History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . sounding like an express train com-ing through the air, which landed with feal-ful havocso far behind their lines that it was inconceivable tothem how a gun could be built that could hurl themsuch a distance. Also, from the mobility of the guns,they were led to believe that the Allies had hundredsof these guns with which they were destroying theirvital supply railroads and main lines of communica-tion, simply demoralizing them; and this belief wasfurther impressed upon them from the fact
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . sounding like an express train com-ing through the air, which landed with feal-ful havocso far behind their lines that it was inconceivable tothem how a gun could be built that could hurl themsuch a distance. Also, from the mobility of the guns,they were led to believe that the Allies had hundredsof these guns with which they were destroying theirvital supply railroads and main lines of communica-tion, simply demoralizing them; and this belief wasfurther impressed upon them from the fact that eachgun belched forth nearly a ton of solid destructionevery three minutes. Mr. Ladd was also detailed to duty in connection withthe production of 7 caterpillar tractor mounts, an en-tirely new design of field artillery perfected by the navy,which was manufactured without the building of anexperimental mount or the conducting of exhaustivetests. The following is a quotation from a publication ofthe United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md., byLieutenant-Commander L B. Bye, United States navy;. Tke A/m!rti:nn Mirtcricn. Snnt^tj Eno bv £ G f^-Jhar^s .f- Prcf^ ^^^^ (^yULA.^^ , J4-P^yuclA BIOGRAPHICAL 75 Lieutenant-Commander Georg-e T. Ladd, U. S. N. R. F.,from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gave up his own busi-ness and volunteered to take up the inspection workwhile Dr. Buell was abroad. Lieutenant-CommanderLadd was familiar with the entire project, for he hadassisted Mr. Buell for several weeks during the bus-iest days as a sub-inspector of ordnance. He was avery competent officer, for under his supervision sixrailway mounts similar to those with the United Statesnaval railway batteries were built for the OrdnanceDepartment of the army, and besides, he handled theinspection of a large contract for 7 tractor mountsthat were building for the United States Marine men of the type of Ladd and Buell volunteeredtheir services to the government during the war, andit is h
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