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Title: 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
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: U.S. Army
Subjects: WWI World War I Shoes United States. -- Army -- Quartermaster Corps
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on the part of the operator as to theexact points of length and width recorded by the machine,the safe policy is to select the greater length and the nar-rower width. The complete instruction for using the foot-measuring ma-chine given in Special Regulations No. 28, is as follows: (a) After taking the machine from its box, open it wide bymoving the lever as far front as possible and pulling out theplunger as far as it will go. The machine is now ready for use. (&) Let the man put his foot in the machine and stand withall his weight. The heel should rest firmly against the heelblock. It is important that the foot should rest in the exactcenter of the machine. (c) Release lover, which operates the width indicator andpush the plunger until the plate touches the toe. Do nottouch the plunger again while the foot is in the machine.Make sure that the metal side pieces touch the toe joints. (d) Then let the man throw his entire weight on the ballof his foot, raising the heel slightly. 27
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(e) The width, is automatically registered by the arrow. Asthe arrow wavers, following the action of the heel up anddown, take the average of the extremes. (Example: If thearrow wavers from width b to width d use width c)The correct size of the shoe is indicated by the pointer on theplunger on the right hand scale. (/) Measure the other foot in the same manner and if thereshould be a difference select size to fit the longer foot and thenarrower width. (g) Oil the slide under the device occasionally. Note.—Verify the length selected by testing with shoe-fittingdevice. . Actual Operations in Proving the Shoe SizeHaving determined the size of shoes for the soldier to tryon, the measurer proceeds to the second part of the fittingoperation, which iff to prove the correctness of the size bytesting it with the shoe-fitting device—the set of metal blades.In reality, this operation is employed in order to render itdoubly certain that each man shall receive correctly-fittedshoes. Each of th

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