| Show Till Mil n I ins LIVING Among other causes of solicitude for the proper care And ousten aVe of our Boldlers In the Held there la I nothing of greater Importance than that of nutritious portable unit prepared nor raw food In tolerable variety Under ho circumstances dots the system require more feeding of a proper character than In practical warfare and In but few cases Is I It more difficult to get A toldlcrs lift when In actual I duty Is I a continuous period of activity sometimes some-times precluding tin posslbllltj nf cooking for days nt n time nil the while there must be nutriment nour Ihmnt and even occasionally mill stimulant all of which most he carried on the person oftener than otherwise I nnl to get the greatest amount of hoe flcla provender Into tm > narrowest possible space Is I always a problem In this connection the California rnlsln Is 1 now being favorably consUi ereA I ns a fruit ration for the soldiers It has many advantages and Ittues Dried fruit Is bull and awkward besides be-sides being unlit to cat raw Canned fruits take up too much room and are more awkward than anything else liven the Malaga and other common 11 raising are pr dbd because of the seeds which larit ly partaken of In I does o pndlcIU losideff which they are very costly and would of necesitt Gradually become more so It has bee about settled that the seedless raisin Is I the thing and the only thing of the kind l for regular ulo I The San lrancl o Chronicle claim that the fruit last spoken of fills the bill In all reppfcts tracking none of the food qualities of tht best London layer raisin It at the same time overcome the official objection to that fruit As apart part of the military ration It 1 to both wholesome And Ion priced A hAndfUl of this fruit now And then vo Ill keep the system In order mitigate hunger nnd Impart strength In the latter respect the rosin has remarkable properties not unlike those of the date by whlcl the Arab nourishes the vitality flint enables him to ride and fight all day or of the 7antc currant which sometimes times constitutes the only food of the Industrious Greek laborer It seems that Commissioner Oenrn Egan Is I favorably disposed toward the California rnlsln And this being the case It Is I quite likely tile government will adopt It The subject has received n great dal of 0nhlroUon Its 1m parlance justifying those In authority In exercising every ear and making all selections Judiciously Every section of the count has an Interest In the subject that Is I more than a passing commonplace feeling and amounts ton to-n dtnnlnatlon that nothing that Is I beneficial and practicable to the bore In I blue shall be withheld |
