Show GOT COT AN APPETITE FOR SOUP british gladle so irtle at pint first looked with contempt upon the mixture once as a lieutenant colonel indignant at the wholesale sale waste of excellent soup bones I 1 ordered the master cool cook to insure under pain of my displeasure that large cauldrons caul drons filled with the i otherwise un utilized materials should be kept simmering sim merin for my inspection n three times a week to this he was to add permeal pe ameal seasoning etc at the cost of a few pence not charged to the men and as a guaranty of obedience he was to habitually send in to my orderly room just before the mens dinners a specimen of his brew respectful re 1 mons trances from cooks and sergeants to which I 1 blandly replied yes I 1 tn in desband your objections but the soup shall be made I 1 found it oh so good on a cold day nearly equivalent to a hot bot meal after a weeks trial spokesmen from fram the messes addressed to me further and urgent complaints always with the utmost respect we dont like this here her soup sir nasty thick greasy poor stuff with nothing to feel between tho the teeth we dont like to see iton it on the table but you do not pay one farthing for it I 1 pointed out to the malcontents you need not consume this gratuitous food if you do not like it and you are not deprived of one ounce of your ration moat meat my instructions must be carried out and kettles of soup must be placed in the rooms until further orders they retired silenced but unconvinced about three weeks later I 1 ascertained the further developments of my innovation for a few days the soup had cl continued 71 to be eyed with anger and to be relegated to the gutter then by degrees one or two of the men thought they might as well swallow a little of the savory food their example P le was soon followed and finally it was generally hailed as a delicious addition to their meal |