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Show Among the purchases of the Quartermaster's Quarter-master's Department are 61,000,000 pounds of prunes and dried beans j 273,-000,000 273,-000,000 cans of tomatoes, condensed milk and baked beans; 40,000,000 yards of mosquito bar; 75,000,000 yards of olive drab; 20000,000 woolen blankets; 31.000-OOOpairaof 31.000-OOOpairaof woolen drawers; 50,000,000 pairs of heavy stockings ;.J.l,000,000vwool coats. The Ordnance program includes the purchase of 23,000,000 hand grenades, gren-ades, 725,000 automatic pistols, 250,000 revolvers, 23,000,000 projectiles for the heayy artillery, 427,246,000 pounds of explosives, ex-plosives, 240,000 machine guns and 2,-484,000 2,-484,000 rifles. |