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Government rifle plants and wartime supply estimates
The article outlines two U S plants at Springfield Massachusetts and Rock Island Illinois with a capacity near 500 rifles daily. It projects a June 30 1917 rifle stock of 825 000 to 859 000 and stresses the need for a 500 000 reserve, plus ample ammunition and machine guns, noting ammunition standardization and production limits for a million man army.
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Springfield
Mass
Rock Island
Ill
Army Chief of Ordnance
Europe
United States
War Department
United States Army
Crozier
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
England
Russia
Andtesad Battion
General Staff