With two o11 drums from the Depot Salvage yard over an impro- \ vised fire box, two seventy-gallon wooden barrels for rinsing vate, drying lines, and water carried from latrines, the first dyeing plant was set up 15 ay 1942 in the rear yard of Company Number t, A detail of thirteen Italian prisoners and officer, under the direction of it. Walsh formed the enthusiastic gonnel, whe, for ten per~ months conducted a surprisingly successful "Tintoria* ? juring this time three thousand pounds of dark blue dye, forty seven pounds of olive drab dye, obtained through the Quarternaster | laundry and the DuPer ; | , an wi ington, Delaware and five thousand two hundred and fifty pounds of salt were used.4 The dye fornula proved go satisfactory that all prisoner of war nd brought their khaki shirts to Lt, Waleh and company to be dyed. By 15 June, 1943, all needed eumer cloth had been dyed. Im all, 5,000 articles had been dyed and issued to the prisoners of war at the Ogden Camp. with | guch & volume of work the ground around rinsing barrels became so muddy by August, ed for a large plant. By th , 1943, the oi drums and that Lt. Walsh arrang~ - of Qetober 1943, they had dyed more than 13,000 articles of winter and suamer clothing Bothe Colonel 8. I. Lawrence, internment camp Commander, Talbot dr,, Utah ASF Depot, forseeing its nmand er utility gave No ve upply Office. 12 Jan. L944.