The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-15

FOR hen, and il YOU ask any old petty oflccr
of his salt horss.:bOans. and cracker hash diet,
and eat some Of the fresh stuff constantly com
ing over the side, ha is liable to reply:
calls for on shore grub"
The old.ttmers are very sparing eaters. any
at the .hniSh OF a cruise@are a mighty oieaE.
eyed, alert let of men. for all OF their steady
enced ,fstfoet are paid OF and 20 ashore for
thoir throe months whirl before shipping over.
they'll eat fresh stun along with %? rest Of the
been q matter Of common observation that the
hrst meal the old naval blpejSoket orders at a
restaurant upon striking tho beach at the DON.
clusion or q three-year cruise on q diet or salt
It is not with reference to the diet alone of
the volunteers that critics arc making com.
plants. When. about two weeks ago, several
thousands Of the troops down at Tampa we're
mont straight underwear. there were protests
against the innlction OF winter underwear upon
@ mSn say'i n%tb "5n iss s tSF5Ia Io It wori H01 %S If the he
mako any statement as to this dishinE out Of
underwear. AS n matter of fact, the underwea
states Army 10 the result Of many years Of OK:
psrlment and Il Is pretty we'll adapted to all
oilmRtos. The Government doesn't provide bal
brigham, net or gAu2e underwear for it's troops
stationed in warm portions OF the country any
mSfS than for It ia dishes tnooS out writ C9r3oTS and ear
the winter cold is extreme. 1t strike a sort of
average In Its devising of clothing for the mon.
SION for c GSapistnt Sf FaIly s. 0T per cent n1Ilo Of f' tho
troops Of the regular armL-includtng. indeed,
out ali seasons Of the year the Government
straight underwear, which Is Of about medium
. .n@nsr tbS well eeI made so HHa ar s's sTS tSas ,b In the the
Keep their blousS1 hutEoned up and thereby pre-:
sont q proper military. appearance without suf.
II they happen to be soldering at unspeskably
hot Fort Yuma or San Carlos. It IL the same
The paymastor Of a man-o'-war serves out to
the mon forward medium thick blue woollen
underwear. and the men who know what 10 good
for them wear II summer and winter. To look
at 2 fireman or naOhinist standing watch down
In the engine or hro room OF his ship. with his
the temperature around the lao mark, It might
naturally, be supposed that the man would be
e. e.. tho a IL tha S,no point from Of ~ thf S,n heat .oo Xss
shirt Is hotter on than he would be ware he to
strip himself TO the waist or wear . gSuEs un-
garment abSorbs Precipitation. and really serves
to keep the wearer cooler than he would DO
the merchant marine wear red asnnsI shirts Of
great thlckness when they arc Standing their
ESS, hot via Tn'e ks.D 1 tho s;o tSF o tho I SHpS Sd sSss sSs
heGt out too 10 tho way those men put It in
explaining why they wear these heavy under
Then there has been complaint about the
quality Of erogans the volunteers, In company
Tho Government straight shoes are said to DO
heavy. thick. clumsy, and III looking. The
count for 20 much In the matter of looks as pat.
ent feathers. but experience has shown that
they viii outwear any three pairs of civilian
Shoes. The man who sets out on . long march
with an average pair OF shoes snoh as he wore
in civil lIfoSs liable to yell fora Mt aboard one
great stretch OF ground. Government straight
shoes arc made for comfort and service. and
ca use they do not look pretty while ON tho
march rarely wind up at the finish of a days
mArch 40 loOtsore as the lads who hang on 10
their shoes devised for city streets. ThS sol.
diers are permitted 10 wear Whatever and Of
Ah0es they prefer. even In the regular army,
but II has been noted in practice marches OF
troops OF the regular army that the ineTpsrl.
enOet young fellows who start out with the
~footgsAr they were used 10 wearing before TAX.
ing on with Uncle Sans ~doughboys almost in,
Variably return to garrison wearing the ser.
yiCeGble and comfortable brogRns, and glad
they had tho sense to assume them.