Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-15
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How Uncle Sam is feeding and
clothing his big navy is told in re-
cent number of the Official Bulletin.
as follows: H..
Feeding and clothing the navy is
one of the big tasks of the, war, par
ticularly when in this day OF high
prices the United States is deter.
mined to keep up its reputation OF
having the best fed, best clad navy
in the world" .Ez.-..
with its reserves and auxiliaries,
the navy will soon have a force OF
200 900. To provide three square
meals day for this large number OF
men requires mountains of food. The
principal items for a single month
are: Meat (refrigerated), 5,509,6Oo
pounds; flour, 4,S54,ee0 pounds: yege.
tables (mostly potatoes), S,169,2O0
pounds; butter, 620,400 pounds; cot
fee, 100000 pounds; sugar, 1.6S7.0O0
pounds; beans white navy, 100000
pounds; tomatoes, $4,000 pounds:
corn. Isl 900 pounds. and milk (eyap'
Grated, 624,600 pounds.
Steady Stream Of Supplies
"To furnish this food requires
steady stream of supplies to every
navy yard, training. station, port ana
ship. Most of the. ARTICLES must be
arranged for long in advance, and
there must be no hitch or delay IN
Transportation or delivery. The navy
draws its supplies from many sections
of the union-flour, from the grain
centers; meat, from the packing
houses; .conned vegetables and fruits,
from the places where the canning
industry flourishes; coffee and sugar.
from the principal producing and dis
tributing points. All this must be
brought together at the ports where
it is needed to provision ships or pro-
vide for the men in training ashore.
Clothing the navy has been no
small undertaking. More than 100000
men have been enlisted In the regu.
lar navy and naval reserves since war
was declared, and to outfit these men
the following was required: Over.
shirts, 100000; dress jumpers, 100.-
600; blue trousers. 100000; overcoats,
100000; blue caps, 100000: white
hats, 100000; white undress jumpers,
100000; white trousers, 100000:
drawers, heavy, 100000; undershirts,
heavy, 5000; undershirts, light 200..
900; jerseys, 100000; watch caps,
100000; leggins, 100000 pair; necker.
chiefs, 100000; gloves, 100000 pair;
socks, 100000 pair; shoes, 100000
pairs: mattresses, 100000; mattress
covers, 100000; blankets, 100000;
towels, 100000.
"All this is in addition to providing
for the requirements of the men who
were in the navy before the war was
declared, and clothing which is sub
iected to much greater wear under
war service conditions than in time
of peace has had to be constantly re-
placed. :.... -. ... f.. ~
There probably will be quarter
of million men in the naval service
before many months, and to keep
them in clothing vast quantities are
required and must be arranged for
long in advance" e..
Here are some Of the big contracts
for future needs that have been
awarded by the navy department:
Cotton sox, 3,500,000 pairs; wooden
sox, 100000 pairs: shoes, 100000
pairs; Jerseys, 100000; cotton under
shirts, 5000, 900; nainsook drawers, l.
400 700; handkerchiefs, 100000; bath
towels. $4,000; blankets, 100000;
heavy undershirts, 100000; heavy
drawers, 100000; watch caps, $780,
600; silk neckerchiefs, 100000; wooden
gloves, 100000 pairs; leggins, 100000
pairs: bleached twills for white uni
ferns, 100000 yards: blue denim for
dungarees (overalls), 100000 yards;
heavy canvas for sails. awnings, COW
ers. hammocks, cots, ETC., 100000
Yards; mattress covers, 100000; heavy
oyercoats. 100000; 11-ounce cloth for
shirts and Jumpers, 100000 yards;
trousers cloth, 1,250,000 yards.
How u Was Done 4
.sThis was only one of the many
tasks Of the bureau of supplies and
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