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I think that you’re referring to the pronunciation [mɛnkl̩], which I associate most with Lancashire but might be also heard in other bordering counties.The simple reason is that the sequences /tl/ and /kl/ were interchangeable in some northern dialects. So too were the sequences /dl/ and /gl/.I’ll quote the relevant part of Graham Shorrocks’s epic work on the Bolton dialect here.:/tl/ occurs in free variation with /kl/. (Footnote: Similarly, initial /dl/ and /gl/ are in free variation) /tlɪɵ(r), klɪɵ(r)/ ‘clear; /tlɪfn̩, klɪfn̩/ ‘Clifton; /tlʏɵz, klʏɵz/ ‘clothes, etc. /t/ in the combination /tl/ is articulated with the blade and front of the tongue and laterally released, i.e. [tˡ].Page 317 in Shorrocks, Graham (1999). A Grammar of the Dialect of the Bolton Area, Part 1. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.From my personal experience, people seem to notice this substitution more when it’s at the end of the word than when it’s at the beginning. Pronunciation such as “glad” as [dlad] and “clumsy” as [tlʊmzɪ] often pass without being noticed. In contrast, “mental” as [mɛnkl̩] and “little” as [lɪkl̩] stand out a lot more.

The U.S. Department of Defense obtains most of its uniforms and equipage through its Defense Supply Center - Philadelphia (DSCP). DSCP follows the usual procurement procedures for Federal agencies required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented by the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) and the Defense Logistics Agency Acquisition Directive (DLAD).DSCP generally uses competitive procurement procedures to obtain clothing, meaning purchases are announced in FedBizOps, a government website for publicizing procurements and contract awards ) https://www.fbo.gov/); and bids are solicited from companies that have asked to be included on a bidders mailing list. Offers (called "bids" or "proposals," depending on which form of competition is used) have to be received by a certain date, and the government then evaluates which is the most advantageous offer for the government. Price is part of how "most advantageous offer" is determined, but the offer must agree to provide the product the government wants, and the offeror has to be responsible. "Responsible" means the offeror has the capability--financial, managerial, technical--to complete the contract successfully and on time. Past performance on similar work may be used to determine the best offer, along with nonprice cost factors such as transportation costs.In addition to the above, clothing purchased by the Department of Defense is subject to a stricter buy American restriction than most other supplies. Basically, clothing purchased for the military must be manufactured in the U. S., from U.S. components. Foreign sources can be considered for supplying other types of supplies (subject to restrictions), but the restrictions for clothing are near absolute. Unless an item or component of clothing is unavailable from U.S. sources, it must be procured from U.S. sources (https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/225_70.htm#225.7002). This near absolute restriction ("Berry Amendment) also applies to food and hand or measuring tools and flags.Agencies other than the Department of Defense also buy uniforms, but are not subject to the Berry Amendment. I will leave it to someone else to answer in regard to purchases by other agencies.