Where did all the military surplus go at the end of the war? #wwi

some of the war Surplus was sold through retail stores some of it was modified for peacetime use much of it was dumped as waste that's what happened in a one-front war with only a few hundred th000 Americans in actual combat the Surplus after global fighting in 70 War theaters will be tremendous for in order to have men and materials reaching from the Arctic to the South Seas we've had more planes more weap we more Vehicles highly specialized with more Firepower more speed more of everything an unlimited supply of everything our fighting men need is necessary for victory to have this Supply industry must be far ahead of Battlefront demands ahead in raw materials ahead in component parts ahead in Machine Tools ahead in all of the complicated paraphernalia which serves as the basis for modern Mass