Show FEEDING THE AT A 0 NO JOKE 1 1 now that the regiment of held field artillery no longer exists as such it may be interesting to know that caring for or the boys for only one week actually went mont regular army fare makes little provision for I 1 pastry or sweetmeats sweet meats the college has supplied pies cakes and doughnuts at regular mesa in addition the college and the people of coche valley have maintained a frea canteen where the boys might help themselves to apples cookies and candy pow few people realize that a score or more of cooks and kitchen police were kept constantly busy preparing food for the men the first law lot army routine is punctuality and meals are hold held strictly to that rule each morning the following dainty breakfast to Is prepared for 1200 12 0 0 men ready to be served piping hot lust just as aa the last notes ot of the bugle die away gallons of coffee several hundred pounds oi of mush pounds of bacon with several pounds of milk ilk jam sugar and salt and pepper 1 to go with it just as soon as the breakfast Is over tho the whole kitchen with its scores of pans pa and fud bittles jitt les must bo be made immaculately clean ready for the dally daily morning inspection then comes luncheon and atter after that supper the total of a days rations tor for 1200 men will bo be somewhat surprising to most citizens there nuit be baked dally 1500 pounds ot of broad bread and 1500 pounds of beef practically two fair tilted steers are rt r quiren to supply meat bushels of potatoes must be peeled and cooked each day of other commodities it takes pounds mounds of prunes go 50 pounds of jam 37 pounds of butter 37 pounds of milk 10 gallons of syrup 90 pounds of coffee 20 pounds of tea and pounds of bacon to prepare this the cooks are furnished pounds ot 0 sugar augar 40 dounda of lard 40 pounds of salt aalt 10 pounds of pepper and several quarts of extracts and plenty lenty of spices apices the supply and messing branches brancher of the army are most vital to its succeeds for as nepolion Nepo leoa loon eald an army moe modera a on its fl wace wa uncle sams soldiers sold lera return home in good health and vigor it Is IB while to bear IQ in mind how immense la Is the task or of gooding an army |