Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-03
Quartermaster General ProvId-
Ing For a Million Men.
BUYS 343 DIFFERENT ITEMS
There Arc Forty nine Different Pur.
chases on Ration List and Twenty
nine Articles Of cIothing-Quality Of
Everything 10 Tested by Experts and
Must Come Up to Standard.

Supplies for million men-a years
needs Of everything from beef to shoe
strings and from cots to candy-is q
measure Of the task which Quarter
master General Sharpe's Office has In
providing for Americas new armies,
says a war department statement.
Nearly 100000 tons Of fresh beef
1891, 63s,24O pounds) is one item, and
besides that there is canned corned and
canned roast, beef, totaling nearly
100000 pounds more, without includ-
ing the canned corned beef hash, also
among the items.
All told 343 different items Of sup
plies appear in the quartermaster gen.
erals list Of rations for issue and sale
Of clothing and Of equipage. The fig
ures given here are on the basis Of sup
plying soldiers located in the United
States, SO give no help in computing
additional needs of this country re-
sulting from military participation in
the war.
Forty -nins Items on Ration List.
Regular rations of Uncle Sans SOL
diers call for list Of forty-nine items.
In it are over 29,GOO,OOO pounds Of COT
fee, four kinds Of tea and over $4,000
tons Of graduated sugar, over $4,000
gallons Of cucumber pickles. over
$4,000 cans Of black pepper and Gin
namon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg, to.
falling $4,000 cans; over 4S0.7OO,OOO
pounds Of potatoes, over 55.2OO,O0O
pounds Of onions, over 3OO,OOO,OOO
pounds Of flour, besides hard bread;
nearly 100000 gallons Of cane sirup;
lemon and vanilla flavoring extracts;
over 100000 pounds Of Lard, and over
100000 pounds Of butter; canned and
dried fish, canned vegetables. evapo.
rated apples and peaches, etc.
The variety Of fare possible in regu-
lar rations Is increased by a list OF
items for sale to soldiers at cost. The
sale list totals 165, items. largely food
stuffs, but including also shaving mugs,
pencils, pins, pens, shoe polish, letter
paper (2o,320 quires), 1890 pipes, o.
800 razors, toilet articles (among which
are ASSOC cans Of talcum powder and
1920 bottles Of toilet water). 11,16O
spools Of thread, etc.
The foodstuffs in the sale list include
canned mushrooms, q variety Of can
ned fruits, vegetables, fish and meats.
pickles. maple strip. ginger ale, sauces,
sausage, 3O5,O0O pints Of effervescent
water, etc.
Twenty. nine Articles Of Clothing.
Regular articles Of clothing are twen-
ty-nine In number. These are figured
on initial requirements and upkeep for
the first nine months. Here are few
Of the items: Belts. 100000: coats.
cotton, 100000: coats, wooden, 1870
coo: service hats, 1,S25,0OO; shoe laces.
100000; overcoats, 1,675,000.
Equipase includes ninety articles.
Among them are 13O,5OO axes, $780,
600 blankets, $4,000 bugles. 100000
cots, 1,44O,25O tents Of seven kinds.
over 100000 gross of buttons. 10000
0OO yards Of cotton cloth, etc
Estimating quantities needed is only
step in the task Of supplying an
army. Things must be boEght-Qual.
ity tested, contracts made, prices de-
termined, delivery-and then come the
problems of transportation, storage and
distribution.
This shows part of the country's
great war work, on which thousands
Of people are daily working ITO make
the world safe for democracy"