| Show Military and Naval Gossip To supply an army with weapons Is I only a small part l ot the work of equipment equip-ment Tho men mutt be fed And clothed find provision must be made for count I esi contingencies Wagons light battery bat-tery catriages ambulances and forges tile now built hy 1 contract and they cane b can-e turned out quickly Clothing shoes hat < and like furnish Ing for the nrny com under thc Fill prvllol1 of the quartermaster general and lils assistants and lire cupplIed by contract and stored at the different q ullrtelmaters department storehouses store-houses throughout the countly Food supplies are uniUr tha supervision t of tile I commissary general of bubsistenco and are likewise I lecurei by contract t While the Provisioning i nf a company or regiment ellI Is not a difficult task the supplying of food for 1CO000 men la I n fit r different matter and It la I isolutely essential thai transportation from tho hoo ot supplies should at all times bo uninterrupted and Mil Jcct to n3 dt a > s I I or this reason the governmeit ns times control of ouch rallroal 01Os el as might he necessary l Private business I ness > being permitted l 1 only RO far UB It doe i not conflict vlth inllltarj nee31 ties Whenever it becomes necessary to t put nn nrrny In condition 10 tale the field the general In eommaul upon nn order from the cretaty of war at once recruits the regular military es tabllshment up to Its full limit of efficiency effi-ciency These men together with tho volunteers who have been ramlsllloncl from the government or tile Various states or have been rnlKcl by direct enlistment are aonllld lit some eon ven lent Point there they are formed Into regiments brigades I and division under officers of sufficient rank In the I regular army Most of the volunteers when they reach the rendezvous Are f und to he 1 Imperfectly clothed and ohol and also In mnnyXcnnQs lntlrd Ignorant of the simplest features ot the life of n soldier In the field These men must of course he taught to know whit In I expected of them t in the match anti In camp and what they must do to preserve pre-serve their health |
