South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-29
Warm Clothes for
Rockies Stationed
At Camp Taylor

CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Louisville. Ky. oct %. Blow.
blow, thou winter wind. Blow. if it
give you any amusement, for il
doesn'' disturb me in the least"
Thus may the rookie at Camp
Zachary Taylor paraphrase shake
speare's apostrophe to the spirit Of
the north For clad in the warm
raiment that the United states is
providing the recruits of the Ma
tiouaI army. he will feel has blood
run all the faster for the keenness
of the blast Although the weather
/ be as cold as the conscience OF the
Hun, he will not suffer. Every day
! Just as promptly ~ tne orders
I can be fulfilled ana delivered-is-
sues OF heavy neeced underwear,
I heavy winter socks. suits, gloves and
| oyercoats are being issued to the
| soldiers and nearly an of them are
I equipped and prepared for frisid
\ temperature.
I Mai 5. e. Pearson. camp quarter
I master. said that there never has
! been a shortage of clothing or sup
plies. and the huge bins of cloth
/ ing socks of all sizes and shoes and
/ shelves filled with hats and other
| equipment certainly Justify the
/ statement, especially i'm view Of the
] a.
| filed with such stores for many
weeks.
Big job TO Cloth 10000.
But why do we see a number Of
men without uniforms" Mai. Pear
son was asked.
1T all takes time he answered.
Don't you know that over 10000
men cannot be measured for coats,
] hats. footwear and the like. have
I these measurements registered by
a card system, sent in 10 the quar-
| termaster's department and the
7 goods issued and delivered all in the
/ space of a day or week or even
a month";"
Maj. Pearson then explained the
/ process of citing the rookie out with
1
\ the measurement of the mans foot.
I he then gets the size of the shoe
\ ne has been wearing. tt csc two
/ items are registered and sent in 70
/ the quartermaster's department and
/ the shoes are drawn. but when they
! are Ito hand" it does not mean that
\ the deal lis closed. for they must
/ be carefully fitted, and if they are
not just right. back they go To the
/ @. NJ. In discussing the fitting Of
shoes. Mai Pearson remarked that
/ one hour in time measurement, as
an average. would not be too much
| 20 allow for the fitting Of one man
with proper shoes.
Tell me just what a soldier gets,
said the correspondent.
"Of this extra heavy. fleece lined
underwear which YOU see here,
every soldier gets three suits We
/ have issued 20 10 regiments and sep
arate battalions today Every man
/ gets five pairs of socks, two pairs
! of shoes. wooden outer clothing
winter cap. Wool or skin gloves and
a heavy Melton blanket lined over
coat" responded Mai. Pearson.
Ii was explained that the poncho,
/ or rubber rain blanket for protec-
ton in wet weather. often supple
ments i'm cold weather the heavy
wool blankets allowed the soldier
| for his bed.
/ This cantonment is better equip
\ ped than any other i'm the country,
remarked Mai Pearson. I'VE are
fully six weeks. if not more, ahead
| Of the others.
survey of camp headquarters
I department discIcses 10 huge ware
houses in which supplies for feed
ing and clothing the inhabitants of
/ Camp Zachary Taylor are stored.
Two of these are devoted 10 cloth
ing and three 20 subsistence stores.
one is filed with kitchen and mess
utensils and the line. another is
used for grain. one for ordnance and
one for signal corps supplies.
The most interesting of these is
The tissue and sales warehouse" in
which the supplies are changed al
most every day. That is today. this
warehouse is emptied and refled
almost daily. The regimental sup
ply onicers-there are 80 or 90 Of
fhem-Come 90 this warehouse every
o DAYS 20 do their rcgimeutal shop
ping. From the supply of money
allotted 20 them $50 much per man
per dayl they select their stores for
feeding the regiment and these
goods are promptly delivered The
vacant spaces" left are refUed as
promptly as they are empued
Tn this warehouse there also is
sales department. where extras
can he purchased hy officers or men.
The listing of these extras" would
Ie like cruwera ting The products
ou the shelves OF q fancy grocer
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