Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-19
MILLIONS m SUPPLIES
Figures Given out By the Quarter
master Generals Department Con.
cerning Clothing and Other Things
For Army.

cerning Clothing and Other Things
Tor Army.
:! Richmond. Jan. lJ.-An mixing Of
+; he work Of the Quartclmaster Cen
rails department in supplying Amcr-
| can troops in France and in traia-
| ing camps, and preparing for fu-
urc armies. is furnished IN state
nent just issued By the Virginia
1ouncn Of Defen5e, in accordance with
n agreement with the National Coun-
ii of Defense, showing the mary
1illions Of ovcrcoats, hats, shoes,
loves and other artialcs Of wearing
,nparel that have been contracted for
nd already furnished. to say moth
ng OF the enormous food stores.
Nearly twenty square miles OF
,ew army blankets nave been order
d by Jhe Quartcrmasrcr General
. ince war p.qs declared. Some 4.VoJ
cres Of thcm-5, ,94623G blankets
,ad been delivered up 10 Decembe. }.
{ the blankets were evenly diStr!-
,uted. there would be enough 10 give
brea to every man in the army.
Oyercoats contracted for number
;.G91 $50. If half Of the entire nun
,cr Of men Of draft age III the couH-
~ should be called TO the coior7,
hose contracts would supply each
With an > arcoat. Deliveries OF over
oa,s amounted on December / TO
,026,34G. Included in the total are
ono hundreds Of thousands OF de-
;vcr;es at army supply stations, u,
tcod of al The camps and canton
,ents. Otherwise 40 man III any d
he camps would have had 70 go wi'-l-
NJ an overcoat during the unprece-
rerted cold weather Of last month.
The army is particularly well sup
lied with shoes as 2l,i1T,Gl2 pairs
,avn been contracted for, and S,a22.-
,9S nairs delivered. Every solder
an use up four pairs before the SEP
,ly on hand is exkaustce.
\ sotal Of 3,551,O91 hats have bz,n
,aliverea en- contracts ealing for :.
l92.021.
For o. D. shirts 35,l55.oS1 ya:1s
{ woolcp cloth have been contracted
or To call it 1874 miles Of c!oth
iii perhaps give clearer idea OF
ho size Of the order 4 total OF TO-
co 90, Yards Of this material AaS
n.n made up into 5,G76..I.I4 shirts.
THO contract for wooitn uniform
lcth reach the somewhat smaller l"-
r.c Of 2s.956,953 yards Of when ~
80? SCI yards have been delivered az:
,avn been made into 2,376 3ll com
,lo+a Writer uniforms and 45o,ooh ~
sra parS Of brecches.
IIa 10 Decentbcr l0.SiS,5 ,5o3 piece
# winter underwear had been dc
;yr,.c;i cut of 2S.273,S43 pieces con-
.ractcd for.
Other articles that have mad to .ie
n,ppiied to the camps in great quan''-
ns are bed sacks, comforters, ieS-
,inrs and socks. Of the four camps
listed by Surgeon General G"ry"S'
y hi. recent tour of inspection. n"h2
.onorted a shortage Of bed SACKS.
There were lcggings enough to 90
,round and the supply OF ll@nt W'o'-
~ socks WAS large enough to give
,ach man three pans
The latest reports concerning sup
~,l;as are from Camp Sewer, down Ia
Crecnvil!c. 6. c., where the natioNa'
o,,ordsmen from Tennessee and the
~oroI;nas are training. Sewer report
81 nlcnty of ovcrcoats on hand' ou"
far from an adequate stock OF WOOL
on uniforms. About 24,24O coats OK
dered shipped from New YORK Oh
Nov, 13 had not yet reached uree"-
v;lle at the end of the month riac-
ing the responsibility arisht '0r
such situations as this was the 2uE-
nose of the recent Congressional n
vestigation.
In this way the Quartermaster De-
partmcnt is feeding five tunes as
many troops as N the War with
spain with food costing three times
what it cost in 1893, and hard 70 get
at any price. Keeping million msn
for a year on the United States gar.
r;son ration means the provision q
oo5 900 tons-45O,O 100000 pounds--cl
fresh beef, This figure is reduce
| somewhat by the substitution o.
other fresh meats-turkey en- Thanl:s-