Show RAIN BEATS REA IS DOWN ON ARMY SUPPLIES I I Government Munitions Rustin Rust RustI I in Open for Lack of i Storage Space SAN SAX FRANCISCO Oct The S. 6 The fact was brought out during the re repent recent ent visit of ot the Frear house committee to the Benicia arsenal that the government has made practically no Improvements at the plant it was established as an army supply station In 1850 While the necessity of maintaining It Iton Iton iton on a a. par with the arsenals of the Eastern Cistern coast has been agitated for years it is Is only recently that any headway In that direction has been made madet At t present there are millions of dollars' dollars worth of ot army equipment at the arsenal exposed arsenal exposed to the tho elements I I because the government has not provided provided provided pro pro- vided a appropriations to construct adequate adequate ade ade- quate storehouses There are acres I acte-I of I the reservation covered vered with the finest pieces of ot field artillery with nothing I Ito to protect the guns and the gun carriages car car- car I nages but the blue sk sky sky- There are scores of ot army tractors rusting in the fields Thousands of rounds of ammunition ammunition ammunition am am- and rifles by the hundreds are arp piled In the open This condition awakened keen interest interest interest inter inter- est among the members of oC the IVear Frear committee who were on the Pacific r caSt last investigating war department expenditures c and nd the did not hesitate i f-i pre r their disapproval 1 From rom what could bo bl gamed game from their Informal informal tn In- In formal remarks during durin their Ut ia m the arsenal the committee will embody embody embody em em- body in their report a recommendation I tion that the government make the necessary necessity expenditures res to make the arsenal an up to date plant as a matter matter matter mat mat- I II ter of protection to the Pacific coast I and in the line of economy I The Benicia Denicia arsenal is the only I government gov gov- government I I plant of ot the kind west of or I Rock Island Ill III and should an emergency emergency emer emer- I I gency arise would be the only source of or supplies for Cor the forces Corces protecting I I the Pacific slope I I I |