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Show Cafeteria Methods Applied to Clothing j Supplies in Army CAMP KEARNY, San Diego, Cal.. Oct. 29. Cafeteria methods used in many other places in the army, also arc applied to the Issue of supplies of clothing and equipment to recruits here. When tho men receive their first issue of equipment, before they go to bed, if they arrive at night, or before they receive a meal, if they arrive in daylight hours, they are formed ir long lines, a company at a time. These companies are marched past tables on which the supplies are piled. A barrack bag is the first Item Issued, Is-sued, though when time permits two blankets usually are Inside this when it is turned over to the recruit One man folds blankets, two stuff the folded fold-ed blankets into bags, and a fourth hands bags and blankets to the passing stream of men, when this is done. Each man holds the mouth of the bag open, if he can spare a hand to do so, and as he marches on down the line other soldiers throw into the bag successively a knife, a fork, a spoon, a meat can and a cup. Most of the recruits, re-cruits, however, have trouble getting these articles into the bag, for they carry suitcases or grips with them from home and a this stagd of the proceedings pro-ceedings have had no opportunity to deposit these anywhere. With ono hand busy carrying the suitcase and the other holding the barrack bag, it is difficult to get tho mess utensils Into J the barrack bag without stopping long enough to set something down. The cups come in big boxes, and they, in turn, present an Interesting problem to the recruit. They have a folding handle which tuck up under the i body of the cup when It is to be packed pack-ed and catches to hold these in place when the cup is in use. Manipulation of this catch so that the handle does not slip out of place and spill the contents con-tents la a lesson all must learn, frequently fre-quently by experience. The knives, forks and spoons come in smaller boxes, hundreds of them to a box. viV soldier behind each box "deals" them one at a time to the recruit. re-cruit. After receiving these articles, the Incoming man slings his barrack bag over his bhek and proceeds to the end of the table, where ho selects a cot from a pile. Thence the line swings off j to dne side, where, behind another , long table, a row of clerks is busy taking tak-ing the recruits' receipts for tho issued articles. Later on, when the recruit has completed com-pleted his physical examination, his personnel examination and his other preliminaries and is ready to blossom forth in olive drab uniform as a full fledged servant of Uncle Sam, he is taken to another "cafeteria" where socks, leggins, breeches, coats, hats, belts, untlerwear and shirts are waiting wait-ing for him. Each man undergoes measurements at the hands of clerks in his company street, and lists show what sizes should be issued him. As the line moves down the row of tables clerks reach into different piles of garments, according to the sizes needed, need-ed, and secure each man's proper equipment. The only articles of a compete uniform uni-form not issued at this time are hal-cords hal-cords and collar devices, but as these indicate, respectively, the arm of the service and the unit of the wearer, it is impractical to issue them until the recruits have been assignetl to definite units. |
