Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-09

every day, On penalty of having TO pay
themselves for any replacements where
the old shoe turned in to the .quartermas-
ters department is too greatly worn to
permit It's repair. -.
In the matter Of clothing. too. the
war department Is effecting savings
wherever possible, When = private or
..non-corn'' takes his best girl to the
movies. he is clad in his Sunday best,
the suit he wears only at inspection and
when on pass. In his other waking
hours he is uniformed in khaki that has
seen better Gays but still is servicea-
BILE for drills and camp routine Careful
inspection of sAsvaged clothing are made
by the inspector general to the end that
no uniform be strapped while there yet
Is a minimum of services in It.
Economics in clothing, however, are
merely xtraws TO show how the wind
is blowing in the army. The effort to
make congress- dollars go as far as pos
sible Is apparen1 all along the line. and
even the rawest of recruits Is aware
that thrift is regarded as a cardinal vir-
tue in the army. That IL impressed On
him as soon as he enlists, for where 1t
once was possible TO join the colors In
one part OF the country and be. assigned
to duty with some remote organization,
getting a splendid opportunity to see
America First at the present expense
Of the war department, things work out
quite differently now. Recruits are as
signed to organizations nearest the sta
tions where they enlist, and the day
OF free sightseeing tours are ever. war
department officials assert.
This transportation tabSo Is fast be-
becoming all inclusive. according to the
army officers. In times Pc st. when a
regiment was transferred to another post
the transfer was accomplished by en-
training the r.en and their impedimenta
and setting them down in their new home
bag and basgage. Under the new scheme
Of things the transfer Of regiment in
wolves no such expenditure Of time and
money. Only the colors OF the outfits
to be transferred are sent on the new
post, the men being assigned to some
other organization nearby.
An instance Of this Is to be found in
the recent transfer Of the 18th Infantry
regiment from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast. The colors of the 18th were sent
to San Francisco-and by boat instead
of train, to save expense-the men of the
old 18th were transferred to the 18th
Infantry regiment, nearby and the new
regiment on the Pacific coast was filled
by members Of the s2nd Infantry who
had been put on the inactive list, at the
Preside. Even the colonel of the 32nd
Infantry became the commander of the
transferred" 18th.
When transfers of units are to be made
at lesser distances they are accomplish
ed by hiking. The men shoulder their
full impost OF equipment, the accompany
ing baggage trains are loaded, the COM
mand to march is giver and the outfit is
on it's way to its new post.
Another evidence of the army's effort
to cut its cost of expense according to
the cloth appropriated Is to be found In
new sentence that is beginning to ap-
pear in the general orders Of the chief
of staff. That sentence reads: mo tex-
pense will be incurred hs the govern
nlent in connection with the change here
in directed" Interpreted by officials OF
the war de9artment it means that nc
individual transfers are being made e1-