Show SUPPLIES ALWAYS ON HAND IrI tIsh claim to have made transport system to tho the front ras os perfect as la ja possible when it I 1 Is s mentioned that 2000 tons lona ot of goods food and other necessities are sent flent every day from tho the base do de pots pota to the firing line ot of the british army some idea of the tha gigantic task ot of the army service will be ba gathered this enormous ous weight of goods saya says harold begbie comes almost entirely from roni hugland england for we aro are not buying in france even so BO perishable a necessity as milk vast stores are brought from angland and loaded into sheds at aba base depots alt all day by motor dory slid and railway truck supplies tor for the troops aro are sent out from these base depots to stores as aa near as possible to the firing lines hues and just as aa reserves aro are accumulated in the docks so BO reser reserves vea are near the tha front since an accident to the railways might cut off the fight ing soldiers supplies I 1 on one occasion there was a dela delay y on the railways of 36 hours budnot but not only did the soldier at the front get all his food and ammunition but he did not even have to draw on tile the reserves I 1 have mentioned regimental stores were sufficient for hla his need everything goes by clockwork there Is no room tor for an accident london alt alts |