The soldier's foot and the military shoe; a handbook for officers and noncommissioned officers of the line by Munson Edward Lyman b. 1868

Author:Munson, Edward Lyman, b. 1868
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Shoes, Foot
Publisher: Menasha, Wis. : George Banta publishing company

mality, as bunions, or hallux with clubbed toes. But the process of trying on must be continued until a fit is secured. Usually it will happen that about twice as many pairs of shoes are tried on as there are men to be fitted.

In connection with this matter of fitting, it is important to remember that each full size differs by one-third (£) of an inch in length from the next full size; while half sizes, as their name implies, differ from each full size by one-sixth (^) of an inch. As there are fifteen sizes supplied in our army, there is thus a difference of two and one-half inches in length between the longest and the shortest shoes available. Each letter of width represents one-twelfth (■£%) of an inch, and as each size and half size has six widths, a variation of width of half an inch is thus possible for the fitting of each length. With every increase in length by a half size, there is a change in width by one letter—or one-twelfth of an inch. Thus, for example, if a 6D is found to have the right width but to be a little short, a size 6|C should be tried; if a size 8C is of the right width but a full size too long, size 7E would be proper.

It sometimes happens that after a man has been properly fitted as to length, the widest width in that length is found to be somewhat too narrow for him. Under such conditions, a shoe longer than necessary should be given in order to secure the greater width required. A little space in front of the toes does no harm whatever, while a shoe which pinches them will very likely cause discomfort and injury. Mistakes in fitting shoes which are larger than necessary are both rare and little liable to do harm— it is the too short and too narrow shoes which cause the vast majority of injuries and which are to be carefully avoided.

Inasmuch as a flat foot is one in which the maximum elongation has already been practically accomplished, there is relatively little danger of a soldier with such low arch getting a shoe too short for him; but the danger becomes greater and greater according as the soldier's arch is higher and the muscles which support it are thinner and weaker. A high arched but slender and undeveloped foot thus needs an ex-

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