Show RECLAMATION IS IMPORTANT WORK AT CAMP KEARNY Nothing Allowed cd to Go to Waste Rast in Bi Big Coast Can Can- I 1 I Camp Kearn Sair Diego Cal July 27 Economically i. Economically the tIe Fortieth division 1 I I declamation department lately Intel become tho ho conser conservation and arid reclamation division di division dl- dl vision Islon of oC th the quartermaster department department depart depart- ment hero has l lS grown rown to a personnel I of nearl nearly and orders received re recently recently re- re provide for fOI the dic virtual doubling doubling dou dou- I I bling bUng of oC this force oree X Nearly rl sixty of oC I Ithe the are arc rc women women some of them wives wl or 01 mothers of soldiers stationed stationed stationed sta sta- here The division ll Is built bulit I on n the principles principles ples pIes that nothing Tie thrown away va and that the same repairs that would ben be bo n made le b by consumers in civil life Ufe he be made in military life liCe to restore supplies supplies' sup sup- supplies up- up plies plies' and equipment to a u state of us use use use- What cannot be repaired Is diverted di to some other use or sold For instance In- In stance t the he tent In which which tho the divisions division's headquarters arc housed has side walls from scrap can canvas camas IS parts of oC old tents that In former times would have ha been disposed of of- at s n. n small sm fraction frac frac- fraction tion of oC their value vallie to the tho arm army The men who work In the reclamation reclamation reclamation tion shops arc enlisted In the aTm army mainly detailed from other services because of ot special knowledge c. c This will be different however el when tho the organizations provided pro for or In recent I orders are arc put into effect New ta- ta table ta table tables ble bles ble of ot organization l' l providing the formation of oC special sl units to carr carry carryon on the divisions division's activities have been received and officers expect soon to commence this work Tile THe division shoe shop repairs j jabout I about pairs of oC shoes n a day clay It is Is' Is l not unusual to see more than 1000 I pairs there awaiting await repair The shop I has hns been quite crowded but recently I Iwas was enlarged Twenty men worked t there until the enlargement now the thc shoo shop quota has not been filled It probably will be fort forty or more men I Each pair of or shoes shoes received ed Is tal tagged ed I with tho the name of the owner and his I ol organization so that each gets ets back to Its proper proper user after repairs Old OI Shorn Shod Shoes which cannot be bc repaired arc are cut apart to provide pieces for tor re repairing repairing repairing re- re pairing others and those too far gone ono onoto to be available a even en nor Or x r this use uso are aio sold as QS scrap leather after all the metal parts have been removed ed Much the same procedure Is followed followed fol tol- I I lowed In the tailor shop where re reI repairable repairable re- re garments arment are repaired and pressed the are arc used to made p patches for th the others ana and those fit for nothing else are classified and sold soM as waste All AU sorts of cloth material material ma ma- reaches the thc division IRlon for tor repair a Polish volunteer soldier a n tailor b by tra trade o recently spent several days day's re repairing repairing re- re pairing worn flags Boxing gloves cs and other athletic equipment eq often are turned in for repair Women omen run most of oC the sewing machines In the tailor shop Each ch machine there and In the shoe hop 4 i Is Is equipped with ri fph throughout hout Is Is operated by hy Us Its own electric motor A steam dl pressing nr machine is 1 u used rt In to this thi i shop l l Much l of the e clothing J r repaired r Is I that turned in by soldiers who have haye received new garments After Arter this Is repaired and pressed It Is sized and tied up ur In huddles bundles rend ready for Cor reissue I The division print shop Is under the charge of ot the the reclamation section arid acid there thol envelopes are arc cut apart and I scratch pads made from Crom their backs This Is the thc only shop the correspondent cor cor- respondent ever e saw aw where there I cor was no waste paper laper on the floor An average average aver aver- a age e of oC forms a n month are In his shop though It It has only Q I one one medium sized press In a large arJe raw new warehouse devoted de to tolie the lie uses of the when It was seen seed that their department had outgrown the few ew small hull buildings with which It was supplied at first were rows of oC sewing machines each cach operated by ly a woman Packed ed all about the I I structure were piles plies of clothing from flom the laundry laundr and awaiting repair Most roBt of ot the york work done on the class of