Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-17
me Quartermaster General Is
the Busiest Tailor I'm the u. s.

the Busiest Tailor I'm the u. s.
- The War Department authorizes
kne following:
Gne report of the Conservation and
@eciamation Division of the Quarter
MASTER Corps for the month Of July
SLOWS that the QuartermasteP Gem
- OF the Army is the biggest and
S0slest tailor and shoe repairer I'm the
Articles ef wearing apparel num-
2ering 1,45O.370 were repaired dur
80 the month OF July In the shops of
4s.ous camps and environments. In
ciaded In this total were SASS
aars OF shoes. 48.SO3 hats. S6.S41
Vsercoats. 97.508 coats, 2Ss, s76 pairs
81 oreeches. 84,212 flannel shirts.
z41,z17 undershirts, zO8,63S pairs of
SSsawers, 6.100 pairs Of stockings,
&O.vo7 pairs Of leggings. 63,799 blan-
9eesf 764 sweaters and 47,965 other
The dry cleaning and pressing
Snops handled during this period L.
%4S.6O7 articles of wearing apparel,
which included overcoafs. coats.
nreeches, flannel shirts, undershirts.
drawers. stockings, leggings, .blan-
Eets and sweaters. During the month
e4,I41 cots were repaired and there
was total Of 9,377 tent and canvas
repairs made at the same time.
Beside being the biggest tailor and
fnoe-repair man, the Quartermaster
General is probably the greatest laun-
dry-man ON earth. During the month
Pr July, there were handled in the
4aundr1eS attached to various camps
and environments throughout the
country, 9,762,17O pieces. This in
GUIDED 2,O3O,947 pieces for officers
and enlisted men, which brought a
revenue of $133,106.27; 5,34O,592
pieces for base hospitals brought
revenue of $56,52O.41; 1,997,O44
pieces for reclamation work brought
Q revenue of $83,597.68, and 349,781
other items, which brought revenue
Of $21,902.86. The number of bun
qles handled during the month was
S12,2S2. The total revenue from the
laundry was $297,179.12.
AS a junk dealer and waste coll
lector, the activities of the Quarter
master General are on the same scale
Rs his other work, and the Army Is in
receipt of revenues from the sales OF
old metals, garbage, waste, etc. There
were collected during July, 1888
pounds of old aluminium, brass, cop
per, lead and zinc, of which 1881
pounds were sold for $10,131.73.
There were also collected 4,215,557
pounds of iron, of which 952,36O
pounds were sold for $6,517.92;
196,463 pounds of rubber, 638.O64
pounds of cotton rags, 477,7O1
pounds of wooden rags, $3.50 pounds
of rope. 1,637,767 pounds Of paper,
.72S,145 pounds of bags, 12O,5S9
pounds of burlap, 154,537 pounds of
leather, 1924 pounds of glass bot
ties and jars, 74O,954 pounds of bar
fels and boxes, 1898 pounds OF
pounds of lumber. Revenues from
4ales Of rubber, cotton and wooden
rags, rope, paper, bags, burlap.
totaled $35,973.55.
The collection of garbage and mis-
cellaneous material from camps and
Eantonments, ports of embarkation.
concentration camps, supply depots
and other stations, for the month OF
July, totaled 129,548 pounds of waste
bread, 235,O23 pounds of waste
cooked meats, grease, etc.; 1,057,338
pounds Of bones and 17,159,153
pounds of other garbage, making a
total of. 1S,734,425 pounds of gar
bage collected during the month,
which brought a revenue Of $94,-
1874. There were also collected
during the same time 504 dead anil
mails, which were sold for $434.70;
65,O68 tons of manure, sold for $32,-
794.99; 21,O77 tons OF condemned
hay and straw, sold for $298.30, and
454 tons OF other material. sold for
$1,869.77.