Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-03

Besides this, the order called fer 6,5OO.-
| 900 iirst-aid packets, parked 10 small
| khaki-colored metal boxes. The American
I soldier carries two Of these drst~aid park
cts IN his belt, az wcli as twD ~ the sanc
/ packets wrapped 10 rubber sheetng
I A special iirst-aid packet is required ipr
medical men, including among othrr
things, iodine swabs for swabbing wound
on the field, and 6,0OO,OOO Oi thcgc swat
must be supplied the medical department
every three months One and a has
million spools of adhesive plaster Vcr
- ther item IN this order
To the manufacturers of drugs an 0rdrr
for Z0.O0OOW quinine tablets was r,.-
leascd u Is interesting ~ note 10 this con
( nectIon that before the var the quininc
supply Of the world Was controlled bv
| German capitalists Who had their hca1-
quarters N Amsterdam guinlne Was oh
tanned from the cIBchona forests of TIE
Dutch East Indies. nov American drju
manufactures are obtaining all they ncoa
from South Amcnca THIS is only One ~
the many drugs formerly controlled be
Germany which are now being prJduo,ri
by other nati0nsl
EEARLY TWO MILLION TTTrSGa
One of the early drug contracts pIace}
by the medical department. called FIR
! ,74fOOO separate units, weighing 8ll frr
way from half an ounce ~ half a ton
Among other things Was ar Itefu ig-
] ,O0O0OO gpOnges. ~ a cost n SZ00 WN
In peace times H. would have faken q drug
house At least six weeks 10 fll rhis order
but, organized for var, the house reccivir.
the contract worked day and night as tr
as on Sundays and completed the who'll
thing in ten days
This is only one instance n fhe splendH
support gwen the Army Medical Depar'
mcnt By the drug trade a support witt
out which the army would be distinct
handicapped IN rs treatment oi caTIs
tics The medical supply division of The
Army Medical Corps is handling 2 largo
proposition both ~ home and IN Franc
II has a whole system 0f hospitals 10 sip.
ply with drug materials besides whicl
the Quartcrmaster's Corps has recrufir
organized system of chain stores among
tho American divisions, earring popular
inc of goods of the variety exhibited r.
the city drug stores
The object Of these qusrtarmaster d.
pots Is to supply Dur american troop
with food and merchandise not included
in the soldier rations Hence the varief
of the goods carried ~ limited only bv ~
desires of the soldier. II the army ration
fails To satisfy bis appetite, he ran sun.
plement it by buying any number u
foodstuffs from this general store
sowE oTHEe rTrMq
A list of groceries sold in this wav. r.
Gently issued by the dusrterrnaster
department, includes fresh beef nam
bacon, turkey potatoes roe hnn1inV
beans. onions. coffee tea sugar. cheese
cocoa, butter and evapOrated fruits
Sweet foods, 20 popular with Americans
such az Jams, Iellies, raisins, apple butter
maple syrup, cItron and candy, are also
provided. The government Is shppIn2
on the average $500 900 worth Of candy ~
these stores every month, and 1t b stated
bv men VINO have returned from the front
that the American soldier would rather
have box Of candy as q reward .ur
bravery than the CroiZ De GueEEe.
But, in addition 70 foodstiIfIs there i =
steady demand for soap, a1avIng stick
mirrors. razor strops, toilet water. talcum
powder tooth brushes and tooth powder
witch hazel, pocket kniy q, towels and
handkerchiefs, shoe polish and playing
cards-ail products sold principally
through American drug concerns. LIyli-
IanS Will be Interested in the prices "a
which the government Is supplying these
articles to us lighting men. Here are some
Of them. Half-pOund packages of chocu-
iate, IL cents; pocket COMBS SIX cents.
shaving brushes. Is cents; tooth bnIsne-
L cents; s. safety razors. SI.75; talcum
powder, i've cents; shaving soap, four
cents. ana hand soap, one cent. And these.
are the prices for the best grnde OF goods
the government can possibly buy in thi=
country. For. German propagandlsts q,
the contrary notwithstanding the AleGIca
Supply Division Is having no trouble %
procuring all the drug supplies IL needs
for the army.