Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20
TWENTY SQUARE MILES
0F BLANKETS FURNISHED
Virginia Council OF Defense Gives
Interesting Figures as to
- Troops in France.
PURCHASE ENORMOUS SUPPLIES
Three Blankets for Every Man, IL
There Were an Even Distribution.
Particularly Well Supplied With
Shoes-l'iEures as to F'oOdStuffS.

An inklinE Of the work OF the quar-
tcrmaster-gencrars department in sup
plying American troops in France and
in training camps and preparing for
future armies is furnished in state
+ rnent Just issued by the Virginia Coun-
+ Gil OF Defense. in accordance with an
agreement with the National Councii
of Defense, showing the many millions
of orercoats, hats. shoes. gloves and
other articles ct wearing apparel that
have been contracted for and already
furnished. 10 say nothing OF the cnor-
nous food stores.
Nearly twenty square miles OF army
blankets have accn ordered by the
Quartcrmastcr-Sencr since war WAS
declared. Some 4.Gpc acres of them
5,S9o.236 blankets had been Delivered
up to December !. II the blankets
wcro evenly distributed. there would
DO enough TO Give three 10 every man
in the army.
Overcoats contracted for number
5,6s1,S5o. II half OF the entire num-
Der Of men of draft age i'll tho "oun-
try should be called to the co'ors,
these contracts would supply them
with an overcoat apiece. Deliveries OF:
overcoats amounted on December 70
2,o26.346. Included in the total are
some hundreds Of thousands of d'iir-
cries at army supply stations instead
Otherwise no man in any O: the camps
would have had 70 20 without an over,
coat during the unprecedented c"!n
Ecat her OF last month.
PARTICULARLY WELL
Supplied WITH SHOES
The army Is particularly we'll sup
piled with shoes; ?i.it,el2 pairs nave
been contracted tor and s.S2a.2sS pairs
delivered. Every soldier can use zap
four pairs before the supply on hand
is exhausted.
A total Of a,55i.osl hats have been
delivered on contracts calling Tor 8
09c,o2l.
wooden cloth have been contracted for.
RIO call il 1924 miles Of cloth viii
perhaps give a clearer idea OF the size
OF the order; Ic.es0.:oa yards OF TINS
material has been made UP into o'"'o'-
44& shirts.
cloth roach the somewhat smaller figure
OF oSe5sa5S yards: !l,H9s.s67 yards
have been delivered and have been
made into ".37S.5il cornrictc winter
uniforms and 455,s56 extra pairs oil
breaches.
In 10 December /, iG.SiS.503 pieces
of winter underwear had been delivered
out Of 2S.275.Si5 pieces contracted toy.
Other articles shat have had 10 he
supplied to the camps III great QUEEN
ginEs and socks. OF the four camps
visited by Surgcon-Gcncral i"rEas in
his recent tour of inspection. non" re-
ported a shortage ot bed sacks. There
were leEsinEs enough TO 80 around, ana
the supply OF light wooden socks was
large enough 10 give cach man three
pairs.
Tho --latest reports concerning sup
piics are from Camp Sewer. down IN
Greenviilc, :. C., where the rational
Euardsmen from Tennessee and Tia.
Caroiinas are training. Scvic" report
cd plenty OF ovcrc9ais on hAhd. IN; 'aF
from an adequate stock 81 WOODEN UNI
forms Twcnty-four thousands tNo
hundred and forty coats ordered shipped
from New York on November Is had
not yet reached Grccnlillc al the end ~
the month. Placing the Responsibilities
Alright for such situations as this vas
the purpose cf tie recent conSress!onal
investigation.
FEEDING FIVE TIMES As
MANY IN SPANISH WAR
In this way the quartcrmastcr depart
ment- is feeding 1--WE times AS many
troops as in IN. war with spain. with
food costing three Times what 1t cost
in 1898, and hard II get at amy pri'c
Keeping l,u0nU0D men for a wear on
the United states garrison means the
provision OF 10000 ,cu*--5@ ono 400
poundS--cf frcsi. beef. rh= figure -
reduced somewhat ~ THE substitution
Of other fresh mcats-turkcy al
Thanksgiving Day sA!r Chritnlas and
uccasionally mu:tol.-as. ssh.
Three hundred million pounds Il Jour
must he supplied for :hc bread ration
not including the -four used in making:
hard bread Other items ot fco.. sup
ply are 2a.S10 POUNDS o. coffee, .5,oNI
tons OF sugar and 3Ct,ocU gallons Of GU
cumbcr pickles,
l,. .,st Tot. g