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Industrial Mobilization and the Nation’s War Readiness
A 1920s analysis by John Dickinson Sherman outlines national industrial mobilization under the National Defense Act. It details procurement planning, district distribution, and the roles of the War Department and Assistant Secretary Davis, stressing cost control, labor supply, and preventing profiteering to shorten future wars. It covers key figures like J Mayhew Wainwright and Dwight Filley Davis, and outlines the seven army supply branches and the need for coordinated civilian and military effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John W. Weeks
Quartermaster Corps
J. Mayhew Wainwright
John Dickinson Sherman
America
Congress
Col
New York
Army War College
Wainwright
War Department
Dwight Filley Davis
St. Louis
Harvard
Washington University
War Finance Corporation
Davis
Fifth Missouri Infantry
Missouri
National Guard
Infantry
Thirty-fifth
Second Army
Bauby
H. B. Ferguson
North Carolina
U. S. Military Academy
Army Staff College
Corps of Engineers
N. A
Cuba
Philippines
China
Academy
Havana Harbor
France
Second Army Corps
Mt. Kemmel
Ypres
Bellincourt
Debarkation
Newport News
Pershing
Weeks
Army
General Staff
Secretary of War
Chamber of Commerce
Terial
Navy
Army and Navy Munitions Board
War Industries Board
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Air Service
Medical Department
Chemical Warfare Service
Montain
Mr. Davis