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Mr. Charles E. Hughes to Aid in Air Craft Investigation At (! tidtW7ulLrtin PUBLISHED DAZLY ander order of THE PREXZDENT of THE UNITED STATES by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC ZNFORMATIOV7 GEORGE CREEL, Chairman VOL. 2 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1918. No. 311 MR. CHARLES E.HUGHES TO AID WAR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES Fatalities in Aviation INAIR CRAFT INVESTIGATION Accidents at Flying ZONE SYSTEM FOR PURCHASES AT REQUEST OF THE PRESIDENT Fields April 25-May 8 OF QUARTERMASTER SUPPLIES WILL ASSIST ATTORNEY GENERAL The War 'Department authorizes 13 GENERAL DEPOTS DESIGNATED the following: CorrespondenceBetween Mr. Wilson Herewith is a smmnary of deaths Is to Make Possible a in aviation accidents at flying fields Purpose and Former Supreme Court Jus- in this country from April 25 to More Equitable Apportionment May 8, 1918: tice With Regard to Inquiry Into Place at which Number of Throughout the Country and to fatality occurred. fatalities. Production of PlanesMade Public. Brooks Field. San Antonio. Tox.-- 0 FacilitateDistribution of Same. Call Field, Wiehita Falls, Tex- 0 Carlstrom Field. Arcadia, Fla 1 The President authorizes the issuance Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill --------- 0 The War Department authorizes the of the following correspondence: Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla ----------- 0 following statement: Eberts Pield, Lonoke, Ark -- 0 MAY 13, 1918. Ellington Field, Houston, Tex 0 Establishment of a zone systemn de- Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La 0 Mr DEAR J-DGE HuGiUEs: You have Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex--- 0 signed to make possible a more equitable doubtless noticed that very serious lazelburst Field, Mineola, LOng apportionment of purchases throughout Island. N. Y-- . 2 the United States and to facilitate dis- charges of dishonesty have been made Langley Field, Hampton, Va-0 in connection with the production of Love Field, Dallas, Tex ------------ 0 tribution is announced by the Acting aircraft. Mecook Field, Dayton, Ohio ------- 2 Quartermaster General. Park Field, Millington, Tonn- 0 Territory has been allotted to each of Becaue of the capital importance Payne Field, West Point, Miss- 0 of this branch of the military serv- Pot Field, Fort Sill, Okla- 1 13 general supply depots located at vari- ice. I feel that these charges should Rich Field. Waco, Tex ------------- 0 ous points. The general supply depot be thoroughly Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal 1 quartermasters are charged with the duty investigated and with Scott Field, Belleville, Ill 1 as little delay as possible, in order Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich 0 of ascertaining the manufacturing possi- that the guilty, if there be any such, Camp Taliaferro, Forth Worth, Tex. bilities of the different zones. On the may be promptly and vigorously (Taliferro, Barron, and Car- basis of reports along this line forwarded ruthers Fields) ----------------- 3 to the Acting Quartermaster General at prosecuted and that the reputations Taylor Field, Montgonry, Ala - 0 of those whose actions have been at- Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio 1 Washington an equitable allocation of tacked may be protected purchases will be made. So far as possi- in case the TotL-1--------------------- 12 charges are groundless. ble, clothing, food, and equipmuent for I requested the Department of Jus- troops at the different camps will be pur- lieo to use every instrumentality at chased within the zone in which the camp its dispos-al to investigate these is located. cliarges, and, with the approval of the 156 Sick and Wounded Faults of Old System. Attorney General, I am writing to beg Iliat you will act wvith-him in making U. S. Soldiers Return Formerly nearly all of a parlicular this investigation. I feel that this is class of supplies was purchased through a a matter of the very greatest impor- from Overseas Forces single general supply depot, the geo- tanee. and I sincerely hope that you graphical location of that depot being con- will feel that it is possible to con- The office of the Surgeon General has sidered most favorable for this special tribute 3 our very valuable services in isnued this statement: article. Other articles were obtained studying and passing upon the ques- through other supply depots. Manufac- tions involved. During the week ended May 3, 148 sick turers located in sections far distant from Cordially and sincerely yours, and wounded United States soldiers ar- the particular supply depot buying their WOODROW WILSON. rived at ports in this country from the goods were at a disadvantage and were unable to compete with rivals nearer the Hon. CIILRLEs E. HUGHES, American Expeditionary Forces. During 96 Broadway, New York City. point. Under the new system most the week ended May 10, with the report classes of supplies will be purchased of one receiving station not yet at hand, through each of the 13 depots. Manu- Judge Hughes's Reply. S soldiers were received from the over-sea facturers will be able to transact their NN- Yonx, Hay 1.. 