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Almost BALD

NOW

NEW HEAD OF HAIR

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Friday, Aug. 15, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong

Telephone: 20015

August 15. 1941.

Is the United States

Prepared for War?

Is the United States prepared for war?

The answer to that question-one year after the all-out defence effort began-ls this:

men,

even

is the

The Navy

A little over a year ago, the then leisure- ly American defence programme was given a tremendous spurt as a result of the Nazi drive through France. Since then a great deal has been accomplished, and apart from strictly national requirements the United ́States has been able to give increasing aid to Britain as well as to other countries in the democratic front. The United Press survey here published answers a vital question- how far has the defence programme pro- gressed in the first 12 months?

was -not

come off

nre four

Omaha, is expected to go into-pro- duction in the late fall. When In full operallon, these plants are ex- pected to produce 3,000 heavy and medium bombers a year. These plants, together with additional facilities to be built by aircraft Manufacturers, will be geared to turn out 500 heavy bombers a month by the fall of 1942.、

This is what existing plants are turning out:

Aircraft aboui 1,000 milltary pinnea in May; about 40 per cent. trainers. Until recent months, the ratio was more trainers than combat Ships.

Tanks-light (13 tons), about 150 a month. Medium (28 tons) only a few plot models, but about 200 a month expected beginning with Oc Rober

resources,

The United States Navy has now the world's most powerful and heavl- tho ly armoured fleet, although second-ocean part of the "two-ocean" navy is

is still in the making. The United States Army is ready us and strong with seasoned troops fortifcations in la great defensive outposts at Hawall and the Canal there lacks ultra- Zone, but modern anti-aircraft weapons.

The basic land army and air force will not be ready for about a year. Many of its inen still are green; its up-to-date artillery and tanks are Just beginning to come out of the factories; few of its fighter planes in service now equal Euopean stund-

Ordnance-powder output up 1,000 ards,

per cent, small-arms ammunition up delence Here

detailed

1,200 per cent. In less than a year. picture to-day as shown in a United

Output of 30 calibre machine-guns Preas survey. Wherever. possible, In many

A Virtually all of the present 1,500 trebled; 50 calibre machine-gutis ufficial data were obtained.

quadrupled. Field and anti-aircraft cases, exact figures now are impos- 9,400 aircraft, including trainers.

Ap- tanks are of the light, 13-ton 'type. year ago, the Bgure was 5,000. sible to obtain.

now finds itsel proximately 6,000 are any craft. Only a few pilot" models of the 20-rullery production up 40 per cent.

tanks have. The Navy hud 3,476 aircraft on hand tun medium

production lines. Out of 4.500 quar- pinched for needed aluminium and aircraft production. ་་ ter-ton "Jeep" reconnaissance cars manganese for The Navy, which would carry the May 1.

around for both arms and civilian Only a small percentage are of the ordered, about 3,500 have been de- There is not enough steel to go of the fighting if the Axls brunt

livered.

wants. Civilian 'use .of. electric challenged America's determination most modern combat types.

Mest of them lack armour proter- to "deliver the goois" to Britain, is

sufficient machine-guns Air troops, parachute troops, ski power may have to be curtalled, agreed to be the world's mightiest. tion and

Production troops and balloon barrage troops aerial cannon.

The Economic Situation That is true although it has fewer, and combat ships in service to-day then of the latest models did not be- are being trained, There

Hin until early this year, and the parachute troop battalions of about 1 year ago.

There has been an increasing di- New ships that were ordered early bulk of these produced were shipped 500 men each.

The $947,000,000 programme ler 21 version of production and materiala In the New Deal have been put into to Britain. New-type four-engined interceptors are con-

on 24 categories of servied. The 35,000-ton bailleships bumbers and

largement of existing establishments been imposed North Carolina and Washington, are sidered the equal or superior of any new camps and cantonments and en- from civilian supply. Priorities have in commission and will join the fleet abroad.

feel it. It is is virtually completed. Housing now manterials, The publie is beginning types Breakdown by

men, just beginingio is suffelent for 1.800,000 50011

The Navy's far flung patrol system available but it was estimated thint Twenty-eight sites for additional becoming dimeuit, for example, to are being selected get aluminium lighting fixtures or has for more than a year given it about 2,000 of the army craft are training centres

Industrial production, measured by operating experience under the next trainers. Of the Navy's total, 2,542 thing to war conditions. It reports were listed as service craft, includ- for use when and if the Army is refrigerator ice trays.

