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CLOTHING UNCLE SAM'S NEW ARMY ; GIGANTIC TASK Immense Supply of Materials Necessary to Equip Men for the Field. DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA BIG PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED In Addition to the Regular Army and National Guard, Supplies Must Be on Hand for the Drafted Men. Washington.—When a nation goes to war, naturally the people bade home want action. The first thought is to whip the other fellow as soon as pos sible, whip him good and plenty and get it over with. Congress votes an army. The people, and rightly so, want that army in training camps as quickly as possible and made ready to fight. America’s national army of half a million men probably will not get into camp until September. Miracles, al most, will have to be accomplished to do that. Even most of the National Guard won’t be in camp until August 1. And war was declared early in April. There have been delays here in Washington getting things under way that are hard to understand. There have been minor blunders and mis takes that appeur inexcusable. It has taken longer to do things than appears on the surface, at least, at all neces sary. But practically every complaint of this character, serious or minor, is traceable back to the fundamental of the whole situation: When this coun try went into war it was emphatically on a peace basis. Most of this lost time and motion has been spent in building up the tremendous organiza tion necessary, not alone to supply the army when it tukes the field in num bers with munitions, but with the iplalnest necessities before they are ready even to take the field for pre liminary training and to keep them supplied. Big Industries Simplify Task, If the United States were not a big Industrial nation, the biggest in the world, the task would be almost Im possible. As it is, it presents a prob lem the average person back home has little conception of until he goes into actual figures of needs and require ments. When war was declared, It naturally was supposed the National Guard, our second line of defense to the regular army, would be put in intensive train ing at once. It wasn’t. The reason was that the army didn’t have the equip ment to take care of the National Guard, if it should recruit to war strength at the same time the regular army was fillings up its ranks. There was no particular object in calling out Jthe very men who had had the splen did experience on the border. The Guard had to be doubled and nearly trebled in size and it was the new re cruits who needed the intensive train ing. And the government couldn’t take care of the new recruits. It will have a job fully equipping the National Guard when It does take to camp. But the army says it can do the task now. Something like a half mil lion recruits have been taken into the regular army, National Guard and navy already. And the first contin gent of the national army, 025,000 men, must be equipped in September That was the array job on supplies, apart from arming the men. The na tion went to war without huge store houses full of reserve supplies. We were operating on a small army scale because we didn’t think we would biive to go to war. The Clothing Requirements. Concrete figures give a real idea of what it takes to clothe and equip an army. Here are the clothing requlre- r jnts for a million men and the up keep in clothing for nine months, for the army has to know where the next few months’ supply is to be had as well as the initial equipment: Belts, waist 2,000,000 Breeches, cotton, foot soldier 2,673,000 Breeches, cotton, mounted soldier..1,292,000 Breeches, woolen, foot soldier 1,882,000 Breeches, woolen, mounted soldier 951,000 Coats, cotton 2,400,000 Coats, woolen ....1,270,000 Cords, hat 2,600,000 Drawers, summer ,..6,175,000? Drawers, winter 6,600,000 Gloves, horsehlde, yellow 41,000 Gloves, riding 740,000' Gloves, wool 1.866,000 Hats, service l,82o,000 Daces, she xtra pairs 7,200,000 Deg gins, c«. -vas, foot Legrgins, canvas, mounted 660,000 Overcoats Ponchos 1’irewTO Shoes, russet r'SX'u, Shoes, field Slickers 4 SS'Sl Stockings, cotton 3.767.W Stockings, wool, lightweight^ 6,683,000 igfc', ^vooT, Heavywuigni.....