Show S r- r rS S c S S VI fl 1 S' S S S S 1 S b 5 S 7 S 5 S The men inca behind the men behind the guns such as those shown here arc the ones that are arc keeping the production line humming bumming AMMUNITION WORKERS TURNING OUT VAST QUANTITIES I During the first year ear of war American ammunition workers turned out enough rifle rI e and machine gun ammunition to enable each Individual Axis soldier to be bc shot at by 83 rounds of stinging hot lead That amount according to Under- Under Undersecretary Undersecretary Undersecretary secretary of War Robert P. P Patter Patter- Patterson son is still mounting At one ar ar- arsenal arsenal ar- ar arsenal senal data collected showed each employee made and assembled an average of more than rounds of small ammunition calibers 30 and 50 Besides each cach workman turned out an average of artil artil- artillery lery iery cartridge cases made parts and assembled mechanical time fuses and artillery shell bodies up to six inches in diameter The amazing fact about these figures figures figures' given by the undersecretary undersecretary undersecretary is that they arc are based on all employees of the arsenal such as clerks timekeepers jan Jan- tors watchmen Had only the themen themen men and women actually en en- engaged engaged engaged in manufacture been in included in- in included eluded in the per capita figures given ghen above the production would have ha been 20 21 per cent higher What will be produced there in 43 can be imagined when it is shown that in 42 over a billion rounds of ot small arms cartridges and over ten million artillery shell cases eases were shipped from there |