Source: File: Three
Russian Soldiers. See an original image at: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnybrook100/3377341300/in/album-72157615683192081/>
[Accessed 9 July 2016]
Source:
File: Russian Army in World
War I - Mad Monarchist, [online] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4wg04_ZqEg&feature=youtu.be>
[Accessed: 09 July 2016]
In necessity of an
army's day-to-day
Living, frequent marching,
running,
Fighting across varieties
of rough
Terrain - not to
forget days of training,
An allied army required sturdy boots.
Manufacturers of
this footwear created
Their own trade
references - heavy
Leather was needed
to create army
Boots - tanned
hide parts prefered
Over butts,
shoulders and the cheeks.
Released details
of the Army Council's
Intentions to take
possession of 'all
Bends of 10lb upwards' - making
Claim to all named
parts mentioned;
Would likely push
up all leather prices.
Yet the fact was not particularly new -
The Boot and Shoe Manufacturers'
Secretary stated, on 7th July,
Secretary stated, on 7th July,
Government's order already done
This - to believe effects as not serious.
This - to believe effects as not serious.
Furthermore, an enormous Russian
Order for
infantry and ankle boots
Of 3000,000 that would likely
Double - with
3000,000 Cossack
Boots - could push up high demands.
Price
rise rumours by such orders
May
have added some effect,
Along with reasons, such as
Scarce male
labour, to include
Insufficient war
bonus from 1915.
More grant applications were under
Way, while a bubbling crisis came
Way, while a bubbling crisis came
From obtaining enough leather
To complete big contracts - to find
Sources in time created pressures.
Sources in time created pressures.
A month had been given
to find
All sources for leather
uppers
Of tallest boots
- for future
Needs, in a
current shortage
Of quality, was
to import the hide.
The government’s
restrictions from
Taking their claim
for leathers
Suitable for army
boots,
Had resulted in
there being
Limited resources of good quality.
Limited resources of good quality.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. 1916. Army Boots - Russia's Enormous Orders. The Daily
Telegraph, [online] 8 July 1916.
P.6. Col.2. Available at:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12211872/Daily-Telegraph-July-8-1916.html>[Accessed:
9 July 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 9 July 2016).
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