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rs, respectfully,
ROBERT MCCLELLAND.
ApJurANT GENERALS OFFICE,

Washington, June a. 1913.
GENTLEMEN; In your verbal inquiry this morn
ing touching the change Of the law prescribing the mode
OF providing clothing for the volunteer troops, only
repeat here what mentioned in conversation
The Adjuant Generals office being charged with the
general business Of the recruiting service, it from
correspondence of the volunteer officers, the
nences experienced and OF bad
enrolling men, was the defective system of supplying
clothing and it also known that the regiments the
field suffered from the same cause i will be remembered
nlent deputed by the volunteers the lower Rio
Grandc, in the winter of 1861, to proceed Wash
ngton, with view to effect a change OF the system
supplying clothing, and that, esumng his seat in
Congress- he zeaousy advocated such change and ably
spoke the subject from his experience and observa
ton In his annual report of November 30, 1917 the
Adutan General brought the subject to the
the Secretary of War See Executive Documents No. l.
The Secretary of War, fully impressed with the import
of change, commends the subject the
the President follows:
" respectfully repeat the recommendation in my last
eer lieu of the money which present paid to them
a communication. The experience of the past year has
shown the necessity this change The clothing Prov,
ded by the themselves both in kind and quality
generally unsuited for the SERVICE and often proves
at distance from the ordinary sources Of supply it can
seldom be replaced when lost out and always
by these troops may be attributed to the want
of proper clothing If authority given supply the
in the manner provided for the regular troops
believed they would be better clothed cost to
themselves and to the government than by the present
the a re 'ss
ia relation supplying clothing, that readily furnish
supply the volunteers Sec Executive Doc No. J.
page 66.
The proje of the bill providing clothing in kind for the
| volunteers, drawn up by the Secretary of War
Such the pressing wants of the volunteer troops
the field that the government agents peled with
authority of law, furnish them army clothing
Cruz city OF Mexico, &C.; and sometimes money nd
vanced regimenta order
the necessary articles of uniform clothing.
That may how urgently this subject pressed
the department., the xed statement (maked
will give you idea of the of the re p
presented by volunteer officers relative the
furnishing of clothing in kind.
respec fully enclose for your information the regulations
OF War Depa dated February 3, lS4S for carry
ing the provisions of the of January b. 1StS
curing clothing be furnished in kind in lieu of money
&c.
| This regulation modified, May 3D., by substituting
SO 80 for 81 So the basis OF the allowance in the final
of accounts; for although the fixed by the
regulation OF February 81 deemed be
fomity with the act OF January rs, l84S the revision
and proper by the Secretary of War
nasmuch the volunteers when they entered the service
did with the knowledge that the Communication allow
ance then provided by law, the OF SO So NC
1t is certainly unjust attribute General Cas- any
agency in constituting the last of Congress any
preJudcia to the volunteers; and add well know
his views always LIBERAL and thar he would be the
last to advocate which had for its object the
reduction oil their pay and allowances.
am, gentlemen, respectfully your obedient
| X. JONES, Adjuant General
To Hon. A. FELoB, u. s. Senate,
Hon, X, McCLrLIAsp, House of Reps, Washington.