Show OLD IRON ON battlefields metals that are supposed to acau accumulate mu in great quantities being sat sal caged and used again considerable speculation lins has been going the rounds as to tit the amount of scrap iron and steel that is accumulating on the battlefields of europe and how it is to be disposed of american companies which regularly deal in such buch old material have for leome isome time been looking forward to tho lb harvest arvest to bo be reaped from these bat after the ilia war says london tit it bits these hopes have now been ruther rudely shocked by observers recently returned from tile the front who state that this matter Is now being handled by the respective governments Ab according cording to fo the systems now established in modern modem warfare it Is stated a salvage corps Is dally daily going over nil all tho the ground near tile tho battle front exposed X to fire and Is gathering nil the debris discarded by tho the contending armies none of the scrap Is neglected with steel worth 1 pence to ivi pence per pound and copper find and other metals in proportion all the metals are taken to shops in the rear and there worked into 11 lla aa various munitions that a modern army uses all the lead that Is fired Is practically lost as a bullet traveling at a velocity of 2000 feet or more per second buries itself so deep into tiny any object it hits ns as to be lost entirely other metals however such as tangled steel from wrecked motor cars large pieces of shells bits of copper pieces of aluminum etc are carefully collected and later turned into usable condition |