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Show Cost of Feeding Nippon's Soldiers. It costs about 43 sen a day (about 22 cents) to feed a private in Japan's Second imperial body guard regiment, according to an officer quoted in Yom-iurl, Yom-iurl, a venacular paper. Of this, 15 sen goes for a quart of rice and barley bar-ley (30 per cent barley) and IS sen for meat and vegetables. The sum is not as small as it seems, as everything is one-third under market price when bought for the army. For breakfast, in addition to the cereal, bean soup is served, and for lunch and supper the menu includes vegetables and fish or meat. Cooking and distribution is carefully done by a staff of 20 men, including in-cluding three lieutenants, three sergeants ser-geants and 14 privates or one cook for every 00 men in a regiment of 1.-800. 1.-800. Unused food is sold to cheap eating houses, the money thus gained being spent for extra dishes on festive fes-tive occasions. |