The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-04-23
THE FORD COMPANY
In The LATE WAR
Government Depended Largely on
Ford Factory ;'or War SiateriaI-
Called on to Buiid Many sVar
Machines.

Ford Factory Eor War SIateriaI-
Called on to Buiid Many Nar
Machines.
Without going into particulars, the
following items viii give some idea
of the value the Ford Motor Com
pany was to the Government of the
United States ,in its call for the
sinews of war:
More than 100000 steel he'll
NETS.
Order for 5000 12-cylinder Liber-
ty Motors. Over 1900 had been de-
livered when the armistice as sign
ed, and we were just starting our
producing capacity.
10000 Caissons, mainly for 155
NJ. Ill. guns. Something over 5000
delivered
Order for 112 Eagle boats, zoo
feet long, 25 feet beam. Something
like Is delivered when the order was
reduced to 62. The balance will be
finished by the first Of August.
More than 5000 Trucks. More
than $4,000 regular Ford cars More
than 5000 Ambulances.
100000 Cylinders for liberty Mo-
tors. Because of the superiority of
the work of this article, the Govern
ment placed the order with the Ford
Motor Company to make. all the cy-
finders for all the Liberty motors
made in Amer g. The original or
der was p%sctLc. ly completed when
the armis.ce y2s signed and new
order for 10000 had just been en-
tered.
100000 Bearings for the Liberty
Motor. Here again the Government
| recognized the superior quality of
the bearings made by this Company.
and placed the order with us for all
the bearings for all the Liberty Mo-
tors made in the United States. On
this order over 100000 bearings had
been delivered.
100000 Cylinder Forgings for Lib
erty Motors Once again the Govern
ment recognized the superiority Of
| Ford work, and placed orders with
the Company for .all the Liberty Mo-
tors made in America. Over 100000
had been delivered.
A large volume of experimental
work was done in building three ton
military tanks and the Government
had just placed orders for $4,000 of
the small, two man, military tanks,
and 5000 of the six ton, military
tanks Cancellation came before
more than dozen or so tanks had
been delivered. But the foundations
had been laid and the super-struc-
ture almost completed for an enor-
/ nous building in which we intended
making tnnis alone. pf-e-trsay this; his
fDuIId1ng comes IN mi ghty useful in
the enlargement of our business.
Motion picture reels in behalf OF
Liberty Loans, Red Cross, az d Patri-
otic Fund work were made by the
Company and supplied to the Gov
ernment in sufficient quantities to
serve the entire United States in
Motion Pictures. Motion picture
reels in volumes sufficient to serve
the armies of the United States in
France. Italy and Palestine were fur
nished by the Motion Picture De-
partment of the Ford Motor Com
pany.
We also did more than S1,000,OO0
of work in the production of special
devices in the Naval Department of
the British Government.
We also furnished the Govern
ment with 275 skilled mechanics for
work in France.
We also, through our Chemical La
boratory, co-operated with the man
ufacturers of gas masks for the Unit
led States Army.
An average of $4,000 men and wo-
men were employed by the main fac
tory at Highland Park; $500 men at
| the Ship Building Plant on the River
Houge; 1000 men employed at the
new Blast Furnace in course of con-
struction on the Rouge; $50 men
employed at the Carburetor Plant, OF
an average of $4,000 employees, prac-
tically all on 100 per cent. Govern
ment work, under a standard eight
hour day, and a minimum wage OF
SIS day.