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Show IV. LOAN NEED w SHOWN IN NEW WAR FIGURES "America's Munitions," by-Major by-Major Crowell, Tells Story of U. S. Effort. There Is food for thought for Victory Vic-tory 1.IMU Doubting ThnmiiHOB In the following excerpts from "AMK1UCVS MUNITIONS" just issued by Maior lloucdlct Crowell, Assl. Sec't of ur Thu estimated cost of tho orilliun'- required to equip our Ilrnt tho million men was botwedn S12,00nniinno nnd , J13.000.000.000. Slneo 177:. ,iud Vir 1 6th, 1917. AI.I. iipprdprlniliiin nf i .i 'grcSM wero but $'20,nm.n.m mm. tm I ul lug llvo wars mid the pensions re-uli lug from thoso war. The total co-t I of tho ordnance effort to quii cm llrst Uo million men .imounti ri to $12 00 for coty hour stlm'' tho birth of CliMst. Thoro was novor a Bhort.n;o of smokeless powder. Over 2,r00,000 shoulder rlllus were produced In the 10 months of our participation par-ticipation In tho war moio than either Knghuid or Franco produced during that period. Tho nverago monthly production during July, August Au-gust and September, 1918, was ns fol- . lows: . Franco 40,500 Kngland 112,821 ' U. S. A 233,562 Over throe billion rounds of small arms ammunition wore produced and our speed before tho nrmUtlce was twice that of Franco and 107c greater than England's. Our production of machine guns during dur-ing tho period from April 6, 1917, to Nov. 11, 1918, was slightly moro than England's and slightly less than France's. At the end of tho war out rate was twice that of France and nearly three times at great at Eng land's. In connection with 75-mllllmetei shells, 4,250,000. high explosive shell 600,000 gas shelU n'nd 7,250,000 shrap nel had been produced complete by No vemDor 11, 1918. A total of 6,250,00( rounds of 76-mllllmeter ammunlttoi were fired by American Arilllerymen 8,500,000 roVnds had been shipped. "We wero building to make Victor: absolutely cortaln." |
