Show I I HOW BIG A ARMIES ARMIES' MIES r 7 ARE KEPT IN FOOD fOUD 1 1 PARIS S Sept pt 2 Every E Every man in the I f French army carries on him one da days day's s si i r reserve e. e rations which ma may only be bC used I in caf case of tC n urgency The They consist con COli- aist of or 20 30 grammes ounce of war tear biscuit 30 grammes of preserved m meat at 31 Z tO lor grammes ra mine of condensed n erl soup G 0 grammes of cof coffee t SO M grammes of or sugar There Ther IB Is a also Iso a liter of brandy brand for Cor Corer every e er sixteen cu men meu The food E served r rd d out dally a II consists lf of ot I loo grammes of bread grammes of or p. p rice or haricot halcot bean beans 24 4 l grammes of coffee coffee cof cof- I cor-I fee lee 3 32 grammes S1 of sugar r. bacon salt sail t II and nd MO grammes S of fresh med meat t or 00 grammes of or preserved meat with 50 60 I grammes of or puree de legumes to nuke Loup I nC Beyond this whenever possible pro pro- arc are bought boucht on the spot b by the officers In command such uch as vegetables various seasonings and sometimes IS wine 1 no ne rays tuy the Morning Post is iii carrie carne out as far Cur as possible hy Ity rail mil The fhe difficulty is that tha t the regiments u arc rc continually changing their quarters and I thus thus- tb hak ha difficulty In Ill finding them To simplify matters each dR day a special station Is chosen for each t army corps The Tho regimental transport goo geom oo every err gay cay a to tins station starlon and receives re rc- es 1 two 10 0 days days' ts pro I provisions fo so o that t them limit themla Is la of of reserve If It time the rR mil II WRY way is 13 not n available h. h sup pUts piles arc provided b by motor lolOr transport If It motor transport fells falls In H R da day or two the v corn orpa d. dr draws W on its stocks of or pro pro- blon which arc coo good for or four tU daz clays The rhe org organization nl is has based J on un a system of I enormous depots at ar Important railway 8 renters At t each h of thorn them hundreds hundred of r thousand t of M rations of br nd art are baked every ery clay dal and supplies of all Kinds arc BIC nC 1 These depots depot are aro not fully Cully stocked Blocked beforehand In tn times time of or f peace th they y contain t several enI days days' i provisions m and anti after mobilization receive dally dati supplies supplier I of every kind brought In Accordance with witha a l ca carefully prepared r. r Q 1 pIa plan n. n H Herds of cattle ar aT are driven Mm some pome distance dis IlIs lance tance In the tho i rear nr of each h ann army corps All All' and amid r rested before slaughtering The da 1 dally con con- of each tach arm army corps corp la Is telu 1 ICu u head heat of or cattle and the treat meat la is to the thet k front b bv I Paris motor motol omnibuses Sluice Since t the tho beginning of or the tho campaign the tho commissariat com corn Je department has worked without with Ith out ul a II hitch I |