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War billing waste and forgotten arms program critique
A continuing report details wartime expenditures and waste from 1914 to 1919. It cites massive costs on nitrate production port terminals and ordnance with few shells reaching the front. It contrasts official claims with battlefield results and condemns preparedness failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
France
Charleston, St. Co
Gwomy
Cooper River
Boston
Brooklyn
Newark
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Charleston
New Orleans
Ordnance Department