There are sufficient basic weapons the Federal Reserve index, is run- good progress on a programme of ing trainers; 213 as obsolescent; 352 enlarged to 2,800,000 men. modernised anti-aircraft protection obsolete: 32 experimental; 337 re-

-old

rifies and machine-guns-for ning at the highest level ever,

The Labour Department reparted There are still are secret, serve. for its older ships. Details are

The Army Air Corps has placed the field force.

21,600 serious shoriages in important mo- April's no agricultural employment It is 249,727 officers and

orders for approximately 146,003 a year ago.

offensive dern

and defence wea

2,735,000 in a year. Latest unoffieini Fighting ships in major categories planes. Congress has been asked for

y weapons, heavy field artillery. The estimates of unemployment are ap- 13,000 more

A national Income of more than transfer of 50 destroyers to Britain proximately

several thousand Army is just beginning to get de- proximately 7,000,000.

livery of the new 105 mm.. howitzer $30,000,000,000-second only to 1929 and the conversion of 45 to other uses, planes of which

anti-aircraft gun has $80,0 The 00 mm. there were 395. The net loss is not will be long-range bombers.

The Army hus about 8,500 pllots not yet come off production lines. is forecast for this year, and some as great as it might seem. The des troyers that went to Britain or were against 3,322 a year ago: the Navy The 37 mm. anti-aircraft and anti- estimates are as high as $100,000,-

tank guns are now going into lorge. 000,000 for next year.

contract authori- Appropriations converted were over-age ones. Com- 1,500 against 2,900. misaloned in the last 12 months have The Amy Air Corps is working seale manufacture. The Garand semi- been 24 new destroyers, eight sub- toward training goal of 30,000 automatic rife, of which more than sations and Federal loans for de- marines and the two 38,000-ton plots a year,

A year ago, the Army 175,000 have been produced, is be- fence and British aid since June 1940 rate of 1,200 total $37,871,000,000, by the OPM's the this compilation. Adding to was training pilots at a rate fewer ing turned out at a than 500 a month. The pace was daily.

$3,710,000,000 in orders placed here by the British up to May 1, it brings the current armament programme in The two-ocean fleet programme tered its schools in March. Despite

standards required, applicants This

is what John D. Bigger, the US. up to $41,500,000,000. A called for a total of 692 fighting craft high by 1947. The Navy hopes now to so far have outrun Army facilities. OPM Production Chief, says must be $9,452,900,000 Army

д $529,030,000 supplemental complete it by 1946. It lists the entire With expansion of facilities now, the done by the end of 1941 as compared and

Navy bill are pending. They will programme-358 new combat ships Army is making a special drive to with now:

Acroplanes, output doubled; tanica, put the over-all total over $5,000,-. * "building" because contracts interest men graduating from col- HORROR raids on virtually have been let. About 70, actually lege.

The others, in- Present Navy plot output is 200 quadrupled; powder, trebled; small 000,000, are on the ways.

er rifles, doubled and machine-guns, in-.been pold out by the treasury so far. cluding unprotected Chinese cities have

four projected 58,000-ton a month aud fast approaching 500, arms ammunition, trebled: Garand only $3,300,000,000 actually has

nive-fold. six battle cruisers, The Navy

Defence contracts placed to date January its training programme wilt about a month ago. Biggers pre-

$20,000,000,000, constituted a feature of Japan- battleships and

oggregate are in preliminary stag

supply a pilot reserve ahead of the dicted that "the next D0 days" would many billions in orders still to be takes ese air force activity for the

Normally, it

it hopes to have by see the beginning of "real produe-

tlon." This was based on the know placed. past four years; the culminating months to build a battleship, 38 for 15,000 planes

Here is an OPM breakdown of a cruiser, 30 for a destroyer. Navy July 1, 1943.

