men concerned. As the services of the Royal Army Clothing Department are fully utilised it is unnecessary for the Board of Trade to employ expert viewers or examiners for clothing received from contractors. Additional Clothing Item. The uniforms of six Library Attendants at the Patent Office are obtained from the contractors supplying the remainder of the uniforms. This is a special arrangement made with the concurrence of His Majesty's Treasury, and is subject to the proviso that the average annual cost shall not exceed the cost of messengers' uniforms provided by the General Post Office. APPENDIX VIII. ΝΟ Secretaries' Office, Custom House, E.C.3. 3rd December, 1926. 1. The following is the information on outstanding points which is required by the Chairman of the Estimates Committee, but if he should desire any further information, I shall be glad if you will let me know. 2. The uniforms for messengers of this Department are, with the exception of 39 individual cases, supplied by the Post Office Department. 3. The remaining uniformed members of the Department fall into five main groups :· A. Waterguard (1) Chief Preventive Officers. (2) Preventive Officers. (3) Assistant Preventive Officers. B. Members of the Launch Service. C. Coast Preventive Men. D. Land Boundary Men (on the borders of the Irish Free State) and E. Watchers. 4. The same cloth for great coats was used for all ranks up to the year 1918 when owing to the pronounced rise in prices a cheaper cloth was introduced for all except the supervisory ranks of Preventive Officer and Chief Preventive Officer. As regards the cloth for uniform coats, vests and trousers it is not practicable to employ the same cloth owing to the different conditions of work in the various grades. Thus in the Waterguard Service the Assistant Preventive Officers require a specially durable cloth, and at the same time this must not be so heavy as to impede their movements. This will be clear from the fact that their duties range from boarding ships afloat (often in heavy seas), and 'rummaging them for contraband (a process which may involve digging deep into coal bunkers or examining the interior of the ships' machinery or water-tanks), to examining the baggage of passengers landing from ocean liners. For their work a cloth is required which while sufficiently durable to stand the heavy usage and yet remain presentable will not be so heavy as to impede their movements in climbing into inaccessible ON ESTIMATES. parts of ships &c. For the higher grades of the Waterguard Service, whose duties are of course of a more supervisory and directive nature, a somewhat lighter and consequently cheaper cloth is sufficient. 5. As regards the members of the Launch Service, their uniforms must be made of a cloth that will stand exposure to salt water, and experience has shown that the most serviceable for the purpose is that supplied to the Assistant Preventive Officers. The Coast Preventive Men and Land Boundary Men are engaged in patrolling often over long distances, in winter and summer, and their uniforms must be of a cloth which will afford protection against the rains of winter and yet not be too heavy for walking a dozen miles or so at a stretch in summer, but except for the effects of wintry weather their work does not involve such hard wear for their uniform as does that of the Assistant Preventive Officers or members of the Launch Service. These grades have not yet been established for a sufficiently long time to enable a final opinion to be formed as to the best type of cloth for the purpose, but the cloth at present supplied is less expensive than that supplied to the Assistant Preventive Officers and members of the Launch Service. In the case of the Watchers a heavier but less durable cloth :S sufficient. INDEX. A. Admiralty.-Air Force purchases from, 1925-26, App. IV (p. 86). Air Force, Cloth and Clothing for.-Comparison in price and economy with khaki, Brigstocke 745-7, 749-58. Deterioration: Small, App. IV (p. 85)-Steps taken to dispose of stock, Longmore, 694-5. Dye, rejection for defective, O'Brien 863-4- -Dyeing, and difficulties, Longmore 735–41- Garments left over, policy with regard to, Longmore 704-7. Inspection of Blue cloth, at Pimlico, recommended, Third Report 18 at Kidbrooke, see Kidbrooke-at Pimlico, Gaul 167-8; App. I (p. 78) System, Third Report 17, 18; O'Brien 783-4, 848-9; Brigstocke 821-6, 839-45; Longmore 829-34; App. IV (p. 85). Left over from the War, Longmore, 693-703, 712-3- -Methods of obtaining, Third Report 17; Gaul 138-43; Brigstocke 838; App. IV (p. 84-5)- -Purchases, summary of, 1925-26, App. IV (p. 86)Reserve, Brigstocke 729-34 Specification of cloth, Brigstocke, 775-6, 778-82--Standard for cloth fixed by Departmental Committee, Longmore 796-Taken over from War Office, Longmore 708-9 Total value of orders placed, App. IV (p. 85). ALLUM, H. B., 885-941. Motor drivers 922-35- -Museum engineering attendants, 936-7— Office of Works, supply of clothing, 910-6, 921-35, 938-40——Tower Warders 885-911. Armoury Attendants.