Show OLD IRON ON BATTLEFIELDS BATTLEFIELDS' 1 Metals That Are Supposed to Accumulate late in Great Qu Quantities titles Being Sal and and Used Again Considerable speculation has been going the rounds as to the the amount of scrap s scrap rap iron and steel that is accumulating accumulating lating oaf ori th the battlefields of Europe and how It Is to 10 be disposed of American companies which regularly 5 deal Idea in su such h old material have for Isome some time been looking forward to the f harvest to be le reaped eap d from these thes battlefields bat bat- after the war says London Tit These hopes have now been r rt rt her rudely shocked by observers by observers recently recently re re- Gently returned from the front who state that this matter matter Is now being handled by the respective govern govern- s ments meats i According to the systems now esta established lashed in modern modem warfare It is stated i- i a salvage corps Is dally daily going over all the ground near the battle front exposed exposed exposed ex ex- posed to fire and is Is' gathering all the N debris discarded by the contending armies None of ot the scrap is neglected neglect neglect- ed with steel worth 1 pence to 1 pence per pound and copper and other metals in proportion All the metals L are taken to shops Jn in the rear and there worked into t tSe e various munitions munitions muni muni- that a modern army uses All the lead that Is fired Is practically practical practical- ly lost as as' a bullet traveling at a yei velocity velocity ve ye- i of 2000 feet or more per second second sec sec- k ond end buries hurles itself so deep Into any o ob object jest it hits bits as to be lost entirely Other Oth- Oth er metals however such as tangled steel from wrecked motor cars large pieces of shells bits of copper pieces of aluminum etc are carefully collected col- col ol- ol 5 and later turned into usable condition |