New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-31
SUPPLIES FOR SOLDIERS.
WORK OF THE QUARTERMAsTER-G GEN.
ERALS DEPARTMENT.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL FURY IN cHARGE-coN
TRACTS FOR MORE THAN 1900 ON WORTH
OF CLOTHING LET BY THE PHIL,

OF CLOTHING LET BY THE PHIL
ADELPHIA DEPOT.
Few NJ the manifold activities OF the Government
in It's preparation for the military campa ign against
Spain have been Of greater magnitude and impor
lance than the operations conducted In the quar-
termaster- Generals Department.
This department has charge ~ providing all the
clothing equipment for the entire Army. For nifty
years the receiving and distributing point Of the
Quartermaster's Department for the Department or
the East has been AZ Philadelphia. Here all goods
called for ny the contracts made with the Depart
ment delivered and from this point they are
shipped 70 the Army they needed
Lieutenant Colonel John V. Fury. Deputy Quar-
termaster- General Z. s. A.. Is In charge OF the
depot and all its manifold activities. Lieutenant
Colonel Fury is West Pointer OF thirty-seven
years standing and in whom his Superior
officers feel the greatest confldence-a confidence
which has been inspired by years OF able and ef-
fective service For three wears Lieutenant-Colo-
mel Fury has been in command Of the depot az
Philadelphia. For FIVE years prior TO 1895 he was
in charge OF the depot ST. Paul. and before that
in command OF the Schuylki Arsenal. at Phila-
/ delpha-
When war WAS declared almost impossible de-
rpands instantaneousy made upon the Quar-
termaster's Department 10 supply the needs OF the
immensely enlarged army called into being Since
then the machinery OF the Department hae been
revolving night and day. and Lieutenant-Colonel
Fury has been at his post sixteen hours a day and
seven days q week
Already the Philadelphia depot h1, let contracts
tor than 1900 900 worth o. clothing and equip
ments Among the things already contracted for
10000 yards 0. blue kersey. 100000 Yards OK
blouse flannel. 10000 yards OF shrting farn
10000 yards Of lining flannel. 10000 yards OF
cotton duck for trousers and tents 1900" YARDS
OF cotton drilling for sheltered tents. 5000 forage
caps $500 buckskin gauntlets. %'" white CORK
helmets 100 pairs OF shoes. $4,000 rubber blank
i2'co dark brown canvas hsrS ard '9i M" 20 $1,000
worth Of spool cotton sewing 9Th 4 thread
such things socks. Gndsrv 90 Of various
weights and all the incidental. % "A soldiers cloth
ing have also been contected FOR II Ike proportion
Many OF these contracts have already been filed
Some o, them ars by stipulation tc be filled partly
almost at once and In fu az the earliest possible
dates. TIE most distant date ~ fuflrnent borne
by any contract - October !
MANY large firms have participated In the bidding
for ne contracts already let. Among those who
have fs9plisd supply the needs Of tn
AIRY ara John wanamak.r Hood goulkrod d &C;
" T. Horstman & % srH r. Y. Pippey Co.. ot
Philadelphia: wenc.'i Way * Co. W. l. Strong
q Co. Bliss Fabyan Co; Sullivan. Vail q Co;
Spencer Turner 60 John Boyls a Co. Wallace.
Elliott g. Co: Minot Hooper Co. and Edmond R.
Lyon OF New-York: /. y. Lttausr. of GoversTila.
" Y: George Cavanaush OF Amsterdam, y. T.;
tho Bay State Shoe Company of Boston and Mon
roe Lnscott & Packard OF lewiston Me-
A contractor who would bid upon these contracts
with tho unps riotic intention Of giving the Govern
rneut less than us moneys worth would b certain
TO emerge from his experience with q mental hoFi-
ION considerably enlarged. Uncle Sam is shrewd
busne,s man and his servants In the Army look
after his interests with patriotic caro- HIS sodierS
get best OF everything nd get II At rock-botorn
prices. 49, .
A famous general said Tho feet or an
army win rs battles" Just how far this rs true
only ths experts know II Is certain however, that
the utmost ~ taken 70 get the most contorta-
bio ard rnh!e sho-s for the United states soIolcrs
that skin produce and that money can nuy =.
The Ouarfermaster-(;enerals specifications TOT uie
I contractors who mako the Army shoe cover four
arc made Is prescribed ny The Quartermaster-
C~neral snd inspectors arc placed In the factories
10 SEQ that the contractors conform strictly 70 me
specifications Tho result IS that The Vri'ed states
eoiA nr- wear tho best hand rewed sioes TX
perts declare that better shoe II made IN the
world.
For this product the Government pays from
T. sg, 10 s. "A. n pair for tens OF thousands OF pairs
n: a line Tho same system OF definite speclncauons
and rigid Inspection Is followed In the case OF every
supply contracted FOR by tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ais department ~
on ner, Saturday there will bo bpsntd BIDS for
s. worth o, contracts. 70 be delivered 10 tns
PHILADELPHIA depot They VIII be opened IN New
York 81 Louis. Boston san Francisco ana New
orleans an average Of $4,000 20 each city
The Government has already expended about
s. l0 ,O- Transporting troops 10 Tampa. CHICK
arnaugs and Chattanooga. and an additional sum
FOR tho transportation of troops that have gone 10
San Francisco.