| OCR Text |
Show THE MOKE COAL MINED THE FEWER DEAD SOLDIERS Coal mine workers and operators meeting at Uniontown, Pa., were told by P. B. Noyes, director of conservation conserva-tion of the fuel administration, that the more coal they mined between now and Christmas, the fewer casualties cas-ualties would be reported next spring to the homes of American soldiers. Miners are first line men in this war, Mr. Noyes said, and every day each man lays off work results in the loss of coal enough to make twenty-five twenty-five three-inch shells for General Pershing's army. A day layoff a week until next March, he added, would mean a curtailment of 500 shells and consequent loss of "at least one young man who might have come back to your family or to your friend's family after the war." "Germany taught the world something some-thing in the science of making war last March," Mr. Noyes said. "She got together a supply of shells and guns greater than the world had ever seen before. With this huge pile of shells she staged a terrible offensive with much smaller loss of German lives than such battles used to bring. "Our generals have learned this lesson well. They are ordering for next spring cannon and shells, and bombs, and airplanes and tanks in huge quantities. Piles of munitions are to be prepared for the great drive which will bring victory, so big as to make the German piles last spring look like 3 0 cents. If we sent to France all that is asked, the casualties casual-ties in the great drive will be few compared with the execution done. "I want you to fully sense the possible pos-sible disaster ahead. You may never hear of the disaster if it comes, because be-cause the drive will go forward on time just the same. It will be successful. suc-cessful. The disaster will be buried in the casualty lists. |
