The Hattiesburg news., 1917-09-21
en- Great Warehouses For
Storage of Supplies For
Troops at Camp Shelby

retail counter provided by the depart
ment.
The first warehouse in this long line
of buildings, which is number one, is
used for commissary and storage. 1t
is packed almost to its capacity and
warehouse number three has been
used in connection with number one
to relieve it of congestion.
AS Retail Store.
Number two is also used as a COM
missary but this is designed as COM
missary of issue, as it is from this
building that goods are sold at retail |
to the troops and officers. The con-
tents of warehouse number two are
principally groceries. From this build |
ing there are issued 10000 pounds of
-four every day and this will be in
creased instead Of diminished.
Warehouse number four is used for
clothing for the troops Everything
that soldier wears can be gotten
from this building. If soldier comes
to the camp without uniform, he can
get it here.
There is some confusion about sup
plying the troops with clothing. 1t is
not the custom of the government to
furnish uniforms absolutely free to all
the troops, but if the soldier is not
able to pay for his uniform, it will be
furnished to him by the quartermaster
department and he is allowed plenty
of time in which to pay for it.
Style Not Considered.
There are uniforms in this building
that will fit any man that is accepted
by the government. There are all sizes
of every article that is worn. The
question of style does not enter into
the matter All uniforms are cut the
same way,
There is room enough in these build
ings to store clothing for 10000 men,
and as fast as the stock is depleted,
it is replenished by the government.
There is never any danger OF a soldier
in camp being without sufficient cloth
ing and uniform.
AS an indication of the big supply
of material on hand at these ware
houses, it is only necessary to mention
that in one of the buildings number
/ four-there was at the time this was
written, seven hundred boxes of mems
shoes and each of the seven hundred
boxes contained twenty pairs of shoes,
making a total of $4,000 pairs of shoes
in that building alone at one time.
Plenty of Stockings.
In one of the buildings where cloth
ing is stored, it is estimated that there
are 10000 pairs of socks and stock
ings-for some soldiers wear stock
ings-and half as many overshits and
undershirts and breaches-they call
them breeches in the army.
There is proportionate amount of
coats and other army wardrobe ac-
cessories in these buildings and they
are all of the army regulation quality
There are tens of thousands of army
hats of all sizes, but all of the same
! quality.
J In one of the big buildings there ar
/ stored all kinds of utensils for digging
, trenches. There are spades, shovel:
and picks, and there are buckets anC
pans and every conceivable kind oi
} cooking utensil There are stoves fol
heating and stoves for cooking.
Material for Plumbing.
: In warehouse No. S there is stored
} everything that pertains to plumbing
(. and materials used by plumbers, sucl
: as pipe and lead and faucets anC
: wrenches and tongs and metal pots.
! In warehouse No. 5 there is kept th'
e forage for the horses and mules in th'
! army service Bales of hay and bag
a of oats form the chief part of the foot
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