Show SEEING THE AMERICAN N SOLDIER IS BEST BESTS S SHOO SHOD IN THE WORLD Vt e W WASHINGTON ASHIl 24 July A A nation nationwide nationwide nationwide wide shoemaking contest just brought broughto to o a close by the tho awarding of two army contracts to the tho winners pro produced pairs of the tho most perfect samples of military footgear ever over manufactured according to the board of arm army exerts experts experts ex ex- erts who passed IH upon them H Next Next to the quality quality- of tho the gun Jun he carries arries said ono one of these army exports exports ex- ex ports orts more moro depends up upon n the tho condition condi- condi tion ion of the shoo ho bo wears than upon any ny other factor that goes toward the makeup of an effective soldier As a result of this feeling tho the United I I States tates army quartermasters have evolved yol od a 3 Aho which they sa say makes I the he American fighting man tho the best shod soldier in tho world It took aver over a year of continual and careful ox experiment before sati satisfactory results were tree reached Countless s X-ra X ray X-ray photographs were made mado tho the position of the tho 10 bones of the tho feet were noted and tho 10 anatomy before during and after marches larches were studied and compared All this his time timo different models were tried and ind theories were worked out Finally the 16 typo of shoo shoe was cv evolved hed with its straight line lino on the bi big too side its snug nug instep and a chance for tho the toes to o he lie as ns freely reply and naturally as in a moccasin When When the theory of scientifically cov- cov ring oring crin the tho foot had been c established to tho satisfaction satisfaction of the army armr experts various anous various various' manufacturers placed their plants lants at the army's arms disposal in tho the hope they hey would be he rewarded with the vale able ablo bio contracts contracts' to supply tho the pairs pair worn orn out in a years year's parching inarching for Uncle Sam am But tho the quartermaster corps did not unit limit itself to a n. sin single lo firm They worked out a n system of having each firm submit a sample of what wha it could do o. o Two pairs of shoes were ero offered by each ach bidder showing tho manufacturers manufacturer's ers er's r's rs ability to m meet et specifications The prize pairs of shoes were tho the result and out of these are arc being beinE so the stan standard for the tho army army's s fu tore ture uro foot footgear ear I |