Show SOLDIERS SUITS what it 11 takes to fix ABOY a boy in blue N y iradj A private soldier in the united states army receives a month inot ith rations in medical edical attendance full pay when sick a pension if disabled and st certain allowance of clothing the pay is the same in all branches es of the service but the allowance of clothing materially differs diters the soldier enlists for five years at the start he be is furnished fumi 3 hed with a complete outfit which is r renewed with the exception exception of a great coat nt least once during the theotime time he lie has toE to serve erve his helmet haa has to last him until the third year when he gets another one he is is given a forage cap annually a uniform coat the first second and fourth years three paire pairs of trousers the first and third and two pairs the second fourth burth and fifth fi making in a king twelve pairs airs in all eleven dark blue annel flannel shirts fifteen undershirts and fifteen pair of drawers are ex pecked to last the five years he lie has a p pair air of boota boots two pairs of hoes shoes und d five pairs airs of stockings each vear each 9 year he has a blouse and if he is is an en engineer Z ineer or a mounted man a pair of overalls he ile has his to content himself with a woolen blanket the first year and another the third and wit with t two rubber blankets or ciflie if he is a mounted man rubber ponchos conchos during the five years fifteen whito white berlin 9 gloves joves each year are deemed necessary to cover bis his hands each year righta rights or lefts whichever he may nee need 3 ifju if on dutil duty in extremely hot climates climate he may lave a cork helmet instead jofs of a campaign hat in his first and third years yearn or if he is where he needs arctic overshoes or mittens be he is given one pair of the former in his first and third thirds years and two pairs of the latter every t twelve welve months the value of the clothing allowed each man varies each year and depends upon the rank and duty of theman the man A sergeant in the signal corps gets worth the first year the second the third the fourth and the fifth making a total 0 of f tha this is i the largest amount allowed to any enlisted A chief chie trumpeter receives 2184 3 worth for the five year years and A private in th the artil artillery leri or infantry wind apparently is held to be worth more than muscle if a man does not draw all the clothing allowed him the value of that remaining is credited to him and bo he can get the money the next year or at the eap exp expiration ration ot of his term recruiting officers tell candidates that a careful man should save from 50 to 75 in this way during his term sometimes the soldier falls among thieves and pawns or cells sells bis his clothes or he may wear them out or lose them before be he can draw new ones in that case cue he must buy of the quartermaster ter master regular prices for each article are therefore fixed and these the soldier roust must pay the present prices list took act july 1 1883 A cork helmet costs and a fat fatigue igue or campaign bat hat 63 cents the hat cord and tassel for the latter arc are valued at 7 cento cents corll for 68 the warrior can buy A first class greatcoat and for 1070 a greatcoat canvas lined A linen blouse will draw from hia his purse and a pair of the beet best kersey crousen tr ready made the same kind of trousers cut out but not made inside up are 50 cents less flannel shirts c come owe at each under woolen stocking 26 cents cotton stockings 13 cente cents berlin gloves 6 cents each and woolen mittens luit teus 18 cents a pair his brass screwed boots are app appraised raked at a pair and his brass screwed shoes at arctic overshoes cost a pair and woolen blankets each ifcic if ho indulge indulges in the luxury ofa of a handkerchief he is at liberty to buy it when be he chooses choo aes and aad of such a style as suits his pocketbook and fancy an officer can get gets dark darks blue flannel 48 inches wide for a yard eky sky blue kerse kersey y f fur 0 r to a yard and da dark r k blue cloth for a yard camp and gaarrison garr rison equipage u furnished by the government but if lost or damaged by the soldier ho lie ha has to pay for it an iron bunk without slats is worth a bed eack 70 cents and a pillows pillow sack 16 centa cents the piece of mosquito bar ne netting ang wt with h which he keeps off insects e tt t at night g ahti is speed priced at 49 cents 11 he e cooks cook h his is foo food in ia camp in a 38 cent kettle and cats it out 0 ot f a mess pan palk worth a quarter his ilia ax costs him 62 cents and hia his hatchet 40 cents if he lie ruins or loses a drum it will debit him tho tile batter r head bead he can replace with 52 cents and aud the snare hea acad d with 38 centi cents the sticks are worth 11 cents a pair i r and a eel set of snares the same ahe if he ia is a trumpeter the government er holds hia his instrument at tents cost all the way from to A garrison is valued at and a post flag flog at 1260 scrubbing brushes may be had for 17 cents and corn brooms for 25 cents A barrack chair with a rawhide seat brings bring i andone and one witha with a poplar beatis seat is 14 cents less the buffalo overcoat which the government loans the soldier ia is appraised at the fur cap and for gauntlets gauntlett gaunt lets are marked at a pair A general officer in in camp cam p or garrison gar ou is allowed three wall tekuan tents nn a ax and a hatchet an allowance of 0 f one sibley or conical wall tent is made to every twenty foot or seventeen mounted men and a common tent to every laundria s each com company an y is given three corn brooms and t two 0 o scrubbing cru aven bin brushes a month in barracks every non nou commas signed officer above the rank of corporal manhave a chair one chair is provided for every two enlisted men of all other grades |