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. ROSENWALD. 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.

Pago.
Adjutant General's Office, additional employees.

57, 611
Advance payments to contractors.--

242
Agriculture, Department of:
Federal Horticultural Board, pink boll worm, control of.

124
Rent

715
Alaska :
Fisheries Service -

166
Military and post roads, construction and maintenance of...

662
Alaskan Engineering Commission:
Automobile for use in Seattle, Wash..

113
Railroad construction.---

108
Allen, G. F., statement of_

642
American seamen, relief of

4
Aransas Pass, Tex., light station, repairs.----

165
Arlington Building, rental of, by Navy Department -

224
Armories and arsenals:
Benicia, Cal., Arsenal-
Garage

788
Road repairs.

789
Storehouses

788
Buildings on leaseholds and privately owned property--

720, 833
Frankford Arsenal-
Artillery case shop building-

794
Artillery firing range..

790
Assembling artillery ammunition, increased facilities for.

799
Barracks building, extension of..----

792
Double quarters for officers, two sets of_

789
Dry houses

797
Fire protection, increasing facilities for-

791
High-explosive loading shop, extension of

790
Instrument department building, enlargement of..

794
Magazines.

798
Office building-

793
Paint shop----

790
Pier and warehouse

800
Pediment for fuse-shop building-

803
Power plant.----

792
Primer shop and planning room.

789
Roads and railroad siding--

790
Sea wall along Delaware River--

793
Small-arms ammunition, increasing facilities for the manufac-
ture of_--

801
Small-arms firing range

791
Storehouse

795
Storehouse, lumber..

792
Storehouse, small-arms ammunition.

794
Target range for small arms.

801
Wall and picket fence_

790
Kent Island, proving ground at -

774, 847
Panama Canal, ordnance depot--

845
Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J., additional buildings_

803
Plants, erection of..

720, 833
Proving grounds, additional land, etc., for..

774, 847
963

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Armories and arsenals-Continued.
Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.---

Page.
Building for storing lumber.

812
Field artillery, increased facilities...

804
Lighting facilities

810
Motor for armory shop, synchronous.

810
Office building, enlarging-

808
Old and worn-out machinery in armory shops, replacing.

813
Railroad crane

813
Railroad transportation facilities, increasing

814
Rifle and hand grenades, plant for manufacture of_

809
Small-arms target range

811
Water-power plant.-

806
San Antonio, Tex., Arsenal-
Fire protection, increasing facilities for.

816
Magazine and storehouse --

815
Railroad transportation facilities, increasing-

814
Springfield, Mass., Arsenal -
Electric power plant for the water shops...

816
Lighting system in water shops, installation of modern..

817
Physical and chemical laboratory--

817
Replacement of obsolete and worn-out machinery.

816
Storage facilities at --

818
Terminal facilities at..

818
Watertown, Mass., Arsenal-
Armor-piercing projectiles, increased facilities for production of_

827
Building for storing patterns...

825
Erection shop, extension of..

824
Field officers' quarters..

829
Gun carriages, increased facilities for manufacture of...

827
Locomotive crane-

828
Office building, extension of -

826
Replacing obsolete and worn-out machine tools.

826
Replacing roof and floors of machine shop-

823
Roads, etc., construction and repair of

829
Testing machines at

830
Watervliet, West Troy, N. Y., Arsenal-
Fire protection, increasing facilities for.

833
Garage and oil storehouse_

832
Mobile artillery cannon, increasing facilities for the manufac-
ture of...

833, 840
Office buildings, alteration and improvement of...

831
Steam-heating system, alteration and improvement of.

814
Army. (See Military Establishment or War Department.
Atlantic seaboard, need of increased quarantine facilities upon the 25, 31
Auto Livery Co., refunding of taxes paid by--

45
Ayers, E. J., statement of -

99, 124

B.

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...
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_

788
789

788
245, 274

858
359
904

19
202
25, 30

152
260
374

Page.
Brinker, J. H., statement of -------

205
British Government, purchase of machinery from.

859
Brookings, Robert S., statement of

918
Brooklyn, N. Y.:
Naval hospital

262
Storage facilities at -

258
Brown E. I., statement of..

630
Brownlow, Louis, statement of

34
Bureaus. (See names of.)

C.
Camps, military training---

338, 432, 602, 616
Cantonments and camps. (See Military establishment.)
Cape Charles, Va., quarantine station, increased facilities ata-

25, 27
Cape May Naval Hospital.-

268
Carter, C. C., statement of...

617
Carlisle, T. W., statement of...

918
Carr, Wilbur J., statement of

3
Census Office, transfer of funds and employees for war emergency work. 172
Charleston, S. C., naval hospital.-

265
Chelsea, Mass., naval hospital.

262
Chief of Staff, Officer of:
Clerks in.

340, 382
Military Information Section..

