Show TUE AT THE BE agricultural AURI CULTURAL COLLEGE NO JOKE now that the regiment of field artillery no longer exists as I 1 i such it may be interesting to know what caring for the boys for or only one week actually meant regular army fare makes little provision for pastry or sweetmeats sweet meats the college has supplied pies cakes and dough nuts nuta at regular mess in addition the college and the people of cache valley have maintained a free canteen where the boys might help themselves to apples cookies and candy few people realize that a score or more of cooks and kitchen police 1 were kept constantly at work preparing food for or the men the first law of army routine to la punctuality and meals are held strictly to that rule each morning the following dainty breakfast is prepared for the 1200 men ready to be served piping hot just as the last laet notes of the bugle die away gallons of coffee several hundred pounds of musli mush pounds of bacon with several pounds of milk jam jain sugar and aalt sa it and pepper to go with it just as soon as breakfast is over the whole kitchen with its acores cores of pans and kettles must be made immaculately clean ready tor for the dally daily morning inspection i then comes luncheon and after that supper the total of a days rations for 1200 men will be somewhat surprising to most citizens there must be baked dally daily 1600 2500 pounds of bread and 1600 1500 pounds of beef practically two fair sized steers are required to supply meat twenty five bushels of potatoes must be peeled and cooked takes 10 pounds lot fit prunes 60 pounds of jam 37 pounds of butter 37 pounds of milk 10 gallons of sy BY rup SO pounds of coffee 20 pounds of tea and pounds of bacon to prepare this the cooks are furnished pounds of sugar 40 pounds of lard 40 pounds of salt 10 pounds of pepper and several quarts of extracts and plenty of spices the supply and messing branches of the army are most moat vital to its eue cess for as napoleon said an army moves on its stomach when uncle sams soldiers eold lera return home in good health and vigor it is worth while to bear in mind how immense Is the task of feeding an army |