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Show FEEDING A FAMIL Y OF MILLIONS HUGE TASK FOR UNCLE SAm You may have, your morning "reveille" to .stir you from our sleep, Your "taps" at iii'jht when "lihts out' hu-ih the fvij in silence deep. There's one. time n ien your Uncle calls, old top, I -must confess, I'm ahays fit to grab tvy kit when bugles bu-gles toot for "mess." "A sh e m h ly" hrln rt us vp right smart; 'tis thru, f.-t, fall in line. " f'etreat" .sure jets' your goat vJien that old flag comes down so fine. Vict one call sets me running in a hurry; ran you guess? Of course. You, know, I'm never sloio when bugles toot for "mess." O army beans, I love you sot O hash, thou art a jewel Who ivnulrl not smack his lips o'er thee is hut an arrant, fool. You let I'll right with all my might, and lick 'em iritfi tinrsse; Then i': lie n we've won just watch me run uhen bugles toot for "mess." By Charh-s W. Dukn 'VKTllE'S you say that eiqhty tons of food are required da:'y to ration the Approximately id. 0.1') ur.it.; of new National Army soing into rump now in each of the six', ecu cantonments scattered scat-tered over tho country the figures roll f.Hbly off your tongue. You knew that it requited a lot of fi.nd to supply so many nic:i and took" it fur granted that tho daily menu at each' of the camps totaled a stupendous amount. But when you sit down to figure it out In detail, to multiply one day's "grub" for each cantonment by sixteen cantonments canton-ments and many National Guard, regular reg-ular army, naval camps, aviation centers, cen-ters, officers' training camps, ordnance schools and other military centers and then to niultiply the whole by weeks, months and years, the figures begin to reach astounding proportions, and you wonder how Food Administrator poorer and his assistants are getting away with their job. Four Pounds a Day The average ration for a soldier amounts to four pounds a day, which means that about 100,000 pounds, or eighty tons, of food are necessary to the daily upkeep of each of the canton- ments. At that rate the sixteen can tonments will consume nearly 1300 tons of food daily, close to 9000 tons ! weekly, approximately 40,000 tons i monthly and half a million tons yearly. At the prevailing prices of foodstuffs you can thus get a staggering estimate of the cost of "eats" alone to Uncle Sam in the world war. If you care for figures and have an adding machine handy you mif.ht go on and figure out how much food the million and a half fighting men now in' arms under tho Stars ' and Stripes are going to eat during the first year of our participation participa-tion in the conflict. Four pounds of food daily to a fighting fight-ing force of a million and a half fighting fight-ing men means a total consumption or aoOO tons every twenty-four hours. Thus from sunrise to sunset the army and navy of your Uncle Sam eat their way through a mountain of food almost equivalent in weight to the displacement displace-ment of the giant United States dreadnought dread-nought Pennsylvania. Balanced in the scales against modern locomotives, the daily bill of fare of the boys cither already "over there" or getting ready to "go over" would balance two of the Pacific type engines used on the Chesapeake Chesa-peake and Ohio. The amount of food required every, thirty clays at any one of the sixteen cantonments would fill to capacity a train of 100 box cars. Allowing 135 box cars to a rail mile, the train necessary neces-sary to carry the food that our fighting fight-ing sons will consume in a year would stretch in a continuous line from'' Atlantic At-lantic City to Boston. One Year's "Eats" at Army Cantonments 20Oi00 bushels of wheat. 6-1.000.000 pounds of fresh beef. 4,000,000 pounds of fresh pork. 10,F)uO,0u0 gallons of fresh milk. 2,? 00 ,000 bushels of potatoes. ',Y7 ,)()() bushels onions. 275.000,000 pounds of other vegetables, vegeta-bles, such as beans, cabbage, turnips, tur-nips, spinach, etc. HO, 000, 000 pounds of coffee. 33,000 tons of granulated sugar. 8M,000 gallons of cucumber pickles. 3,800,000 cans of black pepper? 372.000 cans of cinnamon, cloves, ginger- and nutmeg. 8,200.000 pounds of lard. 7.300.000 pounds of butter. 300.000.000 pounds of flour. 