FEEDING BRITAIN'S ARMY.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 11 September 1917, Page 1

FEEDING BRITAIN'S ARMY.

BEMABKABLE FIGUBES. Gome'remarkable iiguivs of purchases matlo for the Army are given in « paper' compiled for the Committee of Public Accounts by Mr U. Y. Wiutour, Director of Army Contracts, anil now i Permanent Secretary to "the Ministry I of- Food. The purchases during tfye war include the following:— 105 million yards cloth, 'lls million yards flannel. 35 million knives, forks, anil spoons, 400 million lb of bacon. IG7 million Hi of cheese. !' 260 million tins jam,. | 25 million smoke helmets, and 40 million horseshoes,

Commodities purchased In 1016 for the AJlied armies include 9,000,000 pairs of .boots, 109,000,000 sandbags, 39,000000 metres of jute "cloth, 4,200,000 pairs Of socks, and '2,165,000 blankets.