Army Foot Measuring And Shoe Fitting System Prefaced By A Discussion Of The Theory And Importance Of Correct Shoefit For Enlisted Men A Manual For Commissioned Officers . e shoes of the enlisted menin his command does, through pressure of other duties, per-mit his men to wear shoes not fitted properly and in completeaccordance with the Government regulations, that officer willnot only be disobeying orders in an important matter butwill also be contributing more .to the future discomfort if notactual disability of those improperly-shod men than by almostany other act he could possibly perform.
Army Foot Measuring And Shoe Fitting System Prefaced By A Discussion Of The Theory And Importance Of Correct Shoefit For Enlisted Men A Manual For Commissioned Officers . e shoes of the enlisted menin his command does, through pressure of other duties, per-mit his men to wear shoes not fitted properly and in completeaccordance with the Government regulations, that officer willnot only be disobeying orders in an important matter butwill also be contributing more .to the future discomfort if notactual disability of those improperly-shod men than by almostany other act he could possibly perform. Vanity of Civilians a Menace to Correct Fit Take the case of an average citizen drafted into the Armyservice—a man who held a modest, moderate station in •business and social life and was accustomed, as many menare, to take private pride and satisfaction in the trimness ofhis footwear; one of the millions of men who are able tocrowd their feet into shoes a little too small and endure themwithout constant, actual suffering. Suppose, now, that mancomes to training camp and, in the rush of supplying hun-dreds or thousands of other recruits with their necessary 46. equipment, is hurriedly asked by a commissary officer whatsize of shoes he wants. If he receives shoes that are tooshort, it is almost a certainty what will happen. When he first puts them on he may not fully realize hispredicament. He will probably sit down on a bench andcrowd his feet into them, fully anticipating that they willfeel strange and awkward. He will not be likely to lacethem properly. He will then stand up and perhaps take three steps in them, not carrying his army pack and the shoes do not at that moment actually hurt his feet, as - they may not do, he will decide that they fit. He will notknow or be able to anticipate that if he were carrying hismarching load his feet might easily spread one-quarter orone-half an inch. When he gets into his first hike his troubles will com-mence. The p
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