Folding stored uniforms

[J4BZ]

I've read a couple posts about storing uniforms. One made a passing reference to folding the uniform rather than putting it on a hanger, which strikes me as a more authentic way to store things. It raises the following question: Can someone either please share what they know or direct me to where I might go to find out how quartermasters stored their uniform inventory?

I suspect that quartermasters didn't have uniforms stored on hangers and that there is a more authentic means of storing uniforms than the "modern" suggestions that I read when I searched the posts on this question.

Any guidance or insight would be much appreciated.

J4BZ
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J T. Forbes
Bloomington, IN

[jchristiansen]

Re: Folding stored uniforms

Although this doesn't directly answer your question:

Ragged Soldier/ Vintage Volumes, an approved vendor, has an archived research article on their website about the development of clothes hangers.

[Brian Baird]

Re: Folding stored uniforms

Uniforms were bailed.
Chris Daley has good info on his web site:

http://www.cjdaley.com/issueshipping.htm

Brian Baird

[CompanyWag]

Re: Folding stored uniforms

Brian is quite right. Quartermasters received clothing in wrapped bales described in the Crosman manual (as quoted on Chris' website). Each bale contained a specified ratio of each available size referred to as the Tariff of Sizes. I imagine that these bales were stacked in warehouses in the same manner as cotton bales...or even hardbread crates. References I've read in the past seem to indicate that this clothing was commonly issued out directly from the bale rather than being stored neatly folded on a quartermaster's shelf.

Paul McKee