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Show PERSHING REQUESTED TO COME II Forces in France Warned Against Was'te by Secretary Secre-tary Baker. WASHINGTON", Feb. 6. Food coiuei vation by the American forces in France was suggested to General Pershing today to-day by Secretary Baker. The Americai; commander was asked to consider reflations ref-lations govern ing the purchase of frx-i-by soldiers from post exchanges and fro the French people, and to take up th subject of avoiding food wastes at tin table. The secretary's cablegram, given o.t by the food administration, read"V, "The importance of the conserv,' l of food and the desirability of avW V waste among the mllitai-y forces, a "if ever -in creasing difficulty of sup 1 food products to our allies, as well our military forces and civilian pt tion. suggests the advisability of pr. ganda among your forces In the of the necessity of food conservatir-Action conservatir-Action looking to similar results has w-i taken up In division camps, cantonmer and war prison camps in the Unitf-i States. "The idea suggests itself of iesuin? instructions in-structions to your command looking no only to the avoidance of waste in me-ssw but also to a possible regulation of tfi sale of foodstuffs In post exchanges, Y M. C. A., Knights of Columbus, etc., also the advisability of attempting to regulate regu-late the purchase by American soldlw of foodstuffs from the French people Complaints have been made that tt French people, in selling food product' to American soldiers, are charging exorbitant ex-orbitant prices and thereby Increasing the cost of living for the French people. Thi" causes the unnecessary consumption b; American soldiers of considerable quantities quan-tities of food. This, it Is believed, adds unnecessarily to the burden of the French food problem. . Your recommendations in this ma ttcr are requested " |