oC clothing reaching this warehouse Is of oC ofa oCa a n minor nature natu-c such uch as sowing on buttons buttons buttons but but- tons or small rips An average average aver aver- age of or 2100 pieces of oC clothing is repaired re repaired repaired re- re paired there thele dally daily The wom women n take c-a c a good deal of or pride In their work One haired gray work worle- worker I er el who wore a 3 service ser pin said as she finished sewing up a ripped scam seam l I There now maybe naj be m my bo boy will got gotto I Ito to wear that hes he's over o here herein In the artillery ar lil tillery Sonic Some In I Shipped More clothing is repaired In In inthis this shop Utah Is needed for reissue here at present and consequently some has hns been shipped to other arm army posts Josts I Tin cans ans which h until recently were not saved here are boiled balled the labels removed remo and the cans pressed Into I I bales hales and sold Taste W aste wire netting Is 5 used e for to covering PI the t bales baits while I I I rite C ballu wire H I reclaimed ai at ino the stables Is used for fOI fastening these andall andall and anil I all other bal bales 3 of ot reclaimed material turned out I Waste n tc paper I a baled In a press made malle mallea a at the ts t's shops covered co I with waste bin bUIla burlap lap sacks from th the I stables and Io sold soM d. d It II is classified be fore foie baling Into clean cleall waste magazines magazines maga maga- zincs and cardboard each class being I baled separately I All 11 grater grain and other oilier burlap sacks 8 I emptied anywhere In the division dl are collected and turned over o to the department department de de- I li Inspects and sorts thorn them The ones are reissued and the torn turn ones OlteR used Cd for making huns guns for bayonet and anil other pur pur- poses The NOI ool sacks arc baled In an aft Improvised baler r before removal I Tho yard arll outside the reclamation shops is 18 filled with orderly plies piles of or orI j I waste material all of oC which hk IH it sul sold n at i a-i sufficient quantities accumulate Inthis in III inthis this Is la old oa lumber much of or which Is Js issued Is Issued Is- Is sued for fOI use In places where it tt does as fiS aswell fiSwell twell well us ns now stuff i cooking utensils too I i far nr Rune gone Jno to be worth repairing old tanks stoves CS tl have seen better 1 days l. l hable I parts o or broken lol clI tools cots shrapnel an and J shell t cases a cs n. n recovered o cre from Irom the artillery r range and oth ether othur r materiaL material ma ma- One ho building is 13 I with tinfoil l II ad lad oil foil crap copper and brass There lher arc are pitCH of or bottles boxes wagon wheels i nd poles l Pent 1 iu lIr In n a tnt tent reclaimed front from waste two salt salli wont wot k at repairing repair repair- Ing torn Morn or 01 anta c ll tents cots have ha their frames Crames mended In another another an nn- oth other I improvised shop where torn or worn covers oleo JJ f are arc replaced or re re- re paired So Wf well l Is this lIlls work ull done that ono one day llio lle rc were welo able to supply a hurry flurry hurt call can for Ul cots In one da day All 11 of oC thorn them were repaired that day Cay a with tho aid of oC extra extra ex ex- cx- cx tra men detailed to work under the di direction dl di- l' l of the experienced repairers The pressing shop where repaired clothing Is Js pressed Is one of the busiest spots slots ot J In the polo reclamation area There are arc thre three shifts of oC ten met men each cach working eight 1 J hours ours oursa a u lay day each Thc They use cl electric irona l and turn out several thousand nd garments t a day da Near this shop Is a baler where un un- repairable le hats arc are Crushed crushed Into Irmo comPact com corn Pact packages for sale as waste felt Horse halt hall amt anil clippings arc collected at th the stables bled It and sold Garbage and ana n from Crom the llie stables sta stables la bles not only onh rout rost the government for disposal but ar are aro a source of ot revenue re Contractors collect c tho garbage dall daily and pay Ia for tor it a small S TI monthly for each man In the cantonment Manure Is delivered in c cars cais In the cantonment can can- an I torment and n considerable sum Lenin from contractors contractor who o bu buy It for resale ns as fertilizer I Officers li here lr n assert th the departments department's nt's operations save sae the So government nt each 1 I month man many times their cost In material material mate mate- mate mate-I rial ma made e iel and returned to use UlC No 0 effort Is Is' Is Wade made to show a profIt prof- prof It the they declare Income from Crom sales sale ot of waste being an Issue j sue subsidiary to the return of or as ts much nueh equipment as possible pos pus sible to seT I service c. c |