Show HOW d aw UNCLE SAM F FED EL fal I 1 HIS u I 1 I 1 I 1 S SOLDIERS 0 JL one meal on one man basis for war period cost POUNDS DAILY ate pounds of roast beef smoked cigarettes and ate pounds of candy a month Sol soldiers illers who foll fought glit spain in 1808 lost in ili weight ell nn an of 22 pounds vach each the average american soldier tit nt the end of the he figh fighting lIng in ili 1918 weighed 12 pounds more than lie he till when the selective service net act or ills own vo volition lillon broll brought glit him into the army thus thim the lie success won liy by the lie annys subsist subsistence enee branch in ili it lie grent brent val Is epitomized in ili chapters of 1110 OM alfil war history made pub lie ly fly tile he war department the food problem ilein of nn iirma of Amer americans leang Is visualized visualised in ili the lie history hy by considering tile force n ns it single ingle 11 man and tile the entire war period period ns as one dinner hour articles article comprised g in ill pic ilie army trillion tile aliese ls roast beef pounds ila hn con 11 pounds lour flour brend pounds butter liu lter MI babeo bealls poi indi pota potatoes tops pounds onions pounds corn henns beans arid and pens calls toina toes IDO cang prunes ponc pen lios clies and ripples for dessert I 1 calls pounds coffee cou co poin pounds ids evaporated milk canns the bill 1111 for tins this ameal to I 1 to december 1 1018 the per capita cost having rasen from froin 4 cents in to 48 wi ki 1018 pounds dally daily at the fline of the alio armistice annerl nn itin soldiers in ili arnil ce were consul constin ing pounds of food tint dally I 1 Y moving gloving tills stupendous ons quantity over tho ho mile conlin 13 wea ito WAS tile lie principal to he be overcome this and tile the necessity for conserving chirgo space led directly in ili UK the later inter months to the he of dehydrated vegetables to lie amerlean american expedition nry force 11 the problems were solved soiled only hy by the ill 3 atice of the american food industry the report says buys and while instances were found of food specify collons being violated oln ted these are declared to lieve lave leen been very few and in n most instances not intentional the emergency ration of the he ameil can soldier designed to 1 used only in ea acts of extremity was perfected during the war to consist of abree bakes of beef prepared with it a bread coill compound of ground cooked wheat ench cako cake weighing three ounces three one ounce cakes of chocolate three fourths aunee fine salt and one drain black pepper A was designed for the to ile of if invalid soldiers sold lorn lers including potted chicken arit dried A puddings etc to tile supply of nf fresh colucc for taw iian Is evidenced lv by the to hilla tile lie benn beill 11 ID tin tile green forill and bavo it ron bonstell stell near tho front tills this led ell to tile olt of port portably ablo ro asters capable of loverni tons a da alny I 1 ting that tobacco lins has abod lt s q chaill to a recognized place in ill tile the soldiers sold lers lire lie he rolert MR probably 05 95 per IUT cent of tio the Anier icim axim force itself the vlod lit iti ito form OT ar another shipments averaged edgars und tin I 1 12 2 xa cigarettes the soldiers lers sweet tooth wits malls flud ly by n shipment of 0 1 I pounds of candy during tile early caily part of tile war mr lint but tills was w increased in Nove riber 1018 to Po pounds lindS and the following month the war tic do ande camly a part of tit HIP regulation issue w ono one and one olle bailif pounds licens issued to ench incitti every 11 A clo cloe com companion panton lit in was ehn lic ving lm geini morn tian 11 MNo mulkh pul KH 11 Inor month till II 11 IHK con coir willied economies economic effected ltv stilie tICIA im n ut of effected in cinci ci nii ill li de dc for Itis tunce lit inc ings ln s and eyelets cl ti in ili trot mera 17 aklo Ck lo and the of tho bollt cut tile rot coat of alith lilt gat yr WWW oark linit lin it reduced n tit OK of cloth 23 of a yard and saved yUK yards on oil tho to till order ra milting from klindt age afew lit in hi chided tile hithon of deeg for tile aliu ler product alad III the limit IR ot of ble ivory in ili button the of i tile the corpt afterward taken over largely liy by thu tho bureau of purchase nei storage und supply also tho furnishing of it bilts alivs boots furl filet olt ol 01 imant atooli harness find and harness liu ic mul ill evell prominent composers volunteered for tho llin work of selecting it danced Ilu of hnyz 1 ind rem trall illig orches 11 bolls lolls for the army IMMIS builds to give tile Ain ericon lio IM surest fibel possible tile ment took over OMI every drop of 1257 dc dar krco greit and confined its time to tile lio of platies I 1 ion oil thu tho front |