Provisions, Slop Clothing & Small Stores
200 men for four months
Small Stores
Tobacco 1,000 Plugs Soap 800 Bars
Mustard 100 Bottles Pepper 100 Bottles
Knives 200 Each Spoons 200 Each
Fine Combs 200 Each Coarse Combs 200 Each
Tin Pots 200 Each Tin Pans 200 Each
Scrubbing Brushes 200 Each Ribbon 100 Pieces
Tape 100 Pieces Needles 100 Papers
White Thread 50 Pounds Blue Thread 50 Pounds
Thimbles 200 Each Beeswax 100 Cakes
Blacking 200 Boxes Scissors 200 Pairs
Shoe Brushes 200 Each Mittens 200 Pairs
Cotton Handkerchiefs 50 Each
Slop Clothing
Mattresses 200 Each Blankets 400 Each
Pea Jackets 100 Each Trowsers 200 Pairs
Duck Frocks 200 Each Duck Trowsers 200 Pairs
White Flannel Shirts 400 Each Blue Flannel Shirts 400 Each
Drawers 400 Each Hats 200 Each
Shoes 200 Pairs Stockings 400 Pairs
Black Handkerchiefs 200 Each Boots 200 Pairs
Provisions
Bread 22,320 Pounds Beef 14,652 Pounds
Pork 10,914 Pounds Flour 1,819 Pounds
Raisins 910 Pounds Tea 400 Pounds
Sugar 3,210 Pounds Rice 3,636 Pounds
Beans 5,460 Pounds Pickles 1,819 Pounds
Vinegar 228 Gallons Spirits 750 Gallons
Water 20,000 Gallons
Allowing per centage for waste
Note:
All recruits, when received aboard receiving-ships of the U.S. Navy, are required to have an
outfit in slop clothing, &c, of one blue cloth jacket, one pair of blue cloth trowsers, 2 duck
frocks, one pair of duck trowsers, two blue flannel shirts, one pair of drawers, one hat, one pair
of shoes, two pairs of stockings, one black silk handkerchief, two pounds of tobacco, two
pounds of soap, one knife, one tin pot, pan and spoon; the grater part of which they have when
transferred to vessels for sea service. This being the case, there is no necessity for having the full
amount, as above stated, in slops and small stores in the purser's department, for issue in the
course of four months.
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