SUPPLIES: Order-of-the-Week

Canada’s Department of Munitions & Supply last week ordered $25,000 worth of false teeth for Canadian soldiers, on top of $19,000 worth already ordered, 100,000 teeth already delivered to the Canadian Army Dental Corps. Officials said these large orders were no reflection on Canadians’ oral health and equipment, merely precaution against shortage “so that a run on bicuspids or molars would not prevent [Army] dentists from making up suitable plates.”