The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-10-06
10 lilI three men 90 the moon.

TO Kill three men 90 the moou.
Eseh soldiers uniiorm. With cape o,er
coat, reqaire. eleven snd one fourth .qusrs
yards OF mAtefisl Hence II sppesrs ths,
the cloth used for making war costumes
Tor the 271 GOO men 10 the army u spread
out, vonld cover lusi about 6ii acres, OF
little over = square mile. Al tls % .
suit. 40 outfit Of uniforms for all the
troops Of the United States costs the GOV
ernmsui 81 lG6 050. enough to build. iur
uish arm the biggest and Gnest Kind OF .
battle ship, such ss the Oregon.
Mos, OF the volunteers In the war have
received only one blanket apiece from
Uucle Sam, though the usual allowance n
two. These blankets are OF exceptionally
hne mslerisl. costing So 80 apiece To
provide every man 10 the army with one
meaas an expense OF sa22. tl0. and these
277, 900 blanket would cover 2it acres Of
sround. They are seven feet long by five
aud one.balf feet wide, aud II 10 sgreed by
both oilicsrs and men in the service that
better poker oan be played on them than
on any other KIND OF q cloth.
To make an army shirt OF flannel 70
quires three square yards OF stuf, and the
government pays 81 % for the finished
garment Thus It is easily calculated
hat al. In
come to total OF s5i0. 600 and the
material for them would spread over l72
acres, More interesting is the TACT that
"a 625 calves would be required TO furnish
leather for the shoes OF oil the regiments.
and this would take no account OF the
soes aud heels which would have TO be
supplied by 10. 233 COWS. The rubber
cloeks for the army called "ponchos,
would cost $500 $40. and would cover li3
acres.
Dec acre OF good land yields 37j pounds
OF cotton, which can be woven into lt7
hsi-,ents Of the "shelter" hind used 10
the field. Each two soldiers have tent
between them, ole carrying the right half
and the other the left bali Saoh tent
costs S3 9G complete, with jointed pole,
etc., the total expense OF sheltering the
sntire army under canvas being S5i9, $40.
Spread out. the canvas needed would GOV I
sr 272 acres. each halt tent having 4 Ia
Yards OF material. To produce the cotton {
or making oil this tentage would need
!. .SS9 acres. or nearly three square miles. ,
An ordinary csnteen holds two quarts 4
With oil these receptscles filed. the pres Z
mt army OF 277,000 men carries 3,GlA
logt heads OF water. This is. In fact, . q
,out equivalent TO the daily requirement
i water for the troops. The quantity
would last one man more than 700 years. o
Zach man hse tin cup that holds pint "
nd o hall. II oil OF them were filled Il
hey would contain 2. 1888 hossheads, But d
oldiers are thirsty people. and their belt 81
spacity is wonderful Forty-nipe inches
,ng, by the way, is the average cartridge n
elt, and 277 OF them put end to end n
ould stretch 3ll miles. b
One oil the most interesting questions 10 II
'lation to the fighting problem Is that OF n,
'ansrortalion. 1t is impossible to sscer 81
'in, even approximately. how many miles
ere trsversed by the army, or by the d.
7ersge soldier. However. ii may be N
nd that the average enlisted man during VI
10 present war did not travel less th On 10
70 hundred miles. II il be supposed IN
lat the journey taken by the average en- so
sted man was two hundred miles, II OF
i'll appear that the total number OF miles al
rs 30 100000. This total represents
ore than half the distance from the dt
nth to the sun. and 9 paid ticket on II
at basis woulG entitle IN individual To-
ldier to lI5 round trips to the moon. th
The war department says that il costs lol
cents day to maintain soldier. This
course. means simply the regular inl
ti0ns. Transportstions OF provisions ln'
cans an extra expense. and 80 1t IL REQ We
ned that q fighting man requires ~ ne
nts day for his msintensnce. Now, at 81
is rate, the q vernment is obliged TO pr
J $50 $40 day for food for the 227 900 Or
N enlisted. Each man is entitled 10 sn pm
owsDce OF 30 ounces OF fresh meat .
y, which means . total OF SAG, 900 op
unds for the entire army. OF -four the 81
owance is fS ou3ces, amounting 10 oi
80 barrels dSy for the whole army. VII
ckouing things on the same basis, the
ny az Ut present constituted requires snt
81 barrels OF potatoes ds.ly, and for the ma
ne period n, 700 pounds OF coffee. ter
900 pounds OF sugar, II 270 pounds oi wo
/. 6 $50 pounds OF soap, 4 324 pounds the
can les, G92 pounds Of pepper. snd "A pei
2shesds Of vinegar. arc
During the war the loss TO the the
sniards by ships destroyed has been 9th
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felt