Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1919 — GATHERING UP “DUDS” [ARTICLE]

GATHERING UP “DUDS”

Italy Finds Many Million Projectiles Which Failed to “Do Their Duty”— Work Still Goes On. Rome General Rudoglio, Underchief of the genend staff, has presented the minister for reconstruction of the invaded territories. Sig. Fradeletto. His report on the recovery of unexploded projectiles and bombs in the zone of war, and in the localities where the principal battles occurred. From the beginning of the war to October 17. 1918. -7,800.000 did not explode. Tp to November T. 1917. there were collected about 7,000.000 unexploded bombs. From 1917 to the end of hostilities, about 7.700.000 unexploded projectiles were found. The raking of the ground to find them goes on actively ; but it vfill be a long time before the work generally has. been completed.