1 can, benzine, 1-quart size, from Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing

Co., order No. 7751, July 12, 1918, Success brand, safety.

2 cabinets, type, spaces and quads..

1 cabinet, Midget furniture type.

2 devices, printing, Ockerson, 3-inch.

12 devices, printing, Ockerson, 24-inch..

1 galley, brass (printers), 10 by 16..

1 mallet, carpenter handled..

1 plate, cast-iron, 18 by 24 by 1 inch..

1 square, T, wooden.

1 stamp, automatic numbering.

1 table, hand printing, 28 by 57 inches.

1 table, hand-printing, 27 by 51 inches, with lead.

1 table, hand-printing, 27 by 51 inches, without lead.

3 tweezers.

Department engineer, Panama Canal Department, Ancon, Canal
Zone: 2

1 press, printing, official.

1 case, compact rule, 7 by 15 inches.

12 cases, Wheeler, job.

1 cutter, American, lead and rule, No. 20.

1 cutter, paper, Perfection, 29-inch.

1 font slugs, 30 of each size, 4 to 30 picas.

1 font type, 12-point lining gothic No. 82.

1 font type, 6-point lining roman No. 510 W., spaces and quads.

1 font type, 10-point lining roman No. 510 W., spaces and quads.

1 galley, brass, job, 12 by 16 inches.

1 15,000.00

150.00

2 One enlisted man is detailed on this work; no employees.

1.50

350.00

2.00

175.00

4,000.00

Obsolete.

.75

2.00

15.00

86.00

2.00

1.00

1.50

2.50

5.00

5.00

5.00

3.00

1.50

60.00

5.25

6.00

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 25, 1919.

CHAIRMAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING,

Congress of the United States.

SIR: Referring to your letter of March 12, 1919, quoting the provisions of section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress. approved March 1, 1919, and requesting certain information in connection with the different paragraphs of said section, I have the honor to furnish you herewith a copy of "The Journal of the United States Artillery School," printed at the Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va.

The Chief of Coast Artillery states that "with reference to this provision, there is no journal, magazine, periodical, or other similar publication that is, publication which is printed and issued at regular intervals-printed for the Coast Artillery as a Government publication or at Government expense. The Journal of the United States Artillery is printed at the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, but it is not supported by Government appropriations, and it furnishes from its own funds all materials and supplies incident to its publication. While it is the understanding of this office that the Journal of the United States Artillery, not being a Government publication, does not come within the purview of the proviso of the act under consideration, it is requested that information be obtained from the Joint Committee on Printing as to whether or not this is the interpretation placed by them upon the proviso, and, if not, that they be asked for authority for the continuance of this publication until the close of the next regular session of Congress, with a view to obtaining the specific authority from Congress for its publication. Part of the machinery in the printing plant at Fort Monroe pertains to the Coast Artillery School, but a large part of it is owned by the Journal, and, when it is not in use for the Journal, is used for school work."

The Chief of Coast Artillery has been requested to furnish this office with a full report on the matters referred to in your letter, and upon receipt of this information, it will be forwarded to your committee.

It is requested that you advise this office whether or not the Journal of the United States Artillery School comes within the purview of this act.

Very respectfully,

NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary of War.

RECRUITING SERVICE.

Hon. REED SMOOT,

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 14, 1919.

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing,

United States Senate.

DEAR SIR: Referring to section 11 of the act of Congress making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government and for other purposes, authority is requested for the following:

(a) For each of the 56 general recruiting officers to have printed for the exclusive use of the recruiting service in the field outside the District of Columbia posters, handbills, pamphlets, and other publicity matter at a cost not to exceed $1,000 for each station, the printing to be done in the city where the office is located as shown on the inclosed list or near by if a lower price can thereby be obtained. If recruiting officers do not have available money with which to have advertising matter printed for emergencies, it will injure the service. New things are constantly arising which pertain to the recruiting service and which necessitate the getting out of advertising matter quickly, and in a very large number of such instances there is not time in which to put a requisition in through channels and wait for the Government Printing Office to get it out. If that is necessary, the emergency will be past and golden opportunities lost. At least 50 per cent of successful recruiting is due to prompt advertising in emergencies, and there should be some way to take care of this. The full amount requested above will not be distributed in bulk but will be held under the control of this department and distributed in small allotments as needed, and all work which does not partake of the nature of an emergency to meet local needs to secure recruits to meet special requirements and which is applicable to the whole recruiting service will be printed at the Government Printing Office. When the law of February 28, 1919, authorizing the resumption of voluntary enlistments was enacted, the required number of recruits, to replace men entitled to discharge, could not have been obtained promptly enough to release the men then in service as quickly as desired by Congress without serious detriment to the service if it had been impossible for each recruiting officer to secure locally the requisite advertising matter. Similar emergencies for special branches of the service or for special duties arise frequently. The amount of such printing will be governed, but will not exceed the above figures, entirely by the urgency of obtaining recruits.

(b) For the recruiting publicity bureau of the New York recruiting office to print or secure locally in New York posters, handbills, pamphlets, and other advertising matter for the recruiting service to an amount not exceeding $50,000. From time to time excellent articles, cartoons, designs, etc., appear in the daily press, magazines, and other publications, or are produced locally, which, to be of value, must be issued to the recruiting service promptly. The amount requested herein will also be used for the purpose outlined in paragraph (c), following.

(c) For the publication of a bulletin for the recruiting service. One of the most important duties of the recruiting publicity bureau of the New York recruiting office is to receive ideas and suggestions from the various recruiting officers and publish the best of these to the recruiting service at large so that all may have the benefit thereof. This service was inaugurated by use of a mimeograph. It has proven of such value and the circulation has reached a point which overtaxes the capacity of such a machine, and it is therefore desired to continue it in printed form. A small printing equipment was secured from one of the abandoned camps on which this work can be well handled. The work is to be done by some of the enlisted personnel of the New York recruiting party, the only expense being for paper, ink, and other necessary supplies, all of which are included in the amount asked for in (b) above. It is believed that this can be done more promptly, thereby disseminating the suggestions referred to while still of value and at no more expense to the Government at this bureau than in Washington.

(d) For the production of lithographed posters and recruiting calendars. With the resumption of voluntary enlistments it was found that, due to the changed attitude of public opinion toward the Army, the old-style posters no longer appealed. The stock of these has been completely exhausted, and during the coming year it will have to be entirely replaced. Before doing so it is proposed to secure new designs. These will be reproduced by lithography at an estimated cost of $100,000. As this is not strictly printing as it is technically understood, and is a class of work not handled by the Government Printing Office, it is not known whether it comes within the restrictions of the act. If it does come within the provisions of the act, authority is requested to have them produced in New York or at such place as may be found most economical, as it is believed they can thus be produced more quickly to fill the present requirements for posters amounting, in fact, to an emergency, and as it is believed more satisfactory results will be obtained by the recruiting publicity bureau, already referred to, handling this work directly with the lithographers than through the Government Printing Office, which it is understood would have to sublet the work to such a concern, being themselves not equipped to do it.

Very respectfully,

AIR SERVICE.

[First indorsement.]

NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary of War.

WAR DEPARTMENT, July 1, 1919.

CHAIRMAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING,

Congress of the United States:

1. Respectfully forwarded, concurring in the recommendations

made by the Director of Air Service.

NEWTON D. BAKER,

Secretary of War.