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CAMP QUARTERMASTER HAS
MAN-SIZE JOB ON HIS HANDS
TO LOOK AFTER 32,000 MEN
How Major Schell Works With Uncle Sam at the Big
Southern Training Post
Houston, Dec. 7.—The quarter-,
master depot at Camp Logan issues
more than $2,000,000 a month In
necessities for the men in camp.
Two millions a month Is an in
teresting figure. Two months of it i
would pay the bills of the munici
pality of Houston for a year.
But the really arresting fact about
the quartermaster force at Camp Lo
gan is this:
There are ten civil service clerks
and 20 enlisted men In the camp
quartermaster's office. With these
thirty men Major Edward H. Schell,
of Harrlsburg, camp quartermaster,
and the officers under him run the
business of supplying 32,000 enlisted
men with all and 1,100 officers with
a good part of their material ne
cessities. That is to say, thirty men
do all this for more than 33,000 —
a thousand to one responsibility.
Chief Clerk J. L. Douglas, veteran
of thirty-six years' service in the
corps, was proud to make that state
ment.
There are 210 men, all told, as
signed to the camp quartermaster at
<'amp Logan. Only thirty of these,
however, are in the administrative
department.
There was never a camp quarter
master depot run more smoothly,
with less friction. When you sug
CHILDREN NEED FOOD-NOT ALCOHOL
How careless it is to accept alcoholic medicine for
children when you know that their whole health and
growth depends upon correct nourishment•
If your children are pale, listless or puny, they abso
lutely need the special, concentrated food that only
SCOII3 EMULSION
gives, to improve their nutrition and repair waste caused
by youthful activity. During school term all children
should be given Scott's Emulsion to benefit
their blood, sharpen their appetite and rebuild
their strength by sheer force of its great nourishing power. J\ ill
Scott ft, Bowne, Blocm field, N.J. 17-37
A Man's Gift From a Man's Store
m /. Strousc Jp
Christmas Is Coimng
We Are Ready
Every one seems to be agreed that this is a year when useful
Christmas gifts should govern the idea of Christmas giving.
Thinking along this line, why not a new piece of furniture for the
home or a real picture for the wall? We are equipped with one of
the best and largest lines of both to be seen in the city. We are
situated uptown, where expenses are lighter and prices lower. It
will pay you to visit our store.
Doll Baby Go-Carts Bed Davenports
Reed Carts, with hoods— With regular mattress —
■ $4.00 to $14.00 $44.00 upwards
Biggest line in the city.
Easy Chairs and Rockers Buffets
Large variety, any prices from Large sizes, polished oak—
sl2.oo upwards. $29.00 upwards
Pictures Pictures
2,500 Pictures for Christmas gifts. Ours is without doubt the real
picture store of Harrisburg. Copies of the world's famous artists.
Prices, 25c to $50.00
If you are interested in art, then do not fail to visit our store this
month.
Kitchen Cabinets Phonographs
The celebrated McDougall cab- "The Rishell" plays perfectly any
inets —: best cabinet on earth. Sold i i n •
on club plan—sl.oo down, SI.OO per record madc ' Pnces ~
week. Price, $40.00 S6O, $75, SIOO up to $250
Livingroom suites, diningroom suites, bedroom suite's; anything that
you would expect to find in an up-to-date, first-class furniture store is on our
floors for the inspection and purchase of Christmas shoppers.
c" h di° r Brown & Co. c'AdiT
1217-1219 N. Third Street
The Big Uptown Home Furnishers
FRIDAY EVENING, HAIUUSBURG SB®®# TEXEGKAPH DECEMBER 7. 1017
gest that to Mr. Douglas lie smiles
and says frankly: "They don't have
them."
Qunrtcrmastcr's Duties Arc Varied
The,duties of a quartermaster at
Camp Logan are so varied and so
extensive that the subject can not
be adequately handled in a brief
space. That was Mr. Douglas' blunt
statement when he was asked to talk
about the big job and how it is done.
He said he could supply totals, some
exact, some approximate, and that
was about all. He did that cheer
fully, though he was constantly in
terrupted by officers, orderlies,
clerks, stenographers and civilians,
all wanting information and gravi
tating naturally to the man who
knows all that there is to know
about running a quartermaster de
pot.
The camp quartermaster's depot
at Camp Logan has to provide food,
clothing, heat, light, equipment, for
age, shelter and upkeep on the trans
port for the 30,000 odd men in train
ing there. The quartermaster has
to pay off all officers and men
monthly. It is even his duty to sup
ply a certain part of the amusement
for the men in camp.
Camp Logan, the plant, cost the
nation $1,950,000 as it stands to-day.
It is costing that much every month
to run it.
