UNITED STATES DOING ALL POSSIBLE
TO HAVE BEST TED, BEST CLAD, NAVY
The Navy Department authorizes \
the following:
Feeding and clothing the Navy is
one of the big tasks of the war, par
ticularly when in this day of high
prices the United States is determin
ed to keep up its reputation of hav
ing “the best fed, best clad Navy in
the world.”
With its reserves and auxiliaries,
the Navy will soon have a force of
200,000. To provide three square
meals a day for this large number of
men requires mountains of food. The
principal items for a single month are:
Meat (refrigerated), 5,509,600
pounds; flour. 4,854.000 pounds; veg
etables (mostly potatoes), 8,769,200
pounds; butter, 620.400 pounds; coffee,
462.0(H) pounds; sugar, 1,678,000
pounds; beans (white navy), 100.200
pounds; tomatoes. 612,200 pounds*:
corn, 251,000 pounds; milk, (evap
orated), 624.600 pounds.
Steady Stream of Supplies
To furnish this food requires a
steady stream of supplies to every
navy yard, training station, port and
ship. Most of the articles must be
arranged for long in advance, and
there must be no hitch or delay in
transportation or delivery. The Navy
draws its supplies from many sections
of the Union—flour, from the grain
centers; meat from the packing
houses; canned vegetables and fruits
from the places where the canning
industry flourishes; coffee and sugar,
from the principal producing and dis
tributing points. All this must be
brought together at the ports where
it is needed to provision ships or pro
vide for the men in training ashore.
Clothing the greater Navy has been
no small undertaking. More than
100.000 men have been enlisted in the
Regular Navy and Naval Reserves
since war was declared, and to outfit
these men the following was requir
ed; Overshirts, 200.000; dres6 jump
ers. 100.000; blue trousers, 200,000;
overcoats. 100,000; blue caps, 100,000;
white hats. 200.000; white undress
jumpers. "00,000;' white trousers.
400.000; drawers, nainsook, 2000,000;
drawers, heavy, 200,000; undershirts,
heavy. 200,000; undershirts, light,
200,000; jerseys, 100,000; watch raps,
100,000; leggins, 100,000 pairs; neck
erchiefs, 100.000; gloves. 100.000
pairs; socks, 400,000 pairs; shoes,
200,000 pairs; mattresses, 100,000;
mattress covers, 100,000; blankets,
200.000; towels, 200.000.
All this in addition to providing
for the requirements of the men who
wore in the Navy before the war was
declared, and clothing which is sub
jected to much greater wear under
war service conditions than in time
of peace has had to be constantly re
placed.
Some of the Contracts Let.
There probably will be a quarter of
a million men in the naval service be
fore many months, and to keep them
in clothing, vast* quantities are re
quired and must be arranged for long
in advance. Here are some of the big
contracts for future needs that have
been awarded by the Navy Depart
ment: Cotton socks. 3,500,000 pairs;
woolen socks, 600.000 pairs; sTioc*,
700.000 pairs; jerseys, 750,000; cot
ton undershirts, 3,000,000; nainsook
drawers, 1.400,000; handkerchiefs, 4,
000,000; bath towels, 950,000; blank
ets, 600,000; heavy undershirts, 500,
000; heavy drawers, 500,000; watch
caps, 450,000; silk neckeichiefs, 340,
000; woolen gloves, 300,000 pairs; leg
gins. 800.000 pairs; bleached twills for
white uniforms, 6,000,000 yards; blue
denim for dungarees (overalls), 8,
000,000 yards; heavy canvas for sails,
awnings, covers, hammocks, cots, etc.,
4,000,000 yards; mattress covers,
4(H),000; heavy overcoats, 250,000; 11
ounce cloth for shirts and jumpers,
1.500.000 yards; trouser cloth, 1,250,
000 yards.
How it Was Done
This was only one of the many tasks
of the Bureau of Supplies and Ac
counts resultant from war. Speaking
of how it has been performed, Rear
Admiral McGowan, chief of that bu
reau and Paymaster-General of the
\avy, said:
“When war was declared recruits
poured into the Navy at the rate of
more than a thousand a day. From
every naval station came the call for
uniforms, blankets, and all the vari
ous things needed by the thousands.
“At the Rrookiyn and Charleston
clothing factories it was not a case
merely of working overtime, but all
the time, the output being limited, not
available, but very much by the short
alone by the number of operatives
supply of materials obtainable.
“The Navy manufactures most of its
uniforms in its own factories. The
naval clothing factory at Charleston
is now turning out daily 2,500 pairs
of white trousers, 1,500 white jump
ers, and 1,500 suits of dungarees( ov
eralls). When the large addition
which was completed some time ago
is working with the full number of
operatives, this factory will be able
The Seward General
Hospital
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ests of this country with the facilities of this
institution for giving the latest devised methods
of nursing care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment. Special attention giveh to
patients requiring gynecological treatments.
Hydrotherapeutic treatments carefully follow
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tory at the New York Navy Yard,
which has charge of our production
of blue uniforms, has greatly increas
ed its output. In May, 20,000 blue
suits were produced. Now they are
being turned out at the rate of 70,000
suits a month, a large part of the
work being done by private contrac
tors.
Difficulties Overcome
“The great difliuclty we experienced |
in getting blue cloth, of which there
was very little‘in the market, has
been overcome. To provide for future
needs, we have this week awarded
contracts for the manufacture of 2,
500.000 yards of blue uniform cloth.
The manufacturers may either secure I
the wool from other sources or from
the Navy, as they desire.
1 “Contracts have been given for 3,
750.000 pairs of socks, for hundreds i
of thousands of pairs of shoes, and
for many other articles of clothing
which will be required. We are an- ^
ticipating our needs and providing not
only for the present emergency, but j
for the creation of a reserve.
“It is our business to furnish the j
men who are fighting our battles on
the seas with everything required for
their comfort, and we are determined
to do it. America is giving them the ^
best in the shop.”
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