Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — $156.30 IS EQUIPMENT COST OF EVERY SOLDIER [ARTICLE]

$156.30 IS EQUIPMENT COST OF EVERY SOLDIER

Washington. —lt costs the United States just $156.30 to equip an infantryman for service in France. Figures made public show that of this total clothing represents $101.21, fighting equipment $47.36 and eating utensils $7.73. The soldier’s gas mask costs sl2, his steel helmet $3 and his rifle $19.5(1 The first 600,000 to 800,000 of America’s fighting men will be equipped with the present Springfield army rifle, those to follow will the Enfieljl used by English troops.