Lieutenant Horace E. Wilson, dis
bursing quartermaster, assistant to
Major Schell, took up his work on
August 23, just a week after the
advance companies of the Illinois
National Guard arrived in camp.
In the remaining week of August
he paid out $21,000. In September
he signed away $344,000. In Octo
ber he gave out little green treas-
ury warrants totaling $1,022,000. In
November, up to' Monday, the 20th,
he estimated that he had passed the
$1,000,000 mark, with four days left
to go.
Understand that this more than
$1,000,000 a month represents mere
ly money paid out by Lieutenant
Wilson. It does not include the
value of vast quantities of Govern
ment equipment which pass through
the camp quartermaster's hands to
the men, for every penny's worth
of which Major Schell is account
able, but for which no cash is paid
out.
Pays Troops Each Month
Lieutenant Wilson is responsible
for the paying of the troops in camp
every month. His August payroll
was $16,250. His September pay
roll, with the number of men in
camp increasing steadily, was, also
in round numbers, $272,000. In Oc
tober he gave out $661,000 to go over
the pay table. Up to November 26
the payroll showed $725,000 owing
for November pay.
In round numbers. Lieutenant Wil
son has paid out $2,000,000 to the
Thirty-third Division and other
troops at Camp Logan since August
23 as wages, if November pay is in
cluded.
It costs the nation from S3O a
month up to pay a soldier his wage.
This is the heaviest single item of
his upkeep.
The next heaviest repeated item of
cost is food for the soldier —in the
Army term, subsistence.
In November it cost the War De
partment $12.85 to feed each en
listed man for the thirty days of the
month. An allowance of 42.83 cents,
a day is made to the mess and of
each unit for each enlisted man.
(An officer has to pay for hj,§ own
mess.) ,
Food Costs $13,705.60 a Day
There are a few more than 32,000
enlisted men at Camp Logan now.
It is costing the nation $13,705.60 a
day to feed that many men, or
$411,168 a month of thirty days.
The commissary is now merged
with and is a part of the quartermas
ter corps. Each mess sergeant is
credited with his monthly allowance
per day per man. The rate changes
eaA month to keep abreast of fluc
tuating prices of foodstuffs. lie
draws from the commissary what
ever he needs for liis company or
battery mess and has it charged
against him. There are certain
amounts of certain foods that he is
required to draw. Beyond that he
can use his own discretion. If he
is careful he can feed his men well
and still have a small balance left at
the end of the month, to be taken
in cash and put into the company
fund. Most jness sergeants at Camp
Logan succeed in doing that.
Captain Clarkson Galleher is as
sistant camp quartermaster in charge
of subsistence at Camp Logan. He
has the largest grocery trade in Har
ris county. He paid one sugar bill
not long ago that set the War De
partment back $168,000.
Captain Galleher spends some
money for foodstuffs that he buys
direct. He handles far mQre in
comestibles tjiat come to him on In
voice from the big commission sup
ply warehouses, for which he Is
charged, but for which he has only
to pav in issue vouchers, not cash.
However, the cash he paid out in
October, for instance, totaled $102,-
054.32. Most of this was spent in
Houston.
Captain 11 age n in Charge of Forage
Forage for Camp Logan's four
legged population runs from 3,000,-
000 to 5,000,000 pounds a month,
Captain Hagen, in charge, states.
Last month 6,000,000 pounds of
hay and 4,000.000 pounds of grain
were fed to the animals. This month
there will be nearly 10,000 animals
in camp, Captain Hagen says. There
are horses and mules in about equal
numbers.
Each mule is allowed nine pounds
of grain and fourteen pounds of hay
per day. One hundred pounds of
straw for bedding is allowed per
animal per month. A horse is al-
lowed twelve pounds of grain and
fourteen pounds of hay per day, with
bedding as for a mule.
Ten thousand mules and horses
eat seventy tons or 140,000 pounds
of hay a day and 2,100 tons a month.
Five thousand horses and the same
number of mules eat 1,575 tons of
grain a month.
The quartermaster depot also is
sues fuel.
The wood allowance per tent is a
cord a month. There are 4,000 tents
at Camp Logan. Each mess is al
lowed a quarter of a cord a day.
There are 210 mess kitchens oper
ated at Camp Logan, and these burn
fifty cords of wood daily.
Up to the last of October as fuel
for cooking and incinerator fires
4,600 cords of wood had been is
sued. Kor November it will be near
er 6,000 cords. At $5 the cord 4,600
cords cost $23,000.
Coal Costs $3,250 a Month
To heat shower baths and water
for the baths the camp is allowed
500 tons a month pf bituminous coal.
This coal costs $6.50 a ton delivered.
The monthly bill is therefore $3,250.
Water for tho camp is costing
about $1,400 a month. It is supplied
by the city of Houston.
Electric light for the camp varies
in cost with thq weather and the
season. It is just now about $2,300
a month.
