Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-10-07

inexperienced people handling affairs In all depart
There has the conduct of the
wondered what really hoped for
crete from which might draw conclusions and feel
that they were well grounded and dependable
For time previous to the close OF the war we were
spending the supendous of fifty million dollars per day.
The investigating committee appointed to look into the
charges of made an elaborate report and we
glad to be able to Record readers summary OF that
report they read the facts and draw their
illusions.
The in this article based upon data
furnished by agencies of the Federal Government and the
or OF a VINO VINO ns
the House of Representatives This article will deal with air
craft and ordnance and subsequent article will deal with other
We expended $lo5l 5ll 1888 aviation and airpanes
a) Up to the time of the signing of the Armsce
In action on the American front.
o. We obtained for use at the front 2lS De Havand
extremely dangerous foreign planes
which we either bought or borrowed from the Allies
building elaborate railroads and facilities and then
were forced to buy 9 per cent OF our spruce lumber from p
d) We spent approximately slOOoO,OOO spruce rail-
(e) We spent $2OOOOooO for 46Os Curss motors, l6l6
Curtsstype areopane and LOO Standard JN aeropanes
poaton then sold them back to this for $27200OO
a ba % @ ac e e ne 70
they sold the Curss Company that the Curss Company
which the War Department might thereafter declare surplus
f We spent $6OOoooO Bristol planes and sl75Ooooo
Standard planes and single machine that could
be used for any purpose
Ordnance Department
beginning of the until June 1919 than it cost to
finance the Civil War large part of this fund was spent in
program of manufacturing artillery and ammunition Our
suit in most directions negligible The following
ICES it,
expended $9345s2 Not of these shells reached
b) We had $50 contracts rs m IN shells which
expended $3Ol 94l459 Of these shells we fired 5000
(c) We had 142 contracts for 3nch shells which we
expended of these shells reached the firing
(d) We had 4Ss contracts for Al shells which
pended $47l6O5 Of these shells $4,000 fired by our
(e) We had 3O5 contracts 6-inch shells which we
expended $2489O5 None of these reached the firing
had ST. for S 55 shells NV which f
@ We had sol contracts for sneh shells t which v
CHI We had contracts for 24O Shells which
expended $436S67 None of these reached the firing
cD We had 2Ss contracts for so shells which we
pended $50 None of these reached the firing line
Cd We had II contracts 2-nch shells which
pended $9O7878 None of these reached the firing line
spent $266477 None of these reached the firing line
Cd We let Ill contracts to the amount of $478S28345,
gun mbers ecuperaors Of this pro-
of expenditures there reached and actually
used in combat hrtynne rs antiaircraft
fortygh 47nch of the 1906 model EIGHT 47nch
and twenyfour Snch carriages The details shown in
table furnished by the War Department.
70 MN shells fourteen thousand Al shells fortyeght Al guns
and twenty-four S-inch howtzers.
Every it to this country give his children the
best possible chance to be educated the best things Ame
citizenship The existence of depends
the ideals boys and girls who the and
of Tomorrow.
The number of crimes committed by of
simply appalling Every daily newspaper filled with grew
of crime This should
be careful in furnishing ideals for the boys
girls.
Did you try the experiment of looking for something
hard That element usually
there somewhere and only it and have laugh
il, mental skies will usually up MUCH faster
Dead fish float down the entirely oblvous to the
of decay that going but live always
their energy up Don't be a dead
good action helps a stronger,
every makes lit and slide
into the channel of careless unworthy living.
The who does his best day need have fear
that else will get his place Honest effort ntegeny
directed always gets its reward.