| Show THE SOLDIERS LIVING among other causes of solicitude for the proper care and sustenance of our soldiers in the field there is nothing of greater importance than that of nutritious portable and prepared anal raw food in tolerable variety under no circumstances does the system require more feeding of a proper character than in practical warfare and in but tew few cases is it more difficult to get A soldiers life when in actual duty is a continuous period of activity sometimes precluding the possibility of cool cooking ting for days at a time all the while there must be nutriment nourishment and even occasionally mild stimulant all of which must be carried on the person oftener than otherwise and to get the greatest amount of beneficial provender into the narrowest possible space apace is always a problem in this connection the california ralean is in now being favorably considered as a fruit ration for the soldiers it has many advantages and virtues dried fruit to is bull and awkward besides being unfit to eat raw canned fruits take up too much room and are snore more awkward than anything else avon the malaga and other common raisins are proscribed because of the the seeds which largely partaken partaker par taken of induce appendicitis besides which they are very costly and would of necessity sra gradually dually became more so it has been about settled that the seedless raisin la Is the tee thing and the only thing of the kind for regular use the san francisco chronicle claims that the fruit last spoken of offilus alms the bill in all respects tracking lacking none of the bood abod qualities ties of the best london layer raisin rabin it at the same time overcomes the official objection to that fruit As a part of the military ration it is both wholesome and low priced A handful of this fruit now and then will keep the system in order mitigate hunger and impart strength in the latter respect the main has remarkable properties not next unlike those of at theadate the date by which the arab nourishes the vitality that enabled him to ride and light fight all al day or of the zante currant which some times constitutes the only food of the industrious greek laborer it seems that commissioner general egan is favorably disposed toward the california raisin and this being the case it is quite likely the government will adopt it the subject has received a great deal of consideration its importance justifying those in authority in exercising every care and making all selections judiciously every section of the count has an interest in the tha subject that is more than a passing commonplace feeling and amounts to a determination that nothing that is beneficial and practicable to the boys in blue shall be withheld |