Motor cars and trucks belonging
to the division and used in Its busi
ness burn up 12,000 gallons of gaso
line a month. At 22 cents that gas is
worth $2,640.
The division burns up 1,000 gal
lons of kerosene a month. This costs
ten cents a gallon, or SIOO a month.
Crude oil used for disinfecting pur
poses, is purchased on the open mar
ket. The camp is using 25,000 gal
lons a month at cents, or $2,125
worth.
Besides these, there are gear and
transmission oils and other sorts of
"lube" used. All oils, up to date,
have been purchased on the Houston
market.
All these are "exendable" sup
plies—stuff that is used up rapidly
and replaced. Taken all together it
mounts up and it is never ceasing.
But the lirst cost of outfitting a sol
dier is as heavy as the cost of keep
ing him for a couple of months.
I'lan of Issuing Clothing lOxpluincd
Whatever does not come under
the head of subsistence or forage,
that is all supplies that are not ex
pended, including all equipment,
from squad tents to belt buckles,
that goes to rig out a division in
the field, falls into the bailiwick of
Captain O. IX Wead, property offi
cer, who is accountable for millions
of dollars' worth of property issued
at Camp Logan. A plan similar to
that of the commissary is used in is
suing clothing. The soldier is given
a certain allowance, is charged for
what ho buys, and gets the differ
ence, if any, in cash at the end' of
the year.
Captain Weed has given out so
much equipment that he has no
ready way of finding out just what
the total is.
Captain Stanley Tappen, assistant
to the property oiflcer, who has had
seventeen years' service in the
Army, obligingly figured out what it
costs the nation to equip a fighting
man for the field.
He found that it took $89.90
worth of quartermaster equipment
and $35.40 worth of ordnance prop
erty to outfit one infantryman. A
mounted man is far more costly.
.Horse, saddle, bridle and fittings at
present prices total nearly S3OO a
man.
Ordnance property has been slang
ily defined as "anything that shoots,
stabs or explodes." It is not issued
by the quartermaster corps; the
camp ordnance office has to do with
all ordnance business.
If it takes S9O worth of quarter
master equipment to outfit the ordi
nary soldier ,the nation has $2,880,-
000 tied up in personal equipment of
the men at Camp Logan, much of
which Catain Weed has issued.
When it comes to ordnance it is im
possible to deal in values—besides,
that is another story.
Captain Itlair.in Charge of Utilities
Captain Robert A. Blair handles
one phase of the camp quartermaster
work that shows how varied the big
job really is. He is officer in charge
of public utilities, construction and
repair. He looks after lights, water,
supervises new construction work,
and keeps everything from roads to
street lights in camp in repair.
The center of all this activity (the
"real head of the office," Major
Schell gracefully calls him) is Chief
Clerk J. L. Douglas.
Douglas is an indispensable man.
He served thirty years in the quar
termaster corps of the Regular
Army, in the Northwest, the East,
Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and
for the last eleven years in Texas.
Six years ago he retired from the
Army after thirty years' service, but
civilian clerk. When the present
emergency came up and Camp Logan
had to be created to train men for
the new Army Douglas was sent
here to whip a paint-new executive
force into shape. He has it in shape
—such shape that the thirty men
handle the supplying of the varied
wants of the 3 3,000 men and get al
most no complaints.
The man who wears the wheel
crossed with the saber and key and
surmounted by the spread eagle as
his corps insignia, and the buff cord
on his service hat, is the man be
hind the guu—the army quarter
master. He has a man-sized job.
State College Announces
Farmers' Week Program
The annual Farmers' Week at the
Pennsylvania State College will be
held this year on Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, December
26 27, 28 and 29. Although the per
iod has been reduced to four days
the program indicates that a large
amount of practical information is in
store for those who attend.
Lectures and demonstrations will
be given in all phases of agriculture,
ncluding vegetable gardening and
floriculture. A special home econom
ics program has been arranged for
the women who attend and also for
the boys' and girls' club piembers.
Lecture periods, each one hour in
length, will begin each day at 8.30 a.
m. and last until 5 p. m. Double per
iods will be used when necessary for
practicums and demonstrations.
Evening programs will be general,
and largely social or recreational.
Educational exhibits will be staged
by various departments of the school
of agriculture. Printed programs will
be available for distribution, Decem
ber 1.
BIBLE CLASS SOCIAL
Enola, Pa., Dec. 7.—At the month
ly meeting of the men's Bible class
of the St. Matthew's Reformed
Sufiday school in the church ia.it
night it was decided to hold a so
cial in the church on February 22.
The proceeds will be used for the
purchase of a> service board to be
placed on the outside of the building.
VICTROLA CLUB BANQUET
Enola, Pa., Dec. 7.—Arrangements
for the December meeting and ban
quet of the Vietrola Club of the V.
