Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1901 — Sixty Dollar Overcoats For Soldiers. [ARTICLE]

Sixty Dollar Overcoats For Soldiers.

Just at present a buffalo overcoat is a very scarce article, and yet the humblest of Uncle Sain’s soldier boys may have one of these highly Srized garments for the asking. All e has to do is to include the item in his requisition for supplies, and the coat will be issued to him, although it will still belong to the government, and if he loses or destroys it he must pay S6O for his carelessness. The coats in the possession of the war department are relics of the days when no man living in the northwest was thought to be properly eouipped without a buffalo coat. All of them have been worn, but they are still in fair condition and are issued annually to those soldiers . who may want them.—Minneapolis Journal.