At several constal points. some ledge that hundreds of new and ex- point was reached during the yurds are working three shifts and

Plants, engines, cto., $4,201,000- strength--numbers of plants_and

piction. week-end when Chungking-was-cutting these schedules by from two air corps combat units are at war panded facilities were nearing com- contracts placed up to May 17:

$4,543,- months to a year,

Construction started during the 000; naval-ships and parts, S

000,000: ordnance, $3,030,000,000; Of the 15 battleships listed as "un men.

ment, $2,120,000,000; The Army Air Corps is spending year on 1,500 new plants or expan other equipment, now, keels have der contruction" been fald for eight 35,000 and 45,- $81,321,000 for expansion of its fields sion projects at a total of $2,830 subsistence, and other services, $1,

Work on these

and is and schools

construction 000-tonners..

of 503,000. Three-fourths of these are 112,000.000; strategic materials stock- one!!. Many have being financed by the Government to a few months dozens of new

pile, $328,000,000; construction (in- from two years

$1,003,000,000; directly or indirectly. 15 All

battleships nlone.

art been completed. to be commissioned at

There is disagreement us to the dustrial facilities), scheduled various dates from 1942 to 1940.

need for further plant expansion; as posts, depots, housing $1,734,000,000.

whether civillan indusirica, as The fleet of auxiliarles-tankers, supply ships, transports, repair ships, its total strength on May 29 was automobile factories, should have Other Defence Activities

104 vessels, 1,345,800 officers and men. The been curtailed cartier or converted etc. is composed of

A year for greater arma production. Men Office of Clylilan Defence, headed against 122 a year ago. Also 104 are immediate goal is 1,418,000.

have under construction and 25 under- ago, the Army's personnel totalled like OPM Chief William S. Knudsen by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of no doubt that America can New York was set up on May 20, only 230,772.

Germany in virtually and soon will begin mobilisation of going conversion,

Of the men, 200,000 are National outproduce Guardsmen and 507.000 selectees. It everything when it gears itself to a millions of volunteers into unlis for they frankly protection of the civil population in ts worthy of note that there are also real war basis. Bui

One of the first It has long been proved that

102.000 regulars now on three-year do not know how long it would the event of war.

inke..

Some say the armed services tasks will be the creation of a net- the destruction of private pro-

enlistments.

have been too slow in making up work of 500,000 volunteers to serve The perty and the slaughter of

Army's ground forces com- civilians by aerial bombings

prise 27 infantry divisions, tour ar- their minds about their specific re- as air raid, "spotters.""

The National Defence Mediation full quirements, moured divisions that await effects little, if anything, in the

Approximately $2,000,000,000 is Board, headed by Clarence A. Dyks- equipment, two and one-half cavalry way of lowering morale, Modern

divisions and five general headquar- being spent for 33 government-tra, settled 30 labour disputes in the warfare has demonstrated that

ters tank battalions. A year ago the owned plants for planes, engines, first two months of its life.

The ten-going merchant tonnage civilian morale disintegrates

A $300,000,000 programme is un- Regular Army had only six infantry machine guns, ammunition powder, only under the influence of

der way for development and pro- divisions and a cavalry division. The TNT, chemicals and artillery. Only of the United States is smaller than a vastly a few have been placed in operation. It was a year ago despite n then had 18 Infantry military

programme, the and four

Most noteworthy in production are

are xpanded construction Fifth Column operations. As cludes the Army's share in

Mechanisation and motorisation of the powder plants at Charlestown, This is caused largely by transfer of China has not suffered the protection of these bases, Hawail is former for more than a year, considered the world's most strongly the Army has been slow: Only one Ind., and Radford, Va., and the Chry- merchant bottoms to the Army and held naval base. Above-ground fuel infantry division is fully motorised, sler Tank Arsenal at Detroit. Muny Navy and to Britain. The U. S.