-w,v... Tags, Identification 2,645,000 Undershirts, cotton 4,700,000 Undershirts, woolen ,...4,600,000 This is the clothing requirement, alone. Before the year is out the fig ures will have to be doubled. The United States is going to get these supplies. It is getting them now In daily increasing amounts. The war department in conjunction with a de partment of the national council of defense of which Julius Bosenwnld of the Seurs-Itoebuclc company is the head, has built up a tremendous organ ization. Mills are running at full capacity turning out the army needs. Contracts are let almost daily in lig- ares that before tlio war would have been a real news item, but which now occasion no comment. It is all a part of the day’s work. Tents and Khaki Scarce. Two items presented the most dif ficult problem—ducking for tents and khaki cloth. The country had been pretty well drained of both by the de mands of our allies before we entered the war. In fact, one war speculator had practically cornered the market on klmki. But “scouts,” representing tin? Rosenwald committee, and repre sentatives of the quartermaster’s de partment have scoured the country, peering into every place or mill or sup- lily house where either material could lie had in quantities. The supply avail able for government use lias increased oy leaps and bounds since the mobili zation qf resources began. But clothing is only one side of equipping an army. Tents upon tents are needed. This is a particularly big problem right now, as the National Guard is to be housed in tents. And tents have to lie replaced every three to six months, on an average. The following table presents the needs of one million men with nine mouths’ upkeep: tnpfTfhr ...—...-nv... ; 1.™ ; Wnll 4 ' 2 ™ i Hospital Ward— l Wall JffiO I Pyramids' 280,000 ( Stora r „ i Wall (large)— I Upright ln ' 400 Ridge 8 ' 200 Wall (small)— Ridge Upright 123,100 Ponclieo, music 23,000 Slings, color ftp 1 i Shovels, short handle 97,000 Spades J 2 ' 488 Stands, music 11,000 Sticks, shoe size U.500 Shields, tent, g. 1 4r - noft Stoves, tent 209,200 Stovepipe, elbows 97,900 Stovepipe, joints 1,000,000 Spark arrestors 221,000 Stretchers, shoo 11,400 Tape, foot measure 11,000 Tents— ' . iWA ! Hospital, tropical Hospital, ward 2.000 Pyramidal <.92.000 Shelter halves 2,140,000 Storage 8,480 Wnll, large 8,200 Wall, small 04,400 ^ Tent Files- I Hospital, tropical £.2-0 , Storage 8,480 Wall, largo 24.000 Wall, small J 4 .4M Screens, canvas, latrine <•‘*.400 i Whistles and Chains— ! Anno 105.200, 20,000 . 16,000, Knight Siren Materials— I Bobinette, 30-lnch, yards 30,600,000 Buttons, shirt, o. d., gross 218,8J0 Buttons, overcoat, bronze, gross.. 152.000 Buttons, coat, bronze, small, gross 412,3n0 Buttons, coat, bronze, large, gross 219,925 Cloth, cotton, o. d., yards Drilling, unbleached, yards 15,475,000 Duck, shelter, tent, yards 12,900.000 Duck, khaki, No. 4, 42-inch, yards GOS.idO Duck, khaki, 12.1-oz., yards 37.375.000 Duck, khaki, 8-oz., yard 9,562.500 Flannel shirting, o. d., yards 8,250.000 Jeans, corset, yards 1.U8.000 Meltons, o. d„ 16-oz., yards JSnfiS Meltons, o. d., 30-oz., yards ££02.000 Bedding, canvas, yards 2,3-.,t»w Serge, luster wool, lightweight, vnrils 2,975,000 SlTosla. o. d„ yards Tent slips. No. 2,160,000 Tent plates and chain “ZB.- w Tent squares 3 - 5 - 400 Axes 130,500 Ax helves 102,000 Bags, surplus kit 183,000 Bags, water sterilizing 21.550 Bars, mosquito 1,950,000 Bedsacks 1,800,000 Blankets 3,450,000 Brooms, corn 360,000 Brushes, scrubbing 177 000 en j a that linve to bo added Bugle 3 slings2!'.!!!! 1!!!!! 2 •••••••!! 2o|600 to It. The arming of the forces Cots 1,900,000 is entirely another problem—the rifles, Containers, neatsfoot oil 70 masks, trench tools, rapid firo SXNTd^aVri™.!?"! 8 :: iU and the like, come under a dlf- Dosks, field, small 23,200 forent department and present a still Now this table represents merely equipage. And there are dozens of Headnets, mosquito 202,000 OH, neatsfoot, pints 160,000 Pickaxes 130,000 Pickax helves 127,000 Pins (tent)— Large 10,630,000 Small 10,375,000 Shelter 12.650.000 roles (tent), Canvas Latrine Screen— Upright, 7-toot 17 2.2?J Horizontal. 7-foot 24,000 Horizontal, 9-foot Shelter Hospital, Tropical— more difficult tusk than clothing and camp equipage. But from this an tden may he gained Of the giant task war making Is. Did you ever let your fire insurance lapse? If so, you ltnoj the uncomfortable time you had until it ws renewed. Did it ever occur to you that your wife may right no\ be uncomfortable by reason of your not hav ing life insurance, or enough to keep her anj the children for more than a year or two you should die? What did you promise that good wife in the way of iov^ and PROTECTION when you married her? The Penn Mutual Life premium rates less dividends are lower or guaranteed values higher than those of arj other company. 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