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Excerpt from Report of the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps to the Secretary of the Navy, 1891
Also, a board was convened to consider and report upon what, if any, changes were necessary in the uniform of the officers and enlisted men of the corps, and also to revise the standard samples Of supplies used in the Marine Corps, to meet the demands of the service, the ones now in use having been established in 1881.
The board has made a preliminary report, recommending a number of additions and changes in the clothing and equipment Of enlisted men, which could be made without material cost, and the recommendations having been approved by the Department, I directed the quartermaster to include the different articles in his proposals for supplies for the pres ent year.
The following are the additions, viz. Canvas fatigue suits, leggings, mattresses, wire bunk bottoms, pillows, pillowcases, and sheets, and black helmets instead Of shakos.
These changes will be of great benefit and comfort to the enlisted men of the corps, and will tend to decrease the number of desertions.
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