1918. business through the depot nearest them. forces. The zones of The PRESTIENT, operations apply to pro- curement, production, inspection, manu- The White House. facture, storage, and distribution of quar- My Dinx M. PRESIDENT: I beg to teriaster supplies. aclanwledge receipt of your letter of May 13. Appreeiating fully the gray- States Included in Zones. ity of the matter, I shall be glad to SERVICE BUREA U The States ilcluded in the zones as- cooperate with the Attorney General ... OF THE... signed to the 13 supply depots follow: in making a prompt and thorough in- COMMITTEE ON Boston general supply depot.-Maine, vestigation of the charges of dishon- New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachut- esty in connection with aircraft pro- PUBLIC INFORMATION setts, and Rhode Island. duction. You may be assured that New York depot-New York, Connecil- nothing will give me greater plensure FIFTEENTH AND G STREETS cut, and New Jersey, Trenton and north. than to render any assistance within WASHINGTON, D. C. Philadelphia depot.-New Jersey south my power. I assume that the Attor- of Trenton and Pennsylvania. ney General will advise me of his Information available as to Officials, Function, and Location of all Government Departments:: Baltimore depot.-LMaryland, Virginia, (Continued on page 2.) and Delaware. THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN: THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1918. 2 to Atlanta depot.-North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. STRIKES SETTLED OR AVERTED MORE THAN TWO MILLION MEN Jeffersonville, Ind., depot.-Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Indianapolis and BY THE WAR LABOR BOARD HOLDING WAR RISK INSURANCE south, Kentucky and Tennessee, Chicago depot.-Indiana, north of In- The National War Labor Board author- Policies Total $16,663,511,000 dianapolis, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne- izes the following: With New Applications at sota, North Dakota, South Dakota, 1111- Conciliatory efforts on the part of the nois, except territory south of Jatkson- National War Labor Board have resulted Rate of.11,000 Daily. vil1e, Springfield, and Decatur, and Iowa, in the immediate return to work of a east of Des Moines and Fort Dodge. number of large bodies of striking work- The Treasury Department authorizes St. Louis depot.-Missouri, Illinois, men in several industrial centers and in the following: south of Jacksonville, Springfield, and agreements by other bodies which threat- More than 2,000,000 members of Amer- Decatur, Kansas, Oklahoma, and' Ar- ened to strike to continue at work pend- ica's fighting forces are now insured for kansas. ing adjustment of differences with their more than sixteen and a half billion dol- New Orleans depot.-Louisiana and employers by sections of the board. lars by the United States Government Mississippi. Carmen Suspend Strike Vote. Secretary McAdoo announces. Up to the Fort Sam Houston depot.-Texas. Organized street railway operatives in close of business Monday night 2,029,886 Omaha depot.-Iowa, Des Moines, Fort Cleveland and Detroit who had voted to insurance applications, aggregating $16,- Dodge and west, Nebraska, Colorado, strike will, nder an agreement with the 663,514,000, had been received by the Utah, and Wyoming.- board, remain on their cars until the Military and Naval Division of the Bu- El Paso depot.-New Mexico and Ari- controversies with the respective employ- reau of War-Risk Insurance. The aver- zona, ing companies have been settled by Wil- age amount of insurance applied for is San Francisco depot.-California, Ore- liam H. Taft and Frank P. Walsh, joint $8,209, the maximum permitted by law be- gon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. chairmen of the National War Labor ing $10,000. Board. Messrs. Taft and Walsh consti- Eleven Thousand Applications Daily. Duties of Quartermasters. go to tuting a section of the board, will for Each general supply depot quartermas- Cleveland on or about May 27, where Approximately 11,000 applications ter besides ascertaining production facili- they will hear both sides to the issue, Government insurance are being received ties within his zone is instructed to rec- proceed to Detroit daily. In the last twoweeks$1,000,000,000 after which they will lives of ommend to the proper central organiza- to conduct a similar hearing. of insurance was written- on the tion of the Quartermaster General's of- The board has also been advised that soldiers and sailors. This indicates that the new men joining the colors are re- fice the employment of such producers as the striking metal workers employed by are in his judgment qualified to fulfill Co. and other con- sponding to the Government insurance the General Electric that contracts. Each depot is expected to cerns at Schenectady, N. Y., and Pitts- offer with great enthusiasm and keep informed as to market conditions field, Mass., have agreed to return to America's soldiers and sailors are giving and spot goods located in that zone, and work under existing conditions and to themselves and their families the protec- when shortages occur shall submit recom- abide by the decision to be reached by the tion afforded by the United States Gov- ernment.
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