Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-08

promptly. except In isolated cases,sand
these were. adjusted as ,expeditiously
~ possible The pay Of the Army ap-1
il used for all PURPOSES
and arrangements have been made to
enable disbursing quartermasters in
without awaiting notification from
Washington that funds have been
placed to their credit. The posi-
bilttv of the Interruption Of cable COM
m~dnication prompted this arrange
ment.
S The magnitude OF the work Of the
Quartermaster Corps is indicated by
vision, which 10 charged with the re-
sponsibility OF seeing that food sup-
plies for the Army are available at all
stations from the Philippines to LORI
|raine. Purchases recently made in
|cluded 40, 100000 pounds dried beans,
lie. 100000 cans baked beans Of the
1917 crop, 65,1S4,475' cans Of tomatoes,
100000 cans Of condensed milk,
and N20.2s7.o 900 pounds Of prunes.
Feeding the Army.
The establishment Of the Subsistence
Division centralized the purchases OF,
foodstuffs for the Army, previous to
which such products we're distributed
through the depot quartermaster. Eff
fective January 1. the central control
system has resulted IN greater teffi-
cheney and a big saving. In January,
for instance, 100000 was saved n
der this system as compared with the
prices obtained by depot quartermas-
tiers, and in February a saving OF
'$39,740 was made on potatoes alone.
The central control system is still
being perfected.
( The requirements Of the Army in
clothing and wearing apparel may be
gauged by the activities Of the Supply
and Equipment Division, which pur-
chases cotton, wooden, and knit goods:
shoes, leather. and rubber, manufac-
tured articles Of clothing, miscellane-
GUS materials, vehicles and equipment.
Forty million yards Of bobbfnet for
mosquito bars Is one of the Items that
reflect the requirements of the Army.
Other authorizations r olive drab,
IS, 100000 yards; co. 900, 900 wooden
blankets: a5,00o.0o0 yards flannel
shifting; 81,000,0 900 yards uniform
cloth; $4,000. 900 yards overcoating;
1s,ooo.o0o pairs Of cotton drawers:
$4,000, 900 cotton undershirts; 26,000,-
900 winter undershirts; 100000
pairs Of Light stockings; 100000
pairs Of field shoes; 14.ooo.ooo pairs
Of wool breeches; 100000 wool
coats; $500, 900 o~vercoats: 100000
barrack bags, and 100000 bed sacks:
and an expenditure Of $1,000, 900 a
year for horse-drawn vehicles and
harness.
In the Remount Division the total
expenditures since the beginning Of
the val have amounted to $44,952,-
1898, not including $~10,155,S63 for
leather equipment.
The expansion Of the fuel and forage
requirements of the Army, which are
met by the Quartermaster Corps, is
represented by. the difference between
$500 900 which was expended for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1916, and
$569,332,120, the expenditures for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1919.
Motor Trucks.
At> the beginning of the war the
I Quartermaster Corps had about 5000
motor trucks. $50 automobiles, and
go motorcycles. This equipment had
been acquired for the Mexican expe-
dition and for border patrol since
March, 1866 Much Of it was in bad
condition after hard service with in
adequate repair facilities. It was de-
cided to use this equipment in this
country and purchase new equipment
for overseas.
The first extensive purchases were
in June, 1917, when $3.50 trucks were