in the metropoli-
,an territory showing the great work
dome by the Ford Motor Company dur
ing the war.
without going into particulars, the fol-
,oring items will give some idea of the
ysIue the Ford Motor Company was
On the Government of the United States
On lis call for the sinews of war:
More than 100000 steel helmets.
order for 5000 IL cylinder Liberty
Motors. over 1900 had been delivered
,yben the armistice was signed, and they
we're lust striking their producing capac-
ity -
az nm, guns. Something over 5000
delivered.
order for 1i2 Eagle boats, 200 feet
long % foot beam. Something like 20
deliyered, when the order was reduced to
50 The balance will be finished by
August l.
More than 5000 trucks. More than
o5 900 regular Ford cars. More than
5000 ambulances.
Four hundred thousand cylinders for
Liberty motors. Because of the super
Sority OF the work on this article the
Government placed the order with the
Ford Motor Company to make all the
cylinders for all the Liberty motors made
IN America The original order was
practically completed when the armistice
was signed, and a new order for 800, 900
b,d t,st heer1 entered
Seven hundred thousand bearings for
the Liberty motor. Here again the Gov
ernment recognized the superior quality
OF the bearings made by tho Ford Motor
Company and placed the order with
them for all the bearings for all the
Liberty motors made III the United
States on this order over 1000 bear
.ngs had been delivered.
Seven hundred thousand cylinder forg-
inss for Liberty motors. Once again the
Government recognizes the superiority of
Ford work, and placed orders with the
company for all the cylinder forgings
for ali the Liberty motors made in
America. over 100000 had been deliv-
erred
\ large volume of experimental work
was done in building three ton military
tanks and the Government had just
,twoman, military tanks, and 5000 OF the
six ton military tanks. Cancellation
came before more than a dozen or SO
tanks had been delivered. But the foun-
,dations had been laid and the super
structure almost completed for an enor-
nous building in which the Ford Motor
Company intended making tanks alone.
'Of course this building comes in mighty
useful in the enlargement of the Ford
Motor Company's business
Motion picture reels in behalf OF Lib
.erty loans. Red Cross and patriotic fund
work we're made by the Ford Motor
Company and supplied to the Govern
,ment in sufficient quantities to serve tie
entire United States In motion pictures.
Motion picture reels In volumes suffici-
cent TO serve the armies Of the United
States in France. Italy and Palestine
were furnished by the motion picture
department Of the Ford Motor Company
The Ford Motor Company also did
more than 100000 OF work In the pro-
duction of special devices for the Navy
Department OF the British Government
The Ford Motor Company also fur
nished the Government with 275 skilled
mechanics for work in France
The Ford Motor Company also
through their chemical laboratory, CO.
Generated with the manufacturers of gas
masks for the United States Army.
An average OF $4,000 men and women
were employed in the main factory at
Highland Park. $500 men at the ship
building plant on the River Rouge. 1000
men employed at the new blast furnace