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Show Released by Western Newspaper Imion.) Your Yank IF YOU want a composite picture of "Your Yank," i.e. the average young man starting service in the United States army to defend his flag and his country here it is, according accord-ing to a recent compilation of official i figures by the war department, i Your Yank is five feet, eight Inches tall, weighs 144 pounds, has a chest measurement of 33 inches, wears a 9&-D shoe and a size 7 hat After a few months in the army, however, the recruit has gained in weight on army food, wears shoes one-half size larger and has an expanded ex-panded chest measurement. This is t indicated by tests of average re- cruits, although complete examination examina-tion comparable to that given upon the individual's entrance into the service is not routine. To keep this average soldier in fighting trim for tVie first year, the Quartermaster corps spends $404.65, of which $175.20 is for his food; $162.05 for clothing; $15.79 for individual in-dividual equipment; and $51.61 for barracks equipment: Weapons, ammunition, am-munition, pay and other expenses incurred during his training are not included in these estimates. The army spends about 48 cents a day, or $175.20 a year, to feed him. The American soldier eats at the finest army mess in the world. On a weekly basis his garrison, or peacetime ration consists of the following fol-lowing average quantities of basic v ,-1 f - 1 , i i ' !i 1 1(. 1 i ;' ' t - , , 1 v - x f- To Private John E. Lawton, 21-year-old lad from Everett, Mass., fell the distinction on November 19, 1940, of being the first in the nation to be accepted in the army under the Selective Service law. He is pic-tared pic-tared above in full army uniform and carrying away his duffle bag at Fort Devens, Mass. foods. 4 pounds, 6 ounces of fresh beef; 14 ounces of chicken; 1 pound, 12 ounces of fresh pork; 7 eggs; 9 pounds, 3 ounces of fresh and canned vegetables; a little over 1 pound of cereals and dry vegetables; about 2 pounds of fresh and canned fruits; 14 ounces of coffee; 4 pounds, 6 ounces of potatoes; and 4 pounds of fresh and evaporated milk. Clothing needed to outfit the enlisted en-listed man when he begins duty costs the government $107.89. Maintenance Mainte-nance cost of clothing for a year is $54.16, making a total clothing cost for his year in the army of $lb.U5. Clothing issued to the soldier includes in-cludes 8 pairs of shorts (either cotton cot-ton or woolen) , 8 undershirts (usually (usu-ally cotton, but 2 may be woolen) ; 9 pairs of socks, 3 pairs of shoes 2 pairs high brown service and 1 pair low dress oxfords; 6 pairs of trousers 4 cotton khaki and 2 woolen, wool-en, 6 shirts 4 khaki and 2 flannel, woolen, or O.D ; 1 woolen overcoat; 1 cotton field jacket with woolen lining; lin-ing; 3 herringbone cotton twill jackets jack-ets (to soldiers not issued one-piece work suits), 3 pairs of herringbone twill trousers to go with jackets; 2 pairs of canvas leggings (when not issued boots) , 4 neckties 2 black woolen and 2 cotton khaki; 1 herringbone herring-bone twill hat to go with suit of similar simi-lar material; 2 caps 1 woolen, 1 cotton khaki (except in tropics) ; 1 woolen or serge coat; 1 cotton khaki web waist belt; 1 pair of woolen, O.D. gloves; 6 white cotton handkerchiefs, handker-chiefs, and 1 steel helmet. When he enters the service the enlisted man receives 1 toilet set containing shaving brush, tooth brush, comb, safety razor with 5 blades; 1 pair of suspenders; 2 identification iden-tification discs with 1 yard of tape; 2 hand towels; 1 bath towel; 2 barrack bar-rack bags; 1 canvas field bag; 1 cartridge car-tridge belt (if armed with ritle); 1 pistol belt (if armed with pistol); 1 mess kit; 1 canteen and cover; 1 pack rirrier; 1 cup; 1 fork, 1 spoon; 1 knife; 1 haversack (if not issued field bag); 1 web pocket (if armed with pistol), 1 first aid pouch; J strap for carrying field bag. |