of the metal group was a number of parts that are marked off from
drawings by women working under a woman charge-hand, and themselves
making their own scribing-templates when necessary. Many examples of
welding work were also shown.

There were Optical Munitions and medical and surgical glass and X-ray
tubes made entirely by women, and the Exhibitions record the progress
of women in Munitions in the most wonderful and striking way.

Mr. Ben. H. Morgan, Chief Officer, in a recent speech on Munitions and
Production said:

"Labor had to be found to staff the thousands of factories in
which this stupendous production was to be carried out, and it
has been possible to find it only by subdividing work closely,
and entrusting a large variety of machinery and fitting to
women, with the help of the fullest possible equipment of jigs
and all available appliances for mechanically defining and
facilitating the work, and of instruction by skilled men.
By this means an output has been obtained that will compare
favorably with that of any class of workers in any country.
Comparing, for instance, our women's figures of output on
certain sizes of shell and types of fuses with those of men in
the United States, I found recently that the women's machining
times were not only as good but in many cases better than
those of men in some of the best organized American shops.

"This is an extraordinary result to have been obtained from
women who, for the most part, had never known either the work
or the discipline of factory life, and were wholly unused