Show New Nev Army Field Ration Called in l Its It's Canned Dehydrated Corned Beef Hash CHICAGO Part Part of a large wooded wooded wooded wood wood- ed estate north of this city was turned into a typical Italian battle area recently when a large group of mothers and wives of soldiers now overseas found out at first hand just what their sons and husbands are eating when supplied with army field and combat rations and how the food is prepared The occasion was the introduction on the home front of the newest army ration the ration the in by l in by the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago depot of the U. U S. S quartermaster ter corps This ration has been in production for two months but its announcement has been withheld until until until un un- un- un til overseas reports disclosed its enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic en en- reception by fighting men in all parts of the world At this field mess a rough clearing clearing clearing clear clear- ing flanked by dense woods was the setting Army trucks with cartons cartons cartons car car- tons of the ration drove in Field ranges were set up exactly as they are in a front line war theater Th The women were equipped with regulation regulation regulation regula regula- tion army mess kits At the call caU come and get it it they lined up at the kitchens and received their food in regulation army style The entree at the meal was the army's newest dehydrated food product product corned corned beef hash hash hash-devel- devel developed after months of research by food scientists of the quartermaster corps and Wilson Vilson and Co Chicago meat packers The speed with which the dehydrated dehydrated dehydrated de de- de- de hydrated hash can be prepared prepared-a a highly important asset when a sol- sol u 1 p sE Capt Joseph A. A Burkhart of the Chicago depot of the U. U ST ST. quartermaster quartermaster quartermaster quarter quarter- master corps explains the advantages advantages advantages of the new dehydrated corned beