Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1916 — Four Munition Plants Are Making Rush Orders For U. S. [ARTICLE]

Four Munition Plants Are Making Rush Orders For U. S.

Four of the greatest munitioh manufacturing concerns in America are rushing tremendous war orders fertile United States. The Remington Arms Company, at Eddystone, is getting out an order for 2,000,000 rifles for the army; the Eddystone Ammunition company is pressing every available man into service to turn out on record time 2,500,000 shells-for the the Baldwin Locomotive company is working on an order for 1,000,000 steel forgings, and the Midvale Steel & Ordnance company is almost floodedwith orders for all these things from the United States government. That these companies have been working for six weeks on these orders was admitted by Samuel M. Vauchin, managing director of the Remington Arms company and a director of the Midvale company. The huge war orders were placed when the European situation became critical and the Mexican situation seemed drifting toward a policy of intervention.