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Show OX FEEDING SOLDIERS Soldiers are fed and clothed by the government. Officers buy their own clothing and pay for their own food. During the fiscal year ended June 3 0, 1918, the food for the army cost $125,000,000. Packers are required to can the best variety of fruits and vegetables and the Department has gone into those states where the finest grade of tomatoes, corn, onions, peas and beans are grown and has taken such portions of the crop as were needed . fnr ftrmv uea Tr A.. i n - ' 1 j,ttf), AugUBl ,OZY,- 500 pounds of potatoes and onions were urnished camps and cantonments canton-ments in this country; and during the eight months prior to June 5, 1918, about 75,000,000 cans of tomatoes to-matoes were used, enough to reach from the battle front on the Marne to Linda, California, If they were lined up end to end. Dried and evaporated fruits form an important part of the army ration. Approximately 80,000,000 pounds of prunes, dried apples and peaches, mostly from California, will be purchased pur-chased from this year's crop, and California Cal-ifornia will also supply about 70,000,-000 70,000,-000 cans of apricots, peaches, cher- - nes and pears. The cherry seeds will ' be saved for use in the manufacture of gas masks. Prunes have an honorable hon-orable place in the soldier's bill of fare. It has been proven that the 1 prune has food value, fruit value, tonic value and value as a confection. Moreover it has been recommended by the Surgeon General of the army. Lemon drops are the soldiers favorite fav-orite candy and are made of pure granulated sugar flavored with an emulsion from lemon rind. About 200,000 pounds have been furnished the army up to last August; this constitutes con-stitutes fifteen per cent of the army candy supply. At present . the army is using 1,250,000 pounds of butter and 700,-000 700,-000 pounds of oleomargarine. As the season advances and butter becomes scarce the amount of oleomargarine will be increased until the quantities are about even. From the first of January until the first of August, 1918, more than 500,000,000 pounds of flour has been fur, -ashed for army use. There has never been a meal where the soldiers did not have bread. Our men in service here have used a greater amouiit of substitutes than the Food Administration has asked of the civilian trade. Our soldiers in France have bread DlentV Of it rtin,l p-rt 1 . - , ... "iuui, nvjixi vine umi- dred per cent wheat. Soldiers love coffee and want it strong. Sixteen schools are in operation oper-ation here and in France teaching ; them how to roast it and it is served fresh each day. By this method there is a saving to Uncle Sam of two cents on each pound. During the first seven sev-en months of the war 1,612,383 cans of condensed milk were used, and to August 10, 1918, 225,000,000 pounds of sugar have been supplied. It costs the government about forty-five cents a day to feed a sol dier. The officers pay about $1.00 a day for their meals. The differ-jence differ-jence between the table of the soldier jand the officer lies mostly in linen, china and service. Here is a day's ration taken at random ran-dom from Camp Grant, Illinois: ' Breakfast Cornflakes with milk and sugar, scrambled eggs, fried potatoes po-tatoes and a sauce. Dinner Coffee with milk and sugar, beef tbngxie, baked potatoes, peas, bread and butter, raisin sauce and pineapple cobbler. Supper Iced tea, bread and butter, but-ter, cold roast beef, fried potatoes, radishes, onions and corn. |