Show U u. S. S Soldiers Eat Plenty Waste Little c S Sergeants Sergeant's Rules Cut Food Loss To Minimum WITH AMERICAN ARMY NORTHERN IRELAND IRELAND-If If you find your name in big letters under under unde un un- un- un de der a I Wasted Food sign that decorates the doorway of a United United United Unit Unit- ed States army Eighth air force force composite command mess Iness hall hail I you'll know Boss Cook Hosey Stewart is on your trail Hell He'll be beon beon beon on i it for one week and your name will be up there for one week Staff Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Ser Ser- Just an idea says geant Stewart vart a friendly easygoing easygoing easygoing easy easy- going fellow from Hammond La A guy dont don't like to see his name up there before every every- body Apparently mat that ana and some other ideas that Stewart cooked up do doi i work Inspection of the garbage pail pail after dinner revealed the contents con- con tents were less than a soldier would put in his own mess kit to take to i his table and table and more than men I are fed here hungry here hungry men who eat all they want and eat a lot but men who dont don't waste food Stewart and his crew of five cooks working under supervision of First E. E H. H Rouse of West Vest Newton Pa mess officer have accomplished I this by applying all alithe the tricks and angles of the trade day day after day I But Sergeant Stewart gives credit to his assistants Men len Take All They Want Every day every meal an assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant stands at the mess line with a little note pad Any man is allowed I to take all he wants on the self- self plan But if he takes more than he cats eats his name goes down downin j in un in the book If he does that too often Hosey racks him up on the board and that tha t usually fixes it Stewart and his staff constantly great care in the order- order ing preparing and storing of foods One lOne month the sergeant guessed exactly right on the majority of items ems drawn Here are a few cardi- cardi 1 Silent Rebuke 9 w Tt o YO I 4 1 ii j Itt S y I Sergeant Hosey nosey Stewart of Hammond Louisiana posts up the names of soldiers who have not been eating all the food they ordered This silent reprimand has resulted in a marked reduction in wasted food nal principles followed by him and his men First ordering Never order more than you think you'll need and order order order or or- der frequently at short intervals to prevent waste and spoilage Second Sec See ond and preparation If there are any overs left-overs you get them back in the form of soups stews meat pies etc Maybe not like mother used to tomake tomake tomake make but the boys say they're not bad at all They shouldn't be for forthe forthe forthe the army h has s a whole unit in England England Eng Eng- England land constantly working on good over left-over and other recipes Third proper storage and tion Take bread for instance the sergeant e explained That breadbox breadbox bread breadbox box has to be cleaned every day eVery every ev eV- ery cry loaf taken out and inspected for mold Its It's got to be watched and kept clean and dry because this is a pretty damp climate Vegetables the same way You see here here PI he opened up the potato bin bin if if theres there's one bad we take it out Same with these cabbages Keep watching it and you wont won't lose much Also Save Scrap Every box that comes we save that he said We return everything everything every every- thing to the salvage depot at the end of every month Cardboard boxes wooden boxes bread sacks potato sacks tin cans I suppose they make bullets out of them or maybe airplane parts Nope we dont don't let anything go to waste around here Do you have any trouble getting operation co-operation out of the fellows youre you're feeding Sergeant Stewart was asked Nope no trouble at all Were We're to win the war same as anybody anybody anybody any any- body else Longs Long's they get enough to eat you wont won't hear any complaints complaints com corn plaints out of this outfit Oh everybody's everybody's everybody's every every- body's got to get in a little hollerin now and then then but but they dont don't really complain and that's what counts We Ve get along fine |