The literary digest . i with plenty of machine gunsand no lack of ammunition. It was near a small town calledEceletzkia, on the Waga River not far fromits juncture with the Dvina, says SergeantPease, that his unit first got into touchwith the Bolsheviki and began diggingtrenches under fire: We dug three trenches. One of them Iheld, with seven men. The other twowere commanded by Sergt. Charles Wall-ing, of Detroit, and Lieutenant Gardner. There was continual firing, rifle and ma-chine gun, and every now and then one ofthe Bolsheviki would sneak up closeenough to throw a grenade. One man waswoun
The literary digest . i with plenty of machine gunsand no lack of ammunition. It was near a small town calledEceletzkia, on the Waga River not far fromits juncture with the Dvina, says SergeantPease, that his unit first got into touchwith the Bolsheviki and began diggingtrenches under fire: We dug three trenches. One of them Iheld, with seven men. The other twowere commanded by Sergt. Charles Wall-ing, of Detroit, and Lieutenant Gardner. There was continual firing, rifle and ma-chine gun, and every now and then one ofthe Bolsheviki would sneak up closeenough to throw a grenade. One man waswounded by a fragment of grenade. PrivateOlechowski, of Detroit. He said he saw itcoming, but didnt realize what it was tillit was too late. The firing was very much at had one man killed. Private Staley; anda corporal who was with him when he was The Literary Digest for February 8, 1919 109 Co liters Americas Ten-Billion-Da BY JOHN H. VAN DEVENTj December 21, 1318 Mry *< K I C I A -W A < !l I l^iOHjftJW^*. substitution of antimony fortin in tneslugs of the 30-caliber bullet not onlyhelped to relieve the tin shortage, butsaved $5,000,000 in money. The substi-tution .of Parrkerized steel cartridgedins for brass clips sav^if;! a;i.()() redesign of nonexpendable small -arms ammunition boxes saved $4,250,-OOO^JBy d£^ i\ Cartridge Clips of Rustproof SteelInstead of Brass—Saving $1,000,000! For months the American public connected the ParkerProcess with the war as merely protecting from rust thetons of weapons and munitions which had always beenmade of iron or steel. But when the fighting halted—and the censorship lifted—the true facts began to drift in—and now we know thatthe Parker Process not only saved from the elements war^ equipment of almost every description, but also enabled the allied governments to use steel for many parts whichhad, heretofore, been made only of costly copper or brass. ,^-^„if^t>M .* .I- \^^ M^ ^^^^
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