340
Chisholm, Daniel V., statement of..

205
Civilian military training camps..

554
Civilian Naval Consulting Board, expenses of..

233
Claims for damages to and loss of private property-

97, 554
Claxton, Philander P., statement of...

911
Clothing:
Army

503, 949
Navy

305
Coast and Geodetic Survey :
Automatic sprinkler system.-

168
Surveying instruments, purchase of...

169
Coast Artillery, barracks and quarters..

568, 589
Coast Artillery, boat service ---

334, 337, 485, 595
Coast Artillery posts, commercial telephone service at.

344, 596
Coast Guard, intercoastal communication.

301
Columbia Institution for the Deaf, new dormitory for women.

107
Commerce, Department of:

Census office, transfer of funds and employees for war emergency
work.---

172
Coast and Geodetic Survey-
Automatic sprinkler system.--

168
Surveying instruments, purchase of..

169
Commerce, special regulations of_
Cost accounting for governmental and industrial methods__

681
Fisheries Bureau, Alaska general service--

166
Internal waterways, development of, use of_

176, 703
Lighthouses, beacons, and fog signals-
Aransas Pass, Tex., light station, repairs to -

165
Norfolk, Va., depot for fifth lighthouse district--

676
Lighthouses, Bureau of, draftsmen, additional compensation to.. 163
Norfolk, Va., depot for fifth lighthouse district--

676
Secretary, Office of, employees, additional..

152
Standards, Bureau of radio laboratory--

674
Steamboat-Inspection Service, Tampa, Fla., inspection district, force
for ---

171
Transfer of employees to other departments..

163, 172
Commission. (See names of.)
Commissioners of Conciliation.--

177
Compensation, increase of 5 and 10 per cent.

12
Comptroller of Treasury, office of, additional employees.

10
Conciliation, Commissioners of_---

177
Contagious and infectious diseases, prevention of spread of_

20

152

Page.
Contracts, advances on --

242
Conversion of National Guard camps into cantonments.--

333,

406-420, 501, 568, 904
Coos Bay wagon road lands, protection of

658
Cotton boll worm..

124
Council of National Defense-

918
Organization, chart of..---

922
Supplies committee, clothing for the Army---

949
War Industries Board ----

918
Courthouse in the District of Columbia, repairs to temporary.

107
Cost accounting for governmental and industrial methods.

681
Crain, J. K., statement of

587
Creel, R. H., statement of..

19
Crist, Raymond F., statement of

177
Crowder, Enoch H., statement of

506
Crozier, Gen. William, statement of

717,859
Cutler, B. S., statement of...

681

17

38

45

D.
Daly, Charles P., statement of..

67, 90, 374
Danish West Indies, government of...

307
Darby Building, repairs to.-

88
Denver, Colo., Mint, incidental and contingent expenses for --
Departments. (See Names of.)
District of Columbia :
Advertising, general.

36
Benning Road, viaduct and bridge on.-
Calvert Street Bridge across Rock Creek, plans for new.

38
Car tickets for transportation of tubercular children..

37
Columbia Institution fo the Deaf, new dormitory for women.

107
Coroner's office, expenses of---

36
Courthouse, repairs to temporary.

107
Destitute women and children, payments to.
Garage, purchase of tools, etc., for central_

716
Health department, repairs to building formerly occupied as Emer-
gency Hospital -

42
Highway Bridge across the Potomac River-
Lighting, etc.

89
Watchmen.

709
Judgments against, payment of_---

45, 717
Juvenile court, payment to judges of municipal court.

43
Municipal court, contingent expenses of..

45
Playgrounds. additional swimming pools for---

40
Police department, maintenance of motor vehicles for.

42
Postage

36
Public schools-

Brown School, E. V., heating and ventilating-
Burville School, four-room addition to ----

42
Public Utilities Commission, incidental expenses of_

34
Swimming pools, additional ---

40
Tags for horse-drawn and motor-driven vehicles.

35
Taxes, refunding-
Auto Livery Co.----

45
Federal Taxicab Co---

45
Tubercular children, transportation of_

37
Washington Aqueduct, guards for ----

712
Washington Asylum and Jail, payments to destitute women and chil-

dren
Draft, expenses of...

596
Drake, C. B., statement of...

374

45

E.
Elliott, W. S., statement of
Ellis, Athol H., judgment in favor of...
El Paso County, Tex., purchase of land.--

642
717
564