1,000,000 gallons of cane syrup, lemon and vanilla extracts. These few figures give some estimate . of the tremendous job of provisioning an army in warfare. And since an army "travels on its stomach" the job is of prime importance in keeping our boys in trim. To this end the Administration Administra-tion at "Washington, through the quartermaster's quar-termaster's and commissary departments, depart-ments, has given itself to the huge assignment as-signment with the utmost care. And it is not overstating it to say that the American army and navy will be the best fed forces in the field. The resources re-sources of the nation have been placed at the disposal of the Army and Navy Departments, and it is a safe wager that there will be no food scandals such as characterized the mobilization of our forces at the time of the Spanish-American Spanish-American War. Army menus are divided into five classes garrison, travel, reserve, field and emergency rations to which might also be added what is termed the Filipino Fili-pino ration, which is that given to the brown-skinned, soldier of our colonies, who require more rice and fish and less bacon and beef. Travel rations are the kind used by the men in the journeys from mobilization camps to the front Eighteen Tons of Bread Are Required Daily to Feed Our Army in France. The Boys "Over There" Now Eat Ten Tons of Chicken at One Meal 10.5.00 gallon, of fre,h milk. J V f Ar , ' v S-'VV 2,500,000 bushels of potatoes. -SjSE? ' i ' - ' , A 3ZJ.0O0 bushels onions. ? 1 " 273.H00.000 pounds of other veseta- , S V ' '- v t . r' " , ' , v r bios, such as beans, cabbage, tur- S?-ii'-'.f- - ,- t k f J l , , J vc- A v'' nips, spinach, etc. A?' ' ( - ' ' i ' ' . ' ' ' SQ.0..O.O0O pounds of coffee. I ' X X 33,000 tons of granulated sugar. Z .iTp f N , 4 S V 4 ' 4 - ' X V r, J 8i;c, 000 gallons of cucumber pickles, V? c ' CA ' t , s 1 a , " 3,800,000 cans of black pepper! , T- j " " " V V - ' s ' ' " Y " V S 371!, 000 cans of cinnamon, cloves, J 'sc?- .r4 f i ' - N i ' k N. ' -N is ginger and nutmeg. fF H - ' f V - s 8,200.000 pounds of lard. A)V,,J , . A' ' " ' ' 'J - ' 7.300.000 pounds of butter. ' iAW'k 5 T , ' v , , , i 300.000,000 pounds of flour. .TT i X 1 ' ' t ,S s v " 1,000,000 Kailns of cane syrup,. tf'flXK ' f -T'' H C s f, 1 lemon and vanilla extracts. J J i n J V ) $ ' i - 5 - V 5j - ' .f s- " , .J "" "T -"iv-!-?8 Portable kitchens of the kind. shown to the left keep food and A l Cc' " f K 4 J s ' drillk hot for armies on the march' , . ipl I - 'WiM0-f''v1- Fbe Week's ,j tr- ggZti3 Rations at t. . l&Jr&i&jzizjT Army Lamp These few figures give some estimate . fc.iSaa. , ss-'" ,T. y 3ii4ii- Df the tremendous job of provisioning VS,, t Z f JSb-" " ' an army in warfare. And since an army 'Kr - C , ' 100,000 pounds fresh beef. "travels on its stomach" the job is of "g; v i , v y consume. Tin estimate has been found There is plenty to eat at every meal; 50,000 pounds of fresh pork. ; prime importance in keeping our boys w,'Ciisii-!Jaaa0B ' to work out something like this for each a second helping is to be had. Waste 50,000 pounds of mutton, in trim. To this end the Administra- man: Four ounces of bacon, three and a is curtailed in every possible way, as this 15,000 pounds of butter. tipn at Washington, through the quar- ' ,gjSaa' S2sg& half ounces of liver, four ounces of apt quotation from the "Mess Sergeant's 1200 dozen eggs, termaster's and commissary depart- steak, four and a half ounces of sau- Handbook," by Captain L. R. Holbrook, 1S00 pounds dressed chicken. and consist of a. simple diet that can be prepared by the individual soldier. This must be served one day during every two months in camp in order that the men may be schooled in its preparation. It includes canned goods and boxed supplies, to be used when there are no cooking facilities. Field rations are the kind required when on long marches and consist of what the men can carry along with what their commanders may be able to commandeer comman-deer along the route. The emergency rations are the tabloid foods, consisting of prepared tablets of pressed drief beef, chocolate and bread wafers of highly nutritive value. The boys get these in the trenches or when isolated from the regular reg-ular food supply. Garrison rations are the kind doled out in the encampments. This lss the . "VA- ' , . t sit "s 4' if 4 -1 V . j?; 1 " - -? f i "' j N - . S V - s f J:, J ' . -- - . h ' .... .. , ' T-''- Ifi li : ' '"'fi tul , fcJ type served in the cantonments and it is of this kind with which this article will deal chiefly. Let it be known in passing that an army ration, strictly speaking, is the allowance for the subsistence sub-sistence of one person for one day. It is upon this unit that the army estimates esti-mates are made, and it has been worked out so carefully that Washington Washing-ton knows exactly what it costs to feed every man in the service. That cost, for an average of four pounds of food daily to each man, is between thirty and forty cent-;, Varying with the fluctuations in the markets. Garrison TJations Virtually every visitor to our camps today busies himself or herself almost immediately with, an inspection of the camp's cuisine. Mess time is equally as interesting as dress parade or inspection inspec-tion of arms. While the soldier's food is plain and' devoid of "dainties," it is always nourishing, well cooked and built up of those calories that are