The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15

of the kind raging in Europe today we can never have enough r1uni- tions."
 He defended the arrny's high command against charges of alleged barkwardness~ in adopting lessons of modern warfare, and said 1t Is profiting from what has been de. veloped" in the current war in new weapons, industrial mobilization and tactics.
 "The kind of an army which we intend to have of course governs the material to be produced" he continued. "It is our plan to pro- vide an army organized and equipped for modern warfare su. peTior to equipment to that Of any other nation"
 Patterson said that army prepar- ednesS expenditures under the pro- gram during the first quarter of the le4i fiscal year averaged 93,600 900 per working day; jumped to Se,S00., 900 during the second quarter; to $l0, ,s00, 900 in the third quarter, and to 100000 900 during the final quar- ter, Q six-fold increase over figures for the outset of the period.
 HighEghtS of Progress
 Patterson gave these highlightS of specific progress:
 STRENGTH OF THE ARMY A total officer and enlisted strength of approximately 1,50o,o00 ofacers and men, including nine triangular divisions of which one Is motorized completely, 18 square divisions, two cavalry divisions, four armored di- visions, and miscellaneous troops in- cluding heavy garrisons in overseas possessions and newly acquired At lantic bass. The air corps has 6 strength of l67,000 men and is in- creasing Its pilot training from i2,0o0 to 30000 annually. Every ef- fort is being made to speed forIna- ton of new armored divisions. Army personnel has been increased six- fold since July 1, io40.
 ORDNANCE-Procureinent of lat- est types of weapons is continuing at an accelerated" pace, with ape proximately $2,000, 900 900 having been spent for equipment, and $500, ,000, 900 for new plants. Machine guns are already being delivered from three of five sources, four of the i've shell and bomb loading plants will begin operations within a month or six weeks, and work on many other new factories is nearing Com- pletion. The Springfield, Mass, ar- senal is turning out the Garand semi-automatic rifle at @ 1,0O0-per- day rate. In general, production of basic weapons and ammunition has increased from 100 to 1000 per cent" during the past year, and the entire ordnance program should get into high gear" by February 1, 1042.
 AVIATION-The avaition indus try has orders for 74,O0O military aircraft, and it delivered $625 ,0O0,- 900 worth of equipment in l94O, a 250 per cent increase over 1889; 22 manufacturers already have in- creased l94l deliveries 300 per cent ocer those of 1940. He said that we are now getting dividends" in in- creased deliveries of new planes equipped with tuErets, self-sealing gasoline tanks, arrnor plate, and other improvements. Deliveries for the three months ended June 30 on military aircraft were seven times those of the first quarter of I04O.
 CONSTRUCTION -The quarter master corps has completed or is completing on schedule e 25O- project construction program cost- ing eI,D00. 900 900. It includes troop housing facilities, general hospitals, ordnance plants, storage depOts, and chemical warfare plants. PrOduc- ton of clothing has reached such . peak that aii ehsoiete types, exc cept oyercoats, have been replaced by modern attire. old oyeEcoafs viii be replaced this fail.
 M0TORgxATfOM - There were 29.eoJ vehicles on hand July {, iDiO. A total Of 92e9. .lTe 600 was appEo- priated fOg na0s0raxatl0n during the past year; Of the as3 l0D4. new vehi- cles provided for aoeSsi have been ordered and ios. .seis delivered.
 SIGNAL C0kRs-zArse numbers Of new radio aetecteza details of which are closely guarded d-aEe bee Ing purchased fc sspcts eiEplaueg and surface craft. An additional Dfae0oo,0Do viii be spent tlais yeaE fpR ihls equipment.
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