FITTING OUT A SOLDIER.
COST OF EQUIPMENT. In his report submitted to Parliament, the Minister in Charge of Munitions and Supplies, the Hon. A. M. Myers, gives a table showing the cost of'equipping a soldier. The total cost in the case of an infantryman is £22 0/7, and of a mounted man £22 7/9. The table (fractions of a penny omitted) for the infantryman is ac follows:— Personal .Equipment— £ s d Tunic ~ ,J j Trousers 17 5 Putties .".'.''".'.".*.*". 0 5 4 Greatcoat ] _ 2 2 5 Hat and puggaree '..'.' 0 5 0 S>>\ 0 4 3 Kit-bag .- 0 3 3 Btaokets 16 0 g l3 ** 3 0 10 Boote _— 1 18 0 Drawers 0 10 0 ;-.'; 014 0 Undershirts 0 9 jq S5 0 ? •••• ■'■'■ 06 6 Donlm suit n g g Socks ". 0 4 0 Cholera belt 0 2 1 J™**? •••' 0 0 5 Sea-kit 0 0 3 Jersey 0 5 6 Housewife 0 0 6 Knife, fork, etc .." 0 1 6 Plate, mug 0 0 4 T s> we| s '. 015 iSheet, waterproof 0 8 5 £13 18 8 Accoutrements— S lfle -, 510 0 Bayonet 0 12 0 Scabbard , 0 j» jq Pull through o 0 -■; OH bottle. 0 0 10 TV ebb equipment 1 n fl Water bottle n •> 10 Implements \ 0 110 Mess tins ~ 0 3 4 Identity disc , 0 q j £S 9 11
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 155, 30 June 1916, Page 7
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