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 . fitting of enlisted mens serviceshoes the necessity for authorizing the employment of im-proved system and extraordinary personal care in the conductof the work of fitting. Difference Between Army and Civilian LastsDoes a man who has worn a 7B shoe in civilian life wear a7B army shoe? Granted that a 7B civilian shoe fits him,does it follow that a 7B army shoe is his proper size? Thisinvolves two vital points: First, there is
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 . fitting of enlisted mens serviceshoes the necessity for authorizing the employment of im-proved system and extraordinary personal care in the conductof the work of fitting. Difference Between Army and Civilian LastsDoes a man who has worn a 7B shoe in civilian life wear a7B army shoe? Granted that a 7B civilian shoe fits him,does it follow that a 7B army shoe is his proper size? Thisinvolves two vital points: First, there is a decided difference between the civilian-shoe last and the army-shoe last. As a matter of fact, com-paring it with some shapes of civilian shoes, a 7B army shoemay be as much as approximately two sizes shorter than a7B civilian shoe, using the civilian last as a standard. Thearmy last has only a 7-16 extension beyond r. the so-calledStandard measurement scale; whereas the extensions ofcivilian lasts very from %e °* a s^ze tothree full sizes. Second, it is a fact that a good proportion of present-dayrecruits to the United States Army for active service is: made 9. SURVEYS MADE IN EIGHT CAMPS -41,852 OUT OF 58,706FITTED Vz 3 V* SIZES SHORT up of men accustomed to leading fairly sedentary lives asprivate citizens; whose civilian activities called for no veryvigorous walking; who perhaps walked to and from theirplaces of business and occupied desk-chairs most of theirworking hours; who took little if any systematic gymnasiumor other athletic exercises. Such men constitute a class whose feet, when introduced tothe stout and somewhat stiff army-regulation shoes and thenrequired to carry their owners on brisk hikes over consider-able distances, will be very likely to develop formidabletroubles—unless those feet are fitted with the proper sizes ofshoes as soon as they come into army training. If a recruit of this class of civilians comes in with his draft,and through mistake or car
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