This U.S. Army uniform regulation announced in the September 13th, 1918 issue of The Stars & Stripes helped to put British, French (and later German) tailors to work on the uniforms of U.S. officers:
“According to this plan, each Quartermaster depot will have a tailoring system through which the officer can buy his cloth and then be fitted and outfitted on the spot. At each depot, civilian labor will be contracted and the officer need pay for only his share of the labor cost.”
