Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-06-27
MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA. THURSDAY. JUNE e. 1918

VI tHelr campaign hats interfere6 with
sighting through trench periscopes and
that IN the cases of tall men the high
crowns could be seen above the para
pets. The new cap Is so low that It
permits the men to move with prac.
tcally the same freedom as when they
are hatless. The trench helmet can
be worn over 1T.
Only soldiers who have been with
the eNpeditionary forces wear the cap.
According to reports from France new
regulations provide that officers shall
Wear their insignia of rank on the cap.
and enlisted men place on it the button
prescribed to be worn on the left side
OF the collar of the service coat.
The total cost for National army
cantonments was 6.47S. accord
ing to statement by the war depart
ment. The National Guard camps
cost $3S,375,272.
Emergency work to provide for sol.
dlers in this country and to provide
buildings for the manufacture and
storage of army supplies both here andI
abroad undertaken by the construction
division of the army, which has BEEN
executed or is under way and in pros-|
pect up to June 1, will cost about 81,
l7O,619,OCO. This total is exclusive oil
three operations costing $1O6, ,OOOO !
under the direct control Of the ordII
nance department.
UP to June the construction divi-l
sion had completed SO jobs, at total
cost of $2O2,25O.O0O. 1t has pa operas
tlons under way, which, when finished. /
will cost about $270,369,OOO Prepara-I
tions are being made to start work onl
LII new operations which are expected
to cost $7OO,OOO,OOO.
Two out of every 1000 men In the
army have to have their shoes made to
order. In several camps entire regi-
ments have had their feet measured.
and hundreds of drawings were made
OF odd shapes and sizes. At the presl
ent time the army uses between 2,OQO,.,
900 and 100000 pairs of shoes a.
month.
Facts brought out In tests seem 20
prove that men in the present army
are larger than those serving In preyi-
Gus wars. Not only is this shown by
the larger sizes as shoes called for, but
by the larger sizes of outer clothing,
that is being required. Records in the.
quartermaster corps show that q sizD,
larger, on the average, is being de-;
manded in blouses, shirts and breechesi
than have ever before hesc used.
AS a result of the studies at thu
front, methods have been DEVELOPER
whereby more than so per cent of the
wounded, who originally remained Ct
the military hospitals for months, are
now cured and returned to the forces
in three or four weeks. In order that
army surgeons stationed at campk
environments, and other military hos
pitfalls in this country may thoroughly
understand the latest treatm OF war,
wounds, the army medical department
has had established special classes a.
instruction to which are sent selected
officers who, upon completion of theiI,
courses, return to their own hospitalsl
and instruct other surgeons In these
methods. i
DUTY to ones country does not end
on the parade ground, nor even on the
battlefield, but consists In doing every
thing in ones power to help win thu
var says an order issued by General
Pershing, copy of which has been re-
ceived by the war department.
TO write home frequently and reg
uiarly to keep in constant touch with
family and friends is one of the sell
diers most important duties. Mothers
and fathers will suffer if they do not
hear often from sons fighting IN
france. In the present large com.
panies it is not possible for officers to
Write letters for their men, and eveE2
man must do it for himself"
Applicants for commissions as first
lieutenants in the engineer corps, &C.
cording to statement by the war de1
partment. should be between thirty
two and thirty-six years of age and for
commissions as captains between thif-
ty-si3 and forty-two. The engineer
corps is conducting campaign Tor
1000 more commissioned officers. the
examining board making tour of the
principal cities of the country to make
examination readily available for ap-
plicants.
The $120OOO,OOO allotted for the
plants is expected to give the govern
ment smokeless powder production
capacity equal to all other American
plants combined. In construction Of
the plants it was found necessary to
build new town on each site to house
the employees, and approximately
9,OCo different buildings were erected.
Streets were put down and severed,
pos,er plants constructed, and stores
and hospitals built. Approximately
$4,000 men worked on construction
and about 10000 will eventually be
engaged in the actual production Of
powder.
Thousands of women are employed
in the United States gas-mask plant.
They are acting as inspectors and are
engaged throughout the entire process
of manufacture, according to state
menf from the gas defense Servfcp