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Show per cent, thereby effecting a Having of many hundreds of thousands of dollars for the KOvernment. Hut, more than that, it has achieved an invaluable conferva tion of wool, leather, metal, chemical products prod-ucts and foodstuffs all so badly needed by the nation just now. The reclamation division is at once a Junk shop, an old clothes repMr eMab-liBnniont. eMab-liBnniont. and a wholesale establishment. Its business is to pick up a thread here, a button there, anil a bit of cloth somewhere some-where else and convert them into a thor-oUKhly thor-oUKhly serviceable whole. On the side It operates farms, steam laundries, fertilizer plants and tailoring shops, conducts a traffic In dead animals, and competes wltti city markets for the trade of commissary commis-sary officers. It Is altogether probable that wften the reerults of the now draft reach their canton can-ton RMntl they will tie given uniforms which though bearing nil the earmarks of nejvncss - will have seen extended service ser-vice In innny plaees. I'erhaps one pair of breeches will be u veteran of the Mexican Mexi-can fuss of 101t, nml another will have known tho soft sands of Philippine beaches. Troops destined for service overseas are given completely new equipment. What to do with the old clothing was the problem prob-lem which the government placed In the hand! of the reclamation division. A reclamation company 'hh organized in each ef the crimps to take care of tho clothing returned lev the company quartermaster quar-termaster sergerintH. Uniforms lit reasonably rea-sonably good condition ware stenV.ed. mended and pressed and. In some cases, almost Immedlntely reissued. Other uniforms uni-forms badly torn after sterlllzttlon were packed and shipped to the division factories fac-tories to be pieced together. Half a doren of these factories are located at Jeffer-sonvllle, Jeffer-sonvllle, Knglewood. Hoboken, New York, Philadelphia and Fort Sam Houston. The reclamation of shoes Is another important work. Wee-kly inspections of sttoes are ordered and all footgear showing show-ing signs of strenuous wear are collected for repair. In most cases the shoes are returned to their original wearers, but the shoes turned In by troops about to go abroad are being repaired and rellned, and doubtless will be reissued. It is safe to estimate that a year of this work will have saved for the government gov-ernment many millions of dollars. In the old days condemned shoes were sold to jobber! In lots for txlfllng sums. .New-shoes .New-shoes were issued freelv. Such methods-are methods-are now manifestly Impossible. With leather at its present price, new shoes are costing the government from $t to V n pair. lints are another expensive Item. The grade of felt used In the regulation hat has almost doubled in price. The reclamation recla-mation division has offset this disadvantage disadvan-tage considerably by stitching new crowns to brtms still serviceable and new brims to huts whose crowns are still good. In the case of lints so badly worn ns to make this Impossible, the felt Is put to other uses. The scope of the reclamation division his extended gradually. Good-sired gardens gar-dens have been planted in all of the camps and cultivated by detachments from the reclamation companies. This affords the soldiers a supply of fresh vegetable In summer and of reasonably fresh vegetables In winter. The produce of the gardens is sold to commissary of- j fleers at the various camps at In per t cent under the market price. The sales are made by the camp quartermaster, who returns So per cent to the treasury and reserves the rest for the use of his do- part ment. Manure is collected and sold by the ' reclamation companies to various contractors. con-tractors. The contracts are made at so much per animal, avoiding adroitly possible possi-ble dissatisfaction. The loading of the manure at the remount stations and its transportation is up to the contractor. Dead animals are removed from the stables, corrals and veterinary hospitals ! by the reclamation division and sold. Mess sergeants have been given care- I fid Instructions regarding the disposal of , their garbage. Food refuse of various sorts is placed In different receptacles, i These are collected and put to use in I many ways. The bones are ground and i sold ns fertiliser, meat garbage is saved 1 and its oils and fats extracted. Tho national na-tional supply of glycerine, so essential to the manufacture of munitions. Is considerably con-siderably increased in this way. Another aspect of the rcclAmatton company com-pany is the opportunity for vocational' training offered to its members. As the personnel of a reclamation company r-.an j be made up only of men unfit for service with line regiments, it Is impossible to get skilled workers In all of the lines embraced em-braced In tlie activities. It has themforc become neceeeary to train apprentices in the various crafts. A great many soldiers sol-diers will graduate from tho rerlarioation companies as perfectly competent tailors, hatters, lnundorers, furriers, farmers and. possibly, even chemists. f i Uncle Sam Economizes j By Frodoric J. Habkin. I WASHINGTON. I . ('.--Tim k"v-rrriTncnt k"v-rrriTncnt tH ii"' irlvlnn thn Wbolt Qfttlotl i1 nnirli tl4dfd iMIOll In 'i:onfHiiy nii'l 11 1 InprMSiVtt 1 1 i m on h I rut I mi ot linvv QtUl lAVlngl nin y bl mndr lu -onnt. 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