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Show !i : j YankArmy j Eats Only ! OneTurk I But Troops Bound for ! Germany Have Other ; Good Things. ! By Asaociatsd Prass. AMBRIl'AN ARMY OK OCCMTA- TIOV Xr.v " fit-l nnm lnrLev n. . served on Thanksgiving day In the t entire American army of occupation. This was at the mess of fifteen far-sighted far-sighted officers of the bureau of op-' op-' era t tons at the headquarters of the ' Third division at Itemlch. The turkey was purchased November 11 and was fattened for the feast of yesterday. Other Thanksgiving dinners tn the army varied according to the resourcefulness resource-fulness of the mesa officers and the Ingenuity of the ro:ki, Owlna to transHr1atlon difficulties, the quartermaster quar-termaster was unahls to furnish the luxuries ami trimmings which always mark the last Thursday in November. PLENTY OF FOOD. While the Americans had plenty of wholesome and substantial food, from the enemy lines came further reports of hunger among the released allied prisoners, food nots among the de- j feated troops and civilian privations. : At the mesa of the staff officers of the. Thirtysecond division a quarter j of venison was served. It was a Rift ( from resident of Luxemburg, whose j hunting preserve Is near the diviuion headquarters at C'onsdorf. The of-i fleers at Hecond dlvtslon headquarters headquar-ters at La Kochette had duck costing1 40 to 60 franca apiece. Chicken took j tha pise of turkey at the table of I th tttifrm et th Virat Hi via Inn at 1 ("snarh. The chicken waa nearly as expensive aa duck. In some other divisions di-visions Luxemburg ham, costing- 10 franca a pound, waa, served. COOKS ARE BUSY. Among; tha men there a. as an abundant abun-dant supply of beef, nuts and mincemeat. mince-meat. Th cooks vied with each other In supplying doughnuts, rakea and other forma of sweets, and the quartermaster quar-termaster managed to get through extra ex-tra rations of chocolates. There also were many pools among the men to buy poultry from the farm-era. farm-era. Hume of the troops along the Moselle bought pike or river trout. The men enjoyed the holiday rest In anticipating; their next forward step, which wiU take them Into Germany. |