During the period of the war the depot outfitted and equipped 36 expeditionary units for service in France and the West Indies, and over 31,000,000 pounds of various kinds of supplies were shipped on Government bills of lading. The depot departments were so organized that it was only necessary to expand each division of the office forces and increase the number of employees and machines in the manufacturing departments in order to meet the increased demands during the war. The personnel of the depot on June 30, 1919, was as follows: Thirteen commissioned officers, 7 warrant officers, 2 civilians, 102 enlisted men of the regular service, 21 reservists, and 1,095 other employees of all classes, making a total personnel of 1,240.
DEPOT OF SUPPLIES, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
The activities of this depot were increased during the war by the greater number of recruits to be outfitted on the west coast, and by the establishment of the subsistence branch of the depot at San Francisco. This depot has supplied all posts on the west coast, and furnished the supplies for the troops in the Orient.
DEPOT OF SUPPLIES, CHARLESTON, S. C.
This depot was established soon after the declaration of war for the purpose of supplying all posts south of Norfolk, including the West Indies. The storage facilities consist of 7 warehouses and a total floor space of 124,778 square feet. A total of about 14,287 tons of stores were shipped from this depot during the fiscal year 1919, these stores being valued at approximately $12,000,000; during the same period approximately 18,000 tons of stores were received, at an estimated value of $15,000,000. Practically all shipments of supplies of every description for troops in the West Indies are made from this depot.
EXPENDITURES.
The expenditures of the quartermaster’s department for the fiscal years ending June 30ths, 1917, 1918, and 1919, were as shown below, exclusive of appropriations for public works, under the Navy Department, from which figures the enormous increase in the activities and responsibilities of this department, caused by the war and by the increase in strength, is evident:
| Subhead. | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Provisions | $1,612,908.30 | $6,725,893.05 | $10,287,965.53 |
| Clothing | 2,173,501.59 | 11,123,760.36 | 20,275,456.01 |
| Fuel | 248,606.82 | 590,120.91 | 989,573.08 |
| Military stores | 1,520,289.39 | 6,371,978.10 | 13,952,476.49 |
| Camps of instruction | 31,871.04 | 30,945.83 | .. |
| Transportation and recruiting | 620,667.75 | 1,514,657.77 | 3,064,099.21 |
| Repairs of barracks | 216,715.56 | 3,754,241.58 | 5,883,065.69 |
| Forage | 75,018.94 | 161,614.81 | 163,132.90 |
| Commutation of quarters | 164,497.24 | 402,402.51 | 363,484.53 |
| Contingent | 983,984.91 | 4,864,825.25 | 8,674,269.61 |
| Expenditures under appropriation “Reserve supplies, U. S. M. C.” | .. | .. | 2,510,527.44 |
| Purchases under second deficiency act from United States Army | .. | .. | 772,540.00 |
| Total maintenance quartermasters’ department U. S. M. C. | 7,648,061.54 | 35,540,440.17 | 66,936,590.49 |