| Show ARMY RATIONS TESTED Experiments Experiment Being Made In Nutritive Value of Dehydrated Vegetables War department officials are watchIng watch Ing lag with Interest the outcome of or certain eel tain tamn experiments with army rations blIng being be bl ing dug carried on at Texas City Tex and at Vera Cruz where the troops troop are separated from the basis of supply making conditions similar to those preg prevailing pre In the Held field In time of or war Based on their observations In the two camps officers will make reports report upon the nutritive value and digestive e prop prill of certain of or the rations us u-o well as upon various devices evolved d to conserve the health of troops on phi Held serviced e. e To To fu further ther experiments to determine the value alue as S a 11 food of or dehydrated ve vegetables rations of potatoes and nod onions onion lIu have haite t- t been hn requested First It 11 was decided to try out this diet on vu one one- of the companies of or the Twenty Twenty third third infantry at lit Texas City but It wait found round that such a n task would occupy one company more than a year So 80 the dehydrated vegetables will b be among all of or the commands at Texas City and General Bell com cum D the Second division may mav idd add dehydrated vc vegetables to the menu of the troops at nt Vera Cruz Upon the results re rl suIts obtained during the next few weeks will depend whether dehydrated vegetables supplant those fresh from the garden on 1111 the army bill of or tare fare |
