1. Continue ordnance inspections/ammunition surveillance of already produced ammunition, particularly bibloc rounds and assure General Joffre that all such inspections will include visual inspections.
2. If current production lines in France cannot produce the number of weapons required by the times required, look around in the UK, Spain, the USA and anywhere else feasible for additional manufacturing capacity, especially if any increases by French sources would disrupt ongoing manufacturing contracts.
Devote all my efforts to increasing the production of tubes - M. Joffre has implemented measures that he hopes will minimise the risk of premature shell explosions, meanwhile we need 1000 more artillery pieces as of yesterday.
1. Continue ordnance inspections/ammunition surveillance of already produced ammunition, particularly bibloc rounds and assure General Joffre that all such inspections will include visual inspections.
2. If current production lines in France cannot produce the number of weapons required by the times required, look around in the UK, Spain, the USA and anywhere else feasible for additional manufacturing capacity, especially if any increases by French sources would disrupt ongoing manufacturing contracts.
Devote all my efforts to increasing the production of tubes - M. Joffre has implemented measures that he hopes will minimise the risk of premature shell explosions, meanwhile we need 1000 more artillery pieces as of yesterday.