I most respectfully have to disagree (unless Ferris is dead wrong) and other sources.


"On April 30, 1915, the Britishicon government placed an order with Remington of Delaware for 1,500,000 P14s to be manufactured in one of the Eddystone plants.

Samuel L Vaulclain who had been with Baldwin since 1883 and was vice president in charge was responsible for manufacturing the rifles and seeing the plant was constructed and equipped accordingly.

Production was established Dec15, 1915. Charles A Slacks assisted Vauclain (no stated company but seems Balwin)
So it was a weird relationship of Baldwin and Remington with Remington looking to provide the overall structure of contracts but Baldwin running the plant.

Midvale Steel was also quoted as being the owner after War was declared, so there continues to be a confusion though it would seem to be more Baldwin and maybe Midvale as Remington did not seem to have a real presence in the operation other than the separate corporate ownership (from the rest of Remington)

Remington and Eddystone each had their own parts commonality separately and in all cases Eddystone was handled as an equal to Winchester and Remington in the discussions.

One source insists Colonel Thompson was in charge, maybe, but not who he reported to. And then there is this and what his relationship with the other two is ?

And there is this

In 1916, Marcellus Hartley Dodge (CEO of Remington) sold his company's interest in the Remington Arms Company of Delaware and in the military contract for rifles to the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, taking in return 400,000 shares of Midvale stock of $20,000,000 par value. [Note: New York Sun, November 24, 1916.]