The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-27
TO MAKE ARMY'S CLOTHES FIT
BRITISH MILITARY TAILOR
LANDS HERE UNRESISTED.

Knows Our Men q Bo Made to LOok Like
Soldiers won't Go Into Details, but
Suggests Tha G q Process Would
he Expensive n Applied TO the Oficcrs'
George B. Winter, the English tailor who
Il TO make our soldiers clothes fit arrived
here last night on the steamship Kronprinz
Wilhelm looking as trim as an English
military tailor ought TO look. Everybody
who took notice agreed that he was the
most n~oticeably attired man on the ship.
Just what Mr.. Winter will propose doing
to the uniforms Of Uncle Sans soldiers
before he gets through with them he would
not say, but he did say that new uniforms
would stand the officers In at least $500 and
that perhaps some OF them would have 70
pay out 81 900. As will be seen below his
| contract relates to patterns for uniforms
Of enlisted men only. .
what do We propose TO dor asked the
tailor. "Why, we hope to make the men
look like officers and the officers look like
generals" He didn't say whether the re-
mark was q joke or not.
aOf course we have excellent material TO
work On, he went IN. Haven't seen many,
Of your troops. but I know that they are
well put UP and that they can be made to
look like soldiers. As for the materials OF
which the uniforms Of the privates OF the
United States army are made there are no
better in the world
Mr.. Winter declined to 20 into a discussion
Of the deficiencies In the present uniform.
He must have time to study the matter.
This Is by no means Mr.. Winters first
- - H. kAa hnAn hare mora
than forty times, he said
He did not know that certain persons
had declared their intention OF protesting
against the Government engaging his
services and said that IL such were the case
the kick must have come through rival
tailors-"My friends on Fifth avenue" he
styled them.
The tailor wore a blue serge suit. h
coat was cut medium length and fitted
the figure snugly. There was no padding
in the shoulders. 1t was s~ingle-breasted
and straight at the corners. The sleeves
we're small. His trousers we're cut straight
at the bottoms and were about eighteen
inches at the knee. A white w~aistcoat' tan
shoes, a gray derby hat and a purple necktie
completed his outer attire.
Mr.. Winters son was in gray serge. HIS
clothes were cut like his fathers, except
that his trousers we're finished at the bot
tom with a cuff. Both men carried BAMBOO
canes and wore channels skin gloves.
WASHINGTON, June 2e.-The War De-
partment in a letter to-day to Harvey
Patterson of the New York Association OF
Tailors, which protested to the depart
ment against the hiring Of George w Winter
a London tailor, to show the Government
tailors how to put clothes together, makes
extended explanations. The letter is signed
by Acting Secretary Of War Oliver. Gen.
oliver a v that the press reports failed to
state correctly the object Of Mr.. Winters
visit. He says
Replying to your letter of the goth instant.
protesting against the employment OF Mr.. G.
y. Winter by the Quartermaster's Depart
ment In connection with army uniform work,
| beg to advise you that the clipping which
you enclose fails to correctly state the object
of Mr.. Winters employment. His services
were not enga ged to construct new models
for uniforms or to make the slightest change
In them. He Is only to revise and modify the
patterns by which the clothing Is cut. with
the idea OF improving the set OF garments.
and introducing into their general appearance
a more distinctively military effect. and to
make SdIlplts VI tllt sdillc lioli hio buttcihe,
but according to our established specifca-
lions. These we're to be. and, it Is understood.
have been, made in London and shipped to the
United States. Mr.. Winter was to send tho
completed samples and patterns to this coun-
try, and himself follow In order to personally
make any explanations to the foreman cutter
at the Philadelphia depot necessary to a COM
plete understanding of the patterns and an
intelligent application Of them to the uses
for which designed. This explanation and
instruction on the use Of the articles made in
London and shipped here is the only service
Mr.. Winter is to perform in this country In
this connection,
1t may be further added that the samples
and patterns are entirely for uniforms for en-
listed men. which are entirely manufactured
under contract and In which It is not seen how
merchant tailors can have any interest.
have written you thus at length In order that
the situation may be fully understood. and to
remove from your mind a misa%pprehension
produced by the criticize In question.