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Show AMERICAIN AMERICA AMERICAIN IN ACTIONi ACTIONARMY ACTION i ARMY VICTORY GARDENS GARDEN8 GARDENSOVERSEAS GARDEN8OVERSEAS GAROEN8OVERSEAS GAROEN8OVERSEASIn OVERSEAS OVERSEASIn In geometrically perfect garden gardenplots gardenplots gardenplots plots behind barracks In the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States In tenderly nurtured artlft artifi artlftclal artificial artlflclal clal cial cases on desert islands isiands which whichexist whichexist whichexist exist only as army post office omce nurn num nurnbel'S numhers numbera bel'S belS hers ' and In the British Isles where wherea a large but undisclosed Wldlsclosed number of ofAmerican ofAmerican ofAmerican American soldiers aoldiers are stationed the thearmy thearmy thearmy army has cultivated cuitivated Its own Victory Victorygardens Victorygardens Victorygardens gardens with the serious purpose of of.upplylng ofsupplying ofsupplying .upplylng upplylng supplying . the soldiers with food that thatthey thatthey thatthey they might not otherwise get . . In the ftr first t comprehensive report reporton on army gardening activities In I.ng Ing Eng I.ngland England ! . fc.ngland fcngland . land Maj Gen E B Gregory the theQuartermaster thequartermaster thequartermaster Quartermaster general , , , dlsclosea discloses dlscloseathat disclosesthat disclosesthat that under the Joint British Amer AmerIcan Americon Amerlean Ican icon Agricultural Agrt.cultural Agrtcultural Agriultural . program all suit suit- suitable suitable . - able land in posts camps and sta statlons stations stations tlons tions British as well as American AmericanIn , , , In the British Isles has been taken takenunder takenunder takenunder under cultivation for the production productionof I Iof of fresh vegetables vegetabhs ! for consumption consumptionby by British and American troops The Thegarden Thegarden Thegarden garden produce Is used by which whichever whichever whichever ever needs it most and neither is isfussy isfussy isfussy fussy about It Because for every everypOWld everypound everypound pOWld pound of food which can be pro pro- produced produced produced - - duced In England It means one les8 less les8pOWld lesspound lesspound pOWld pound of food that must be shipped shippedthere shippedthere shippedthere there and snd whether it la is eaten by byDrlUah byBritish byBritish DrlUah British or American soldiers Is not notof notof notof of great importance What is 18 1m im 1mportant important 1mportant portant is saving avlng space on ships shlpa for forthe forthe forthe the men and guns gWl8 and tanks neces neces- necessary necessary necessary - - sary to win the warBrig warBrig war warBrig Brig Gen Robert A . A . LittleJohn Littiejohn Littlejohn.chief Littlejohnchief . . , chief quartermaster for the Euro Euro- European European European - - pean theater of operations reports reportsthat reportsthat reportsthat that upwards of 14 000 acres are arenow arenow arenow now under fultlvatlon cultivation cultivation and that an another another another other 1000 1 000 acres probably will be beput beput beput put to gardens by the end of the theyear theyear theyear theyearWhat year yearWhat What do they raise raue In these gar gardens gardens gardens dens ? Pretty much the same things thingsthat thingsthat thingsthat that private American Victory gar gardlmers gardeners gardeners dlmers deners raise except for hay and andgram andgram andgram gram crops which whith whl ( h will be utilized by bydairymen bydairymen bydairymen dairymen to effect the grassland the thedairymen thedairymen thedairymen dairymen have been deprived of a asort asort asort sort of Indirect contribution to the thesoldiers thesoldiers thesoldiers soldiers diet Altogether the re re- - return return return - turn from the gardening is expected expectedto to be a about bout 25 000 tons of pota potatoes potatoesand potatoesand toe . and 134 000 tons of vegetables and androot androot androot root crops together with about 7 000 000tons 000tons 000tons tons of hay and grainIn grainIn grain grainIn In the precise language of an of officlal official offlcial ficlal ficial IT is " ilitary IIltary letter General Little- Little Littlejohn LittleJohn Little-John Little John - - - john saysYour saysYour says saysYour Your particular attention Is dl di dlrected directed dlreeled rected to the tile fact that there are arefrequent arefrequent arefrequent frequent changes between British Britishand Britishand Britishand , and American occupancy of 01 camps campsposts campsposts campsposts posts andstations and stations including air airfields airfields airfields fields For this reason it is Imp06 impos Imp06sib.le impossible ImpossibJe sib.le sible . to predict exactly what pro pro- proportion proportion proportion - - portion of the work will be done by byBrltlsf1 byBritish byBritish Brltlsf1 British Brltlsf1or Britishor or American troops or what whatproportion whatproportion whatproportion proportion of the produce will be beconsumed beconsumed beconsumed consumed by either However It ItIs itis Itis Is felt our mission is 15 being bemg accorn accom accornpllshed accomplished accomplished pllshed plished for the reason that the Joint Jointprogram Jointprogram jointprogram program is producing foodstuffs that thatwould thatwould thatwould would otherwise have to be shipped shippedto to this country for the consumption consumptionof of one army or the other In addl addi addltlon addition addltion tlon tion it should be borne in mind that thatthe thatthe thatthe the more self sell supporting our arml.s armls arml.sare armi armiesare ( . s sare are the thd thdmore ' ' more food will be left for forcivilian forcivilian torcivilian civilian consumption both in ill the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States and in this country countryReleased countryReleased countryReleased Released by Western Westera Newspaper Union Unloo . . |