for others will be producing this

Merchant Marine had 1,103 sca-going s vessels totalling 7,051,208 gross tons and Japan has never succeeded depots, vulnerable to possible aerial. But long-developed in manipulating the latter to attack, are being put underground powerful amoured-imptorised force mec

Four government-owned member on April 1 as compared with 1,350 there and at other strategle points, are on the verge of reuilly.

gross tons Inst tary bases are

Ten more GHQ tank battallons assembly plants are being bullt. ships of 7,868,518

are 851 ships under any appreciable extent, China's

supplementary Chains of

for as being de stant morale to-day is as high as ever,

or contracted islands from will be formed. Four more armoured Sub-assemblies will be provided for year. There

plants by automobile com- construction Terrorisation bent low the spirit Alaska to

panies. The first assembly plant, at compared with 152 a year ago. ng, will be strongly · organised. plans; In the the

Puerto Atlantic, Rico is being converted into a

number 334. A year ago, before an additional $2,790,000,000 for mp. pons: anti-tonk, guns, anti-aircraft all- ne peak of 37,817,000, up

THE prenx "Special to the Telegraph" used by the longkong Telegraph to indicate nows which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommuni- callons Ordinance, 1336. Such news at bears the indication "UP" is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Prexa Ansociations, who re- serve all rights and forbid republicstians, either wholly or in part without previous Arrangement,

FUTILE TERRORISATION

bombed with the utmost fero- city on 14 occasions between Friday and Monday. Perhaps the Japanese still nurse the tender belief that a nation can be brought to its knees by brutal and indiscriminate air

attacks, although it is hard to understand on what they base this assumption in the light of their own experience in China, together with the lessons of Spain and Britain,

bottleships.

Under Construction stepped up until 1,000 prospects en-

about 49

Here is a breakdown of combat ships built and building:

Buill Building 17 15 в 12 Battleships

37 54 Aircraft Carriers Destroyers

Cruisers:

Submarines

Total

105 109 109 78

334 358

belleves that

The Army

defeats and skilful tection of outlying bases. This in- National visions.

on

of the Chinese people in the under present South Seas. Few, divisions of 11,000 men ench will be these

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and

carly days of the conflict, but it fortified. wields no power, at the present, hold and fleet base. least of all in Chungking, which,

ሕንፍሮ ' sites acquired from

(com Newfoundland Britain, like London, has learnt how to "take it."

South America, are being developed. are alrendy garrisoned by At the most the vicious Some Japanese raids on Free China small forces and are in use as alr patrol stations. Little actual forti territory can only leave its deallon has been accomplished yet. citizens without homes and tem- Its strength 51,203 officers porarily dislocate war indus-men-la nearly double that a year two streamlined reorganised. Into tries; the last mentioned factor ago. Its striking forces have been men each. Old could be serious if the major divisions of 14,000 portion of the war Industries destroyers have been converted into were concentrated in the towns, fast- transports-for landing forces. which they are not. It is true that Chungking's normal life in seriously dislocated while the raids are in operation, but this dislocation is more inconvenient than

pressed itself on the minds of the vital, as the capital chlefly concen-

Japanese air chiefs; or maybe it is trates on administration and is not

because they have so many excess A manufacturing centre. Elsewhere,

bombs to be used, up; or do not want Chinese powers of recuperation have been no long established, and labour their pilots to get stale through lack no plentiful and willing, that tem- of activity. Whatever the reason, In war work these air attacks do the Japanese porary enforced pauses

cause no benefit, and serve hro speedily overtaken rendering war.

any lost time and labour. only to create a feeling of revulsion negligible

Apparently, however, the futility throughout the civilised world. They of terror raids-on-Chungking and may yet prove to be the death war- other Chinese citie has not yet im rant of the Japanese hallon.

Air Strength

The Army, Navy and Marine Corps combined have approximately

Production

ves

appropriation

UFS

ienving

One result of the invigorated American defence programme the giant B-19 Douglas army bomber, largest military plane in the world. After a series of trial flights, the machine was pronounced perfect by the U.S. Army's chief test pilot.

pay,

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