fit every man that comes there; but, of course, he has his own shoes, which he could wear temporarily. Mr. SHERLEY. You are not figuring on supplying shoes for a given number of men, but you are figuring on the basis of having an allotment of sizes which, judging by previous records of the Quartermaster's Department, would be sufficient to take care of the situation? Maj. WONSON. That is correct. They have what they call a tariff of sizes which every manufacturer follows, and that is based on long experience in actually delivering shoes to the men. It was revised recently on the basis of the figures that were available from the mobilization last summer on the Mexican border, where, of course, they issued very much larger quantities than they ever had issued before. We get daily reports from Col. Hirsh, of the Philadelphia depot, of this nature [indicating]. Mr. SHERLEY. Is he in charge of all the depots and do they report through him? Maj. WONSON. All the depots at the present time are supposed to report through the Philadelphia depot, which is really a clearing house. Mr. SHERLEY. That is what I mean. Maj. WONSON. Yes, sir. Mr. SHERLEY. So that in getting a report from him you have embodied in it a report from all the other depots? Maj. WONSON. Yes; in fact, the other depots are supposed to take up with him, or with the committee, through him, any recommendations that are made. If they have a very large offer on a certain article they take it up with him and find out whether it is agreeable that they purchase those particular articles. In my books I list, or my assistants list, every sample contract that is placed as soon as we get this notification from Col. Hirsh; this includes the name of the concern, the name of the place at which the goods are to be delivered, the price at which the goods are placed, the date of the contract, and the deliveries which are promised on the contract. As soon as a contract is placed a card is made out which gives in red at the right the deliveries which the contractor promises to make; we enter in this column the deliveries that he reports each week and carry the total forward here. If a man is delinquent from week to week we immediately get in touch with him and endeavor to ascertain why he is delinquent and what steps he is taking to remedy his delinquency. Mr. SHERLEY. Have you had any delays incident to difficulties in agreeing on prices? Maj. WONSON. No; because by the time the matter comes to my attention there is no question of price; the price has been actually determined. Mr. SHERLEY. Perhaps you are not in a position to answer my inquiry. Here is a manufacturer who is capable of producing a certain quantity of goods. Has there been a delay in getting him started in making the goods over a difficulty as to the price he should receive? Mr. ROSENWALD. Not of any consequence. There have been isolated cases of that kind where the delay may have been a day, a week, or two weeks, but in very, very rare cases has there been any delay. 4400-17-61 Old and worn-out machinéry in armory shops, replacing_ 813 Armor-piercing projectiles, increased facilities for production of 833, 840 831 844 25, 31 45 Army. Mobile artillery cannon, increasing facilities for the manufac- Office buildings, alteration and improvement of (See Military Establishment or War Department. Atlantic seaboard, need of increased quarantine facilities upon the_ Boston, Mass., quarantine station, increased facilities at Bower, W. T., statement of Braisted, W. C., statement of.... Brett, J. Q. A., statement of 73 327, 904 118 788 789 788 245, 274 858 359 904 19 202 25.30 152 260 374 Cape Charles, Va., quarantine station, increased facilities at- Cape May Naval Hospital.. Carlisle, T. W., statement of_. Carr, Wilbur J., statement of Census Office, transfer of funds and employees for war emergency work__ Charleston, S. C., naval hospital_ Chelsea, Mass., naval hospital.. Chief of Staff, Officer of: Clerks in___. Military Information Section_. Chisholm, Daniel V., statement of Civilian military training camps_ 338, 432, 602, 616 25.27 268 617 918 3 172 265 262 340, 382 340 205 554 Civilian Naval Consulting Board, expenses of--. Claims for damages to and loss of private property. 233 97, 554 911 Clothing: Columbia Institution for the Deaf, new dormitory for women_. 107 Census Office, transfer of funds and employees for war emergency Lighthouses, Bureau of, draftsmen, additional compensation to.... Steamboat-Inspection Service, Tampa, Fla., inspection district, force Comptroller of Treasury, office of, additional employees. Conciliation, Commissioners of____. 177 Contagious and infectious diseases, prevention of spread of__ 12 10 20 Council of National Defense. 918 Creel, R. H., statement of.. Organization, chart of. Supplies committee, clothing for the Army. Courthouse in the District of Columbia, repairs to temporary. Cost accounting for governmental and industrial methods.. Crist, Raymond F., statement of.. Crowder, Enoch H., statement of.. Crozier, Gen. William, statement of_. 922 949 918 107 681 587 19 177 596 717,859 681 D. Daly, Charles P., statement of---. Danish West Indies, government of.. Darby Building, repairs to--. Denver, Colo., Mint, incidental and contingent expenses for-- District of Columbia: 67, 90, 374 307 88 17 Calvert Street Bridge across Rock Creek, plans for new_. Columbia Institution fo the Deaf, new dormitory for women. Destitute women and children, payments to 38 37 107 36 107 45 Garage, purchase of tools, etc., for central_. Health department, repairs to building formerly occupied as Emer- Highway Bridge across the Potomac River- Lighting, etc.. Watchmen. Judgments against, payment of__ 45, 717 Juvenile court, payment to judges of municipal court_ Playgrounds. additional swimming pools for.. Police department, maintenance of motor vehicles for_. Public schools- Brown School, E. V., heating and ventilating_. Public Utilities Commission, incidental expenses of Tags for horse-drawn and motor-driven vehicles_ Taxes, refunding- Auto Livery Co. Federal Taxicab Co___ Tubercular children, transportation of Washington Aqueduct, guards for_ Washington Asylum and Jail, payments to destitute women and chil- Draft, expenses of Drake, C. B., statement of_. 374 716 42 709 E. Elliott, W. S., statement of.. Ellis, Athol H., judgment in favor of 642 564 Employment service. Employees, transfer of, from one department to another. Engineer Department (Army)__ Engineers, Office of Chief of, additional employees. England, purchase of machinery from__. Engraving and Printing, Bureau of: Delivered sheets, increase of limitation on.... Engravers' and printers' materials_. Evansville, Ind., rent for temporary quarters and moving expenses. Page. 182 163, 172 368 74 859 210 210 216 13 99 152 Export Council, expenses of_ F. Faris, R. L., statement of 152 Federal Board for Vocational Education. 911 Federal Horticultural Board, control of pink bollworm__. Five and ten per cent increase in pay, decisions of comptroller on___ 166 118 Fort McRee, Fla., repairs to buildings, etc., at.. Fort Mifflin, next to League Island, Philadelphia, Pa.: Magazines, etc.. Fort Morgan, Ala., repairs to buildings, etc., at_ Fortifications: Field artillery. Field artillery ammunition.. Field-artillery alteration Submarine mines and nets. Foster, A. B., statement of 90 290, 291 290 90 90 587 588 754 762 772 595 602 122 |