M. C. A. which will be held in the
association rooms next Tuesday
night are almost complete. Roy
Johns, president of the club, will be
toastmaster at the banquet J. J.
Efb is chairman of the decorating
committee and Ilenry Deckard has
charge of the committee arranging
the program for the evening.
"Harrisburg's Exclusive Woman's Store'
if Market Street
1 How Many Hats Can We |
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We are going to pat on sale every Trimmed Hat in the store at
m a Special Price for this Saturday only. We are not offering a lot of
m hats that we want to get rid of —no " dead stock"—bat offer yoa an UNRESTRICTED CHOICE of our jjj
tp entire stock at specially REDUCED PRICES
Many of these hats are at present marked at reduced prices, and the Special Prices advertised '
m to-day affect the reduced prices as well as those now being sold ar their regular prices. p,
| ALL HATS MARKED $2.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . . ■ ftl ftft |
| ALL HATS MARKED 13.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . . . |
|| ALL HATS MARKED $4.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . . . $3.88 |
| ALL HATS MARKED 15.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . . . $4.88 1
jjfj ALL HATS MARKED $6.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . . . $5.88 jfj
| ALL HATS MARKED $7.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . . . $6.88
| ALL HATS MARKED $8.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . $7.88 |
jjfj ALL HATS MARKED $9.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, AT . SB.BB |
| ALL HATS MARKED $10.98, THIS SATURDAY ONLY, at . . $9.88 I
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We only advertise One Special Hat Sale during the season when every Trimmed Hat in
'M th e store is offered at a special one-day price—Tomorrow we hold this sale.
| I Choice of All Children's Trimmed Hats at SI.BB and $2.88
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A Sensational Sale of Women's and g
1 Misses' High Class Suits
|| Regardless of Cost or Former Value H;
I Suits that Sold at $45.00, 550.00 J F*
ij and $55.00 Are Now / §
In many cases this low sale price does not even approach the cost of the f J ffjj
jj|J garments —but we want to clear our stocks and do it quick, hence the unusual
IP price. None of these garments were purchased specially for this sale, but are . jL
S3 our regular high grade suits —all the newest Models —in many cases only one suit of a style —and at m
IB their regular price the best suit values in the city. |g|
Suits of finest Broadcloth—Oxford Gray Mixtures Silvertonc \ elveteen 1 oplin Foi- g|
M ret Twill both long and short coat effect Many fur too. ■ , , VfV . M
|S Remember the former prices were $45.00, $50.00 and $55.00. Your choice at only $20.00 *OR
jjfj TOMORROW ONLY.
Extra Special For Saturday Only 1
25 Genuine Salts Plush Coats all sizes 16 to 46—An exceptional
|| | $27.50 value; Special, this Saturday only at J gj
| Our Pre-Christmas Sale of Waists |
m Is now in progress and already hundreds of women have taken advantage of the unusual price Ej
|| savings. But, despite the heavy selling, there are many wonderful bargains to be had for those who g|
attend the sale now.
| $6.00, $6.50 and $7.50 *A Q8 j . , |
•M Waists are now selling at •: Saturday Shoe Specials j; I
OH Fxauisitelv styled Waists of Georgette Crepe—
'M\ striped Crepe de Chine —man-tailored styles —high <\ TOBASCO BROWN CALF LACE ffij
W and low neck models—all shades—finest Crepe de > WALKING BOOIS—-with straight gj|
pH Chine Waists in plain colors —fancy Dress Waists perforated tip —fawn cloth top new . , <► m
II —many different styles to select from. Cuban heel. Special Saturday |P pg
$5.00 and $6.00 Waists d0 QQ 95 || /I / 1
[4j are now selling at tpo*/0 <; f f p I <[ ffi
Smart, stylish creations in Georgette Crepe— M I fi \ * W\
plain and full effects —many lace trimmed White, |► pt?ay AMD RROWN £/ mSz. o^l
Flesh and Black Crepe de Chine Waists—striped < APF ROnTC; n ' 'W- J*/ JT S*! iF- ffl
5? Tub Silk Waists—fine quality Gcor K ctte Crepe !; LACE BOOTS -9- IL <\ ®
;.fi Waists will, jabot effects and h.gh collars-all col- snu( , ly ovcr ||
ors and sizes^_ <i^— <1 covered and leather Louis J > m
P ' lAn rto ur • . 1. heels all sizes and widths. T "■'" M
$2.50 and $298 Waists /i Q Specialy priced at
111 are now selling at mm r| HO ffi
K-! Jap Silk, Tub Silk and Crepe de Chine Waists in J ► M* V fltirl
a host of styles—lace trimmed —all sizes, but not all {I ML • aIICI
sizes in any one style—each worth more wholesale
than tin- low sale price.
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