The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1919-09-11

American production Of rifle ammu
milton amounted to approximately 3,
5OO,OOO,O00 rounds, of which I,5OO,
100000 were shipped overseas.
Artillery.
When war was declared the United
States had sufficient light artilley L
equip an army Of 100000 men. anc
shortly found itself confronted will
the problem Of preparing to equir
100000 men.
i To meet the situation it was decided
in June, 1917, to allot our guns to
training purposes and to equip our
forces in France with artillerv con-
forming to the French and British
standard calibres.
Up to the end Of April, 1919, the
number of complete artillery units
produced IN American plans was more
than 5000, or equal to all those pur-
chased from the French and British
during the war
The number of rounds of complete
artillery ammunition produced in Am
erlcan plants was in excess Of 100000
O0O,as compared with 100000 rounds
secured from the French and British
So far as the Allies were concerned
the European war was in large meas
IRE fought with American powder and
high explosives.
During the war America produced
10000 tons of poison gas, much of
which was sold to the French and
British.
Out Of every hundred days that our
combat divisions We're in line in
France they were supported by their
own artillery for seventy-five days
by British artillery for five days, and
bv French for one and one-half days.
~ the remaining eighteen and one
hall days that they were in line with
out artillery, eighteen days were IN
quiet sectors, and only one-hah Of one
day IN each hundred was in active
sectors.
In round numbers. we had in
France $500 pieces Of artillery, Of
which nearly 800 were made in Am
erica, and we used in the firing line
1850 pieces, of which over 100 were
made in America.
Airplanes, Motors, Balloons.
Don the declaration Of war the Unit
ed States had fifty-fve training air.
planes, Of which fifty-one were classi-
ned as obsolete and the other four as
When we entered the war the AL
hes made the designs Of their planes
available to us and before the end Of
hostilities furnished us from their
own manufacture $500 service planes.
Aviation training schools in the
United States graduated 1902 men
rom elementary courses and 4,028
rom advanced courses. More than
1000 pilots and observers were sent
)verseas.
The total personnel of the Air Ser
nee, officers, students, and enlisted
lien, increased from 1,2000 at the out
,reak OF the war to nearly 100000 at
Is close.
There were produced in the United
states to Nov 30, 1918, more than
1000 training planes and more than
5000 training engines.
The De Haviland-4 observation and
ay bombing plane was the only plane
he United States put into quantity
reduction. Before the signing Of the I
rmlstlce 3,227 had been completed I
nd 1885 shipped overseas. The plane
5as successfully used at the front for ,
nree months
The production of the 12-cylinder !
liberty engine was Americas chief I
to aviation. Before the
1854 had been completed. l
,435 shipped to the expeditionary f
orces, and 1,025 delivered to the AL
es.
The first fiiers in action wearing +
le American uniform were members !
the Lafayette Escadrille, who were
'ansferred to the American service in '