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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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1918] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 109 August 31, 1918 President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois: DEAR PRESIDENT JAMES: Pursuant to authorization of the Board of Trustees, and in accordance with procedure of previous years, I placed contracts in June for uniforms for the Cadet Regiment, as follows: Contractor and Items Estimated Total Cost Jacob Reed's Sons: 1. Coat and breeches made of Cloth No. 1615 Charlottesville Woolen Mills , . $25.95 $31,140 2. Cap, including insignia 2.25 2,700 3. R. O. T. C. sleeve ornament 25 300 Total. J. M. Kaufman & Company: 4. Shirt, made of cloth No. 903 5. Tie, black regulation 37 in 6. Web waist belt 7. Canvas puttees No. 50, pair 8. Olive drab gloves, pair 9. Linen collar 10. U. of I. monograms, pair 11. R. O. T. C. metal ornaments for coat, per set 12. R. O. T. C. for shirt, per set $28.45 4.25 25 34 1.27 48 15 17 50 50 $ 7.91 $34,140 5,100 300 408 1,524 576 180 204 600 600 $9,492 $36.36 $43,632 On receipt of advice from the War Department that the plan of military training in universities would be changed so that full equipment together with mess and quarters would be furnished by the government, I found on investigation that practically the entire Kaufman order was in stock in Champaign, and that the material for the Reed contract was delivered or in process, although no work had actually been done by Reed's. I thereupon went to Philadelphia and Washington to arrange, if possible, to dispose of the contracts without loss, with the following results: (1) Reed's will accept cancelation providing goods can be disposed of at cost of same to them. (2) Charlottesville Woolen Mills, manufacturers of the cloth, will not accept cancelation. (3) The Quartermaster's Department will buy all material except monograms, ornaments, and insignia, provided material is satisfactory, of which there is little or no doubt, at prices to be arranged, which will doubtless be practically our costs. (4) A recommendation has been submitted to the General Staff, which is expected to receive approval, providing for a commutation to us of $26.62 per student, we to furnish the uniforms as planned.
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