-Uniform, Allum 917-20. Army, clothing.-Alterations to fit, Creedy 115–6. Contract work: Amount of, App. I (p. 77-8)- -Delivery of garments, -Methods of obtaining, Third Report 13; App. I (p. 77)-Proportion between cost of cloth and of making and of finished article, Creedy 13-15, 40; Gaul 16, 17, 61-5- Stocks, valuation, under consideration by Committee appointed by Treasury, Third Report 29; Creedy 121-2Surrender of money and re-voting, Gaul 216-7; Creedy 217- -Value of garments, estimate of, Gaul 124-6—War stocks, bad colour of cloth, Gaul 192- -Work done by Royal Army Clothing Factory, App. I (p. 77). Australian Navy.-Supply of clothing to, Culling 425-8. B. BRIGSTOCKE, C. R., C.B., 693-884. Extent of responsibility, 816-820. Air Force Clothing.-Comparison with khaki, 745-7, 749-58- -Inspection, 821-6, 839-45- Methods of obtaining, 838-Reserve, 729-34- Specification of cloth, 775-6, 778-82. Kidbrooke, inspection by War Office, 808. British Report, 1927-continued. British Museum.--Supply of clothing, Sparkes 671-2 Broadmoor Asylum.-Clothing, method of obtaining, App. VI (p. 89), and recommendation re, Third Report 24, 25. C. Canada, High Commissioner for.-Examination of materials for, by Army inspectors, Creedy 169. Clothing. See also under particular Departments.-Invitation of tenders for materials and making up garments during slack periods, recommendation, Third Report 30 Standardisation of uniforms, question of, Sparkes 680-92- -Technical Committee on, War Office representative, Gaul 174-6. Coastguard's uniform.-Method of supply, App. VII (p. 90). Contracts Co-ordinating Committee.-Prices paid for making up garments Contracts, co-ordination of.--Treasury action on recommendations, Third Cosham Military Hospital.-Third Report 2. CREEDY, SIR HERBERT, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., 1-235. Army clothing-Alterations to fit, 115-6--Contract system, 18-32, 50, 205-13, 220, 225-Proportion between cost of cloth and of making and of finished article 13-15, 40- Surrender of money and revoting, 217 Valuation of stocks under consideration by Committee appointed by Treasury, 121-2. Pimlico Clothing Factory, 30-2, 51-9, 92, 105, 109-13, 118, 121 132, 137, 150, 157-8, 173, 185, 187-90, 201, 232-5. CULLING, J. W. H., C.B.E., 236-545, 942-1216. Director of Navy contracts, 300, 304-6, 358, 389-90. Contracts, 392 406 Expenditure, 1206-7--" Fore and aft" rig, 385-8, 432-44, 451-72, 499-502, 506–8, 1196-8-Inspection, 509, 512-24- -Made up in prisons, 478-81- -Making of, by men, 379-383, 385- -Master Tailors, system, 248-379, 431, 482-98, 503, 536-44, 994, 1031, 1066, 1072-3, 1209-15- -Overcoats, 417-23-Royal Marines, 525–7– Textile goods, 407-13. Customs, Board of.-Uniform clothing, method of obtaining, Third Report 26-28; Gaul 153-4; App. VIII (p. 91-2). D. Departmental Charges.-Third Report 3, 32. Deptford.-Examination of cloth at, Culling 528-35, recommendation, Devonport Military Hospital.-Third Report 2. E. Estimates, classification.-Treasury action on recommendations, Third Report i. Estimates ། Report, 1927-continued. Estimates Committee.-Treasury representation before, Third Report 5. Foreign Office. Inspection of clothing for, Gaul 149; Creedy 150. F. GAUL, W. M., C.B.E. 1-235. Air Force Clothing-Inspection 167-8-Methods of obtaining 138-43. Army clothing.-Contract system 67-72, 214-5, 218-22, 224-Proportion between cost of cloth and of finished article 16, 17, 61–5— render of money and re-voting 216-7-Value of garments 124—6—-War stocks 192. -Sur Clothing, Technical Committee on 174-6- -Pimlico Clothing Factory 18-29, 73-7, 82, 93, 104, 107-8, 114, 117, 123, 138-45, 149, 152, 153-4, 156, 159-66, 167-70, 172, 178-84, 192-200, 202-4, 229-31. G. Geddes Committee.-Economy in Post Office clothing, Sparkes 586-8. Government Messengers.-Supply of clothing, Sparkes 660-5, 675. H. Hanwell, Nurses' Hospital, The Spring.-Third Report 2. Home Office.-Clothing, methods of obtaining, Third Report 23-25; Gaul 153-4. Hospitals.-Cost accounts, Treasury action on recommendations, Third Report 2. House of Commons officers.-Supply of clothing for, Sparkes 666-7. HUTCHISON, LIEUT.-GENERAL A. R. H., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 942-1216. Navy, provision of clothing.-by Master Tailors, system 946, 950-2, 955-61, 964-71, 974-9, 985, 990, 1002--4, 1008-30, 1046, 1051-2, 1058-64, 1070-1, 1074-9, 1094-5, 1098-1101, 1104-7, 1109-76--Wages, hours and prices, comparison with private contractors 1042-5. J. JENKINS, W. St. D., c.B., C.B.E. 942-1216. Navy, Clothing." Fore and aft rig 1178-94-Inspection 1102-4, 1199-205-- -Master tailors, system 976-83, 988-9, 991-1003, 1005-8, 1011, 1032-42, 1047-50, 1060, 1065, 1080-3, 1086-9, 1096, 1102- 6, 1140-7-Wages, hours and prices, comparison with private contractors 962, 1084-9. K. Kidbrooke, Inspection of cloth at.--Third Report 17, 18; App. IV (p. 85) -Amount of goods and cloth inspected, O'Brien 867-75- -for Dye-testing, Longmore 742-4- -Methods, O'Brien 760-1, 766-78, 881-4---Results, O'Brien 762, 764, 765- Staff, numbers and work Kidbrooke |