New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-10
MAKING N4VAL UNIFORMS
Work at Government Clothing Fac
torn IN Brooklyn Nary Yard.

rrbo oo1,arrr,ent clothing factory in the Brook
lvn Navy Yard. where Uncle Sam furnishes INC
enlisted men Of the navy with their trim httiis
uniforms is about Of the busiest ana most
important places in the yard. The general pun
lie however rarely gets a peep at the inside OF
this great tailoring establishment The wearing
apparel turned out here goes to more remote
PARTS Of the globe probably than that proouceo
under any other roof in the country.
The clean appearing and snugly dressed Amer
lean sailor in the recent Paul Jones ceremonies
in Paris was commented on by the French pop
uIace and was of the spectacular features
of the parade. The United States navy can JUST
ly claim the best dressed sailors In the WoIlo'
for the uniforms in quality and making, are OF
the highest standard
The naval clothing factory in Building NO OIL
Is I'D to date and modern in all its details, anu
contafns mary ingenious appliances for testing,
cutting making and baling the numerous gar
ments. Something like 600 garments month
,rare turned out last year: 342.311 garments OF
,arions kinds were made, in addition to oo9,99o
enall articles-such caps, rating badges. ols-
yngfshing marks and insignia-the cost Valua-
ton of which amounted to $llI.366 TO-
In order to have the sailors apparel uniform IN
appearance. material, cut and makeup, etch
man is bound to purchase prescribed outht
from the naval clothing factory at a fixed hsteo
price Formerly fastidious Jacky could nave
some fancy touches put to his collar or any
other part of his suit and thus depart from the
regulation style. This resulted in considerable
variation in the mems appearance and was
finally prohibited by the department. The OBJ
lection made by some of the sailors of unusual
build that they had to spend money to nave
their clothes altered to fit them is now settled
by the appointment of a regular tailor ana
assistant to each warship. whose business it Will
be to do all alteration and retting free of charge
to the crew The various suits. however, are
made OF such scientific and careful anatomical
measurements that, in few exceptional
instances a draft of from any of the ships
can be reasonably we'll fitted from the regulation
stock in few moments
On enlisting in the navy every young sailor
receives from the government his first suit.
called a bounty outfit, valued at s45. In buying
clothing thereafter the young tar first gets n
requisition signed by the commanding officer OF
his ship He presents this to the paymaster OF
he clothing factory, who delivers the desired
goods in the presence of some divisional officer.
The amount is then charged up to the purchaser
and deducted from his monthly allowance. There
is no limit 10 the number of suits which sailor
may own. He obtain many as he can
pay for the restriction being that they must be
bought from the naval clothing factory and
made according TO regulations.
Each man must have six different uniforms.
These blue flannel dress. blue flannel I'M
dress white dress, white undress. blue working
dress. white working dress. The cost i as f /
. lows: Blue flannel overshiTts or coats. s. so:
white dress trousers. 81 o.; undress trousers.
30 cents; white dress jumpers, 81 40 a pair;
working rndress, 60 cents: trousers. dungaree,
50 cents: Jerseys 81 ;J1: overcoats, $40; reehe--
chiefs, 81; caps. 10 cents.
Trousers made in seventeen different Il :cs
overshirts coats in eight jumpers in six blue
denim in twelve besides sixteen different kinds
of rating and distinguishing badges specially
marks. caps. also prison and baseball suits. An
athletic equipment is given to each ship free
Last year the factory sent out to the ships l61.-