Mr. SHERLEY. Are there any complaints from manufacturers to the effect that they have been ready and prepared to undertake the work, but have had to wait some time before being allotted a particular quantity or given the exact specifications, or what not, in connection with their work? Mr. ROSENWALD. There have been in certain lines, such as shoes, where the quartermaster is supposed to supply the lasts. The quartermaster is supposed, as soon as a contract is let for shoes, to forward sufficient lasts to the manufacturer in order to care for that number of shoes within a given time; we find that in some cases the quartermaster has neglected to take care of this thing and the result is that certain manufacturers have not had the lasts so that they could begin the work and they were delayed, some of them as long as a month and six weeks. Many of them we had no way of knowing about until the thing had run along for a month. Mr. SHERLEY. The shoe situation, however, is satisfactory now, from your statement? Mr. ROSEN WALD. This report will show exactly, and it might be well for you to look at it. Mr. SHERLEY. Have you been buying some blankets from Canada? Maj. WONSON. Yes; the specification blanket used by the Canadian Army. Mr. SHERLEY. Did you get any cloth from Canada? Mr. ROSENWALD. We got some duck from Canada, I believe. Maj. WONSON. We got some uniform cloth, some meltons, from Canada. Mr. ROSENWALD. And I think we got some duck, some cotton duck. Maj. WONSON. I do not remember about that. INDEX. A. Page. Alaska: Adjutant General's Office, additional employees.. Advance payments to contractors_. Agriculture, Department of: Federal Horticultural Board, pink boll worm, control of.. Fisheries Service_ 57, 611 242 124 715 166 Military and post roads, construction and maintenance of---- 662 Automobile for use in Seattle, Wash_. 113 Railroad construction_. Allen, G. F., statement of American seamen, relief of.. Aransas Pass, Tex., light station, repairs___. Arlington Building, rental of, by Navy Department_ Armories and arsenals: Garage 108 642 4 165 224 Benicia, Cal., Arsenal- 788 Small-arms ammunition, increasing facilities for the manufac- Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J., additional buildings_ Proving grounds, additional land, etc., for. 803 720, 833 774, 847 963 Old and worn-out machinery in armory shops, replacing_ 813 813 Railroad transportation facilities, increasing. Magazine and storehouse__. Springfield, Mass., Arsenal- Electric power plant for the water shops___ Lighting system in water shops, installation of modern.. 815 814 816 817 Armor-piercing projectiles, increased facilities for production of 827 Gun carriages, increased facilities for manufacture of.... 827 Mobile artillery cannon, increasing facilities for the manufac- 830 Army. Office buildings, alteration and improvement of.. Atlantic seaboard, need of increased quarantine facilities upon the 25, 31 Auto Livery Co., refunding of taxes paid by. Ayers, E. J., statement of 45 99, 124 832 833, 840 831 844 Babbitt, E. B., statement of. Baker, Newton D., statement of. Barracks and quarters__. Barrows, William J., statement of..... Benicia, Cal., Arsenal- Garage Road repairs. Storehouses. Bennett, E. L., statement of Benton, Mrs. John R., statement of Black, William M., statement of....... Bliss, Tasker H., statement of.... B. Blue, Rupert, statement of.. Board for standardization of first-aid methods_- 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, 904 568, 589, 904 118 788 789 788 245, 274 858 359 904 19 202 25, 30 152 260 374 Brinker, J. H., statement of.. British Government, purchase of machinery from......- Naval hospital Storage facilities at_ Brown E. I., statement of.. Brownlow, Louis, statement of (See names of.) Page. 205 859 918 262 258 630 34 Bureaus. C. Camps, military training__ Cantonments and camps. (See Military establishment.) Cape Charles, Va., quarantine station, increased facilities at.. Cape May Naval Hospital_. Carter, C. C.. statement of 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. 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 Organization, chart of_------ Supplies committee, clothing for the Army_ Courthouse in the District of Columbia, repairs to temporary- 922 949 918 107 681 587 Creel, R. H., statement of.. Crist, Raymond F., statement of.. 19 177 L'arby Building, repairs to---- Denver, Colo., Mint, incidental and contingent expenses for. Departments. (See Names of.) District of Columbia: Advertising, general. Benning Road, viaduct and bridge on... Calvert Street Bridge across Rock Creek, plans for new. Car tickets for transportation of tubercular children__ Columbia Institution fo the Deaf, new dormitory for women. Health department, repairs to building formerly occupied as Emer- Highway Bridge across the Potomac River— Lighting, etc.--. Watchmen___ Judgments against, payment of__. 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....... 67, 90, 374 307 712 596 374 37 36 107 45 716 42 709 45, 717 43 45 40 |