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Show CHEAPER' UIGL ASSUME Cloth Will Be Furnished 1, Quartermaster Depart, ment in Future. PRICE WILL BE HALVE; Recruits Welcomed to Div sion in Address Made by General Strong. By Floyd A. TIMMERJUN Staff Correspondent. Special to Tho Tribune. CAM! KEARNY, Cal., .hino :i.p,, ecrs throughout the United Stales a in all branches, here and abroad, "t,. promised immunity from high price! uniforms, which has been one o( th, greatest problems since the v..r bt-, In a now system where the uniforms be provided through the quartet v.., department, according to an amiouV nient made here today. The new system will cut the pricts , uniforms to nearly half their prosit prices, when purchased outside, and standard cloth will be adopted throw-,, the army. In view of tho new sjskp which will go into effect almost inmic alcly, officers of the Utah regiment lu, been notified that they should await i'. adoption of the system before ordern new clothing if they wish to avoid u high prices of tailoring. Since the call to arms the prices of , officers' unifor ins have sailed upu- I monthly, until many are now p;i in ;. or more for a medium qua lily of rlo Hefore the declaration of war praitir, these same uniforms could be purely;, for $30, the officers .say. The new .system will provlrjp for , supply ins of quartermaster do part i-with i-with thousands of yards of fine unip--cloth, both in woolen and cotton !!.-drab, !!.-drab, and with several different weig;, for the various seasons. This cloth may he purchased by i-officer i-officer at cost and he may then have i j uniform made by contracting tailor? i a very moderate charge. In cases ivit i exclusive tailoring is wanted, the ofv can purchase his cloth from the rniartf master and have his own tailor builrj i. suit. Many Thousands Saved. It is believed that thousands of doiv each month can he saved the officers , the service by the system. It was r ccived eagerly and welcomed by the l':t officers when announced by Colonel V:i liam C. Webb. The Utah camp began to dwindle aws rapidly today as the artillerymen sirs-many sirs-many of the tents and hauled them to f new recruit camp to shelter the dr;i! men during the quarantine arid ki;.i training. Nothing but the board floor-remained floor-remained where the tents were 'Aw. and but ten were left in each batlJV At noon tho camp took on a cCil appearance as the equipment was rc moved. Today also marked the movin of the training cadres to permaner homes in the recruit camp for the conii training of thirty days. As yet llie ,v return here for mess, but the bc?J. of next week will seo their own IT .reworking. .re-working. At -the end of the training period IV entire recruit camp will be struck v. returned to the Utah grounds. The ? of the draft men are already on u ground at the divisional recruit cam: but as yet none has been assigned to i: regiment. The Utah assignment is ( pected next Tuesday. , General Strong Talks. Ma.ior-General Frederick S. Pt": division commander, won the hearts the new arrivals this afternoon when' talked to them and welcomed them lot d i vision, in part. General .Strong & ' "I want to congratulate you men on 1) ing in the uniform of the United Ssa--arm v. " This wa s followed by cheers by the recruits. "You have to a camp where the sun shines rrr than in anv other camp in the In states; but more than this, there is w shine in the heart of every member ' this division, and the name, 'Ninsif Sammy,' lits every man here. When war is over, all men who have not sen-who sen-who were' Able to serve, will be asliar-to asliar-to hold up their heads among tnelr K low men. "On the other hand, you men will commendation, respect and love irc vour countrymen. You have a grind before vou and must work na Remember that no detail must be looked or slighted, andthere will be ciency. Now, go to it." As the commanding general si.p, down from his stand great cheers th from the soldier recruits, giving twa-that twa-that they will support their commas-with commas-with all their might. Enjoy Special Program. Thousands of Sammies of the &Wf gathered at Knights of Colambus joining the Utah camp, last ni?n enjoyed a program given by K'J f Denis and lOdwin Shawn, her "y?" who is a member of the um & f. pital here. Several other numX on the program and won appia-the appia-the soldiers. rnr A few moments before the P-;, opened many soldiers had narrow e. -. from deatli or serious injury garage on which they had climc get a better view of the staze com,;; and threw them into a strugsli ' .;, of men and debris. More than e-; soldiers, including several I. tan were on the building when tne "i:.. came. Eight infantrymen awav in ambulances, but the.uan escaped without even Flirlit injvio- rv aid was given a score of otnei. were stunned and bruised by tne foot fall. |
