El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-27

HTrCHARD.
Z ganization last January. His assist
ants are Lieut. Arthur Hohlt and
Lieut. William r Gaus. When the
Z branch moves into its new quarters.
which have not yet been announced
DO win be the largest reclamation de-
pot iu the entire southwest. and one
I Of the largest in the country
Needs More Space.
Lack Of space is the thing which
T is holding back this department now
I said Capt Felix TO a Herald man.
/ with the space 20 install machinery
and work the proper number or men
and women the possibilities or Ilia
service ars limited only By the guam
. titv Of material sent 20 Us
~The importance Of the work Is not
so much the monetary value OF me
material we save. as 10 IS the intrinsic
value Of the material For instance the
I wooden clothing we save is worm
more TO the government than the
value Of the material. because the
government is short OF such things
The saving Of material necessary to
[ the operation Of the war, which ls
{ lacked by the department, is the great
thing iu this department
saves Government Thousands.
That the reclamation division 90
the army has made good is shown 1y
the fact that i'm the six months Of its
existence 10 has reduced the issues
OF new clothing from 90 % 50 percent.
thereby e-feCrlnE saving OF many
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars Tor
the government But more than thar
TO has achieved an invaluable con
servation Of wool, leather, meal
chemical products and foodstuffs-alL
so badly needed ~ the nation just
now
Gardens supply Vegetables
The scope Of the reclamation dlFls-
ion Of the army has extended grad
ually Good sized gardens have been
planted in many OF the camps en1
cultivated by derachments IRON Lle
reclamation companies This a1tor4a
the soldiers a supply Of fresh vege-
tables tn winter The produce OF Lle
gardens is sold 10 commissary Officers
at the various camps at ten percent
under the market price me safes
who returns so percent 70 the treasurt
and reserves the rest fer the use OF
his department
Manure Given Away
Manure from the cavalry. arrl-lerE
and remouut camps at E'L Bliss VIII
Dc given 1ree 70 11r5as1s e-l1 49, 49,
raisers who come for IL Dead animals
are removed from the stables cor
rails and veterinary hospitals By the
reclamation division and sold % a
local soap factory
Bones from camp kitchens are
ground and sold as fertilizer meat
garbage IS saved and its oils and fats
extracted The national supply OF
glyceriue. so essential TO the manu-
ftcturs OF munitions is considerably
increased in this way
Offers Vocational Training.
Another aspect OF the reclamation
section is the opportunity for V0ca-
tional training offered 70 It's soldier
members. As the personnel OF a
reclamation unit can be made up only
OF men not for service with line reEl-
meuts. IL is impossible 70 get skilled
workers in all OF the lines embraced
in the activities II has therefore be-
come necessary to train apprentices
in the various crafts and employ civil
lans- A great many soldiers VIII
graduate from the reclamation com
Danies over the country as perfectly
competent railors. hatters. launderers.
farrierers. farmers and possibly even
chemists
Local Luundries Get Contracts
In FL Pas0 the cleaning and reno
waiting OF oTerccats. breechess blousesi
blankets and other similar articles, IS
done by contract a number OF local
Iaundries handling this phase Of the
work. such work is done in huge lots,
and only recently, an FL Paso laundry
shipped to a headquarters depot a
carload Of clothing which u had Just
renovated
ENpedititonaries Get New stuff.
Troops destined for service overseas
are given completely new equipment
What TO do with the old clothing was
the problem which the government
placed in the hands Of the r5cLama-
ton division. Uniforms in reasonably
good condition we're ErerlLLe1r
uended and pressed and in some cases
almost Immediately reissued- Other
uniforms badly torn after s-erlllza-
ton were packed and shipped 70 the
division factories TO be pieced to-
gether Half a dozen Of these factor
les arer located at Jetfersonvllles
Euglewood. EIoboken, New York. Phil
adelphia and Fort sam Houston