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Show BELGIUM CREATES 1E Also Makes Its Own Cannon, Can-non, Rifles, Shells and Other War Materials. HEADQUARTERS OF THE BELGIAN ARTILLERY ESTABLISHMENT, BEHIND BE-HIND THE ALLIES' FRONT. May 9 (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Here, where the Belgian army is making mak-ing its own cannon, its own rifles, its own shells, its own transport wagons, its own saddles and harness, one can appreciate ap-preciate bow other outstanding features of the war have unduly obscured the Belgian military effort since the battles of 1314. The Belgian army had six divisions of Infantry and two divisions of cavalry Wit to hold a line of approximately eighteen miles, or just about four men to the yard of front; a front where particular vigilance vigi-lance is required. No part of the allies' line is more closely watched and explored ex-plored by the enemy's patrols. A weak spot anywhere would provoke an immediate imme-diate offensive. Belgium lost all her manufacturing establishments es-tablishments and all her resources in raw materials in the defeat of the allies at Charlerol and In the retreat from Antwerp, Ant-werp, yet Monsieur de Broqueville, minister min-ister of war, has built up artillery and . munitions establishments that not only enable the Belgian army to reply shot for shot to the Germans on the Yser front, but also contribute to the supplies of the allied armies. Fourteen thousand workmen are employed in thuse establishments, estab-lishments, which are using American machines ma-chines and tools. The invasion found the Belgian army in the midst of an entire reorganization of its artillery. Siege cannon ordered from the Krupp works In Germany had not been furnished. Millions or cartridges ordered or-dered from the same source also had been held up. It was with a disorganized armament arma-ment and insufficient material that the Belgians held the Germans in the retreat to the Yser. The Belgian army is new in nearly every ev-ery feature. Of the 120,000 men In the field and 60,000 men who garrisoned the j forts, 30,000 fell into the Germans' handy at Liege, Namur and In the retreat; 30,-OuO 30,-OuO more took refuge in Holland and were interned, 14,00') were lost on the Yser, in addition to more than 2y.'f0 killed and wounded in the battles of Liege, Hac-len and St. Trond. The reorganization was difficult. Unable Un-able to call a session of parliament to revise re-vise recruiting laws to accord with the new situation, the government could only apneal to the patriotism of refugees in England and France. The response was i such as to reconstitute an army of six j divisions of infantry and two divisions of : cavalry, while 14,nno nr-n were detached for the manufacture of munitions in i France and 6"0 sent to Russia for the ' same purpose. A bout 30,000 more men ; were raised by decrees calling up all : Belgians eligible for service between IS and 40 years of age. A regiment of auto cannon recruited among the Belgian refugees and tra fned in Paris was sent to the Russian front, where it played an Important part in Brussilof f's offensive in Galicia and Volhynia in the spring of 1?18. i I |