calculated cal-culated to keep the body in fighting trim. The garrison ration of the army menu consists of twenty-five staple articles: Fresh beef, bacon, flour, baking powder, dried beans, rice, potatoes, onions, canned tomatoes, prunes, jam, evaporated apples and peaches, coffee, sugar, evaporated milk, vinegar, pickles, salt, pepper, cinnamon, lard, butter, syrup and lemon extract. They are the fundamental articles of diet. Of course, it varies. Some of the more important substitutes are likely to be canned corn-beef, corn-beef, dried and canned fish, cornmeal, canned vegetables, canned fruit, chocolate choco-late and tea, cereals, and specials for holidays. It is quite possible for the army men to have chicken and ice cream. It generally gen-erally works out in this way: Each unit that messes together company, troop or battery is allowed one ration for every enlisted man. As the rations are drawn a. charge- sales slip is issued. Every thirty days the me:-s gets back in cash the allowance not drawn in food. If the company or troop has drawn more than its allowance U must make good the difference in money. This is not likely to occur, for the company captain and the mess sergeant keep a sharp eye out for such a condition of affairs. Ey a little economy the company com-pany can so ration itself that it will have a tidy cash sum coining to it, and thereby be enabled to enjoy delicacies. So closely has it been figured out that the mess sc:"t:-'ant knows to a fraction (jf' an ounce how mu'.h food his men H : -r,-T 1 M x m : s , v. ' s . t f - it ; v .s " n !V , . , ins, consume. Thiestimate has been found to work out something like this for each man: Four ounces of bacon, three and a half ounces of liver, four ounces of steak, four and a half ounces of sausage, sau-sage, five ounces of beef, Ave ounces of fish, eight ounces of chicken, three ounces of beans, one ounce of macaroni, three ounces of onions, four ounces of potatoes, one ounce of rice, three ounces of tomatoes, three ounces of turnips, tur-nips, one ounce of dried fruits and three ounces of jam. A sample daily menu in one of out-camps out-camps ?now under canvas has been found to work out something like this: Breakfast Fruit or breakfast food; meat, in some form, with a vegetable, hot bread with butter, or hot cakes and syrup; coffee. Dinner Soup; meat, roasted, boiled or fried, or fish; two vegetables; a vegetable or fruit salad; dessert; bread and butter; but-ter; coffee or tea. Supper Meat or fish; one vegetable; hot rolls; stewed fruit or jam; bread and coffee, tea or chocolate. General Pershing's army now behind the batfle lines in France eats about 2i00 tons of food a month. This is "some" problem for your Uncle Sam, inasmuch in-asmuch as his men are so far away from home and the Kaiser's U-boats are maintaining their ruthless warfare, despite de-spite the concerted scientific activities of the Allied nations. The sinking of a single ship carrying 10,000 tons of foodstuffs food-stuffs for our expeditionary forces would mean nearly two weeks' rations for the boys "over there." It is with considerable pride that Americans look upon the fact that General Pershing and his men are provisioned entirely by supplies drawn from this country and living entirely economically independent inde-pendent of any of the nations with which our country has joined hands. Plenty to Eat Our boys abroad are living in pretty good style, too. Chicken is served them once a week. Ten tons of chicken are required for a single meal. It takes five tons of potatoes for a meal, which is about equivalent to the amount that can be raised on one and a half acres of ground. Six and a quarter tons of fish are required for one meal, one and a quarter tons of coffee and three and a quarter tons of jam. And yet Uncle Sam runs his kitchen on an average of forty cents a day for each of his family. fam-ily. The difference between the way Uncle Sam runs his army and the manner man-ner in which the restaurateurs "gouge" the public is shown by comparing the Government's allowance of forty cents a day with the sixty cents allowed each recruit of the new army for a single meal en route to the cantonments this mouth. Portable kitchens of the kind shown to the left keep food and driiik hot for armies on the march ' ' There is plenty to eat at every meal; a second helping is to be had. Waste is curtailed in every possible way, as this apt quotation from the "Mess Sergeant's Handbook," by Captain L. R. Holbrook, U. S. A., will show: "Each day, immediately im-mediately after dinner, the menu is made out for supper, in order to use all portions of food left over from breakfast and dinner while they are still fresh, and at the same time the bills of fare are prepared for breakfast and dinner for the following day. For example: ex-ample: Mush left over from breakfast may be sliced when cold and served with syrup; or, fritters may be made from it. There may be material for creamed potatoes, fried potatoes, potato balls, a salad, meat balls, croquettes, beef loaf, etc., left over from breakfast and dinner; or by preparing a small amount of food and that left over, the whole may be used ,to advantage." Lesson in Thrift Captain Holbrook might have used the word "hash" while he was at it, for we have dined in the mess halls at Fort Niagara and Plattsburg, in the National Guard camps and elsewhere, and found '"hash" a conspicuous article of diet on the evening menus. And it tasted good, too, after hiking around all day looking things over. Uncle Sam's unique method of housekeeping house-keeping is a lesson in itself that any thrifty housewife can copy to good advantage. ad-vantage. He figures in advance a weekly week-ly budget that includes the amount to be spent for food so much and no more. When he exceeds that amount any one day be makes it up the next day so as to keep an even balance.' By "shaving" the birdget one day he is at-lc to have luxuries the next day. Hash on Saturday Satur-day from Friday's leftovers means chicken and watermelon on Sunday. Proper feeding of a modern army is facilitated greatly by the wonderful new field kitchens that fellow the army. They are the marvel of man and woman alike who go to visit the boys in their camps. These movable kitchens are divided into two carriages; one is the "stove" proper and the other reserve bins, in which food already cooked is kept warm. Hot food, placed In cylindrical cylin-drical containers, is kept hot in tightly clamped receptacles for twenty-four hours. Each kitchen cooks for 250 men. When one considers that a tightin-; man eats a pound of bread with his daily rations, and that eighteen tons of bread are required daily to feed an amy of 10.000 in one of the cantonments, it i-, readily apparent that the bake;- 1ms some chance to "do his bit" in this war. Four thousand bakers arc ncs-i-sa i y to make the stalT of life for an army of a million men. Sevci runs of so-cail,-,-, garrison bread can be made in t lie army One Week's :j Rations at i Army Camp 100,000 pounds fresh beef. y 50,000 pounds of fresh pork. , ' ! 50.000 pounds of mutton. 15,000 pounds of butter. 1200 dozen eggs. 1800 pounds dressed chicken. 15,000 loaves of bread daily. 17S0 gallons milk daily. ; - , 1P working day of sixteen hours. Each ' bakery company, consisting of sixty-one men, bakes 12,096 pounds of bread daily. A portable field oven will bake approximately 3500 pounds of issue bread or 2000 pounds of field bread in yjj day when operated continuously. Onc kind of bread is intended for the men near at hand; the other for troops located lo-cated at some remote point. To conserve the health of his soldiers L'ncle Sam exercises the best of precautions pre-cautions to see that the food is not only -, well cooked, but that the raw product'' is clean and wholesome. Tou have probably prob-ably noticed that the mess tents direct-ly direct-ly adjofff the officers' tenets, in,-, the layout cf the military camp. The boys form ir. A lino for mess in their company streets ' and wind in front of- the field kitchens that flank the company street' direct opposite the officers' quarters. ir-T j is all a part of the arrangement wheij- V by the officers have access to the food in the preparation and inspect it before it is issued to the men. Hvery effort is being made to protect the military reservations, not alone in i-the i-the food prepared within the camp for the men, but in supervision of the small army of hucksters, venders and the like that follow hard on the establishment of every army camp. Along this line Surgeon Sur-geon General Blue said but recently; Safeguarding Camps '"We expect that soft-drink stands, pie counters and quick-lunch places will spring up at the edge of every cantonment canton-ment and military camp with mush-room-like speed. We not only will havu to see to it that the food and drinks they offer for sale meet the requirements as to wholesomeness. but we will have to make sure that the vast quantity of milk used on tho military reservations comes from carefully selected, disease-free disease-free herdH. "The matter -f preventing soldier? from gett inrr deleterious foods from,-" hucksters and venders just beyond the military reservations will be one of the greater troubles. It will do no good to see to it that the men get only pure, well-cook.-'d food at the company kitch'V ens if i hey a re t n be allowed to - unwholesome stuff outside. At the"-.of the"-.of the .lamrstnwu Kxpcslt ion I h,lU charge of the sanitary problem-, there, and it became necessary to bar all hurk-stors hurk-stors and venders. Only the milk from one iubrrculiu-tcsted dairy was allowed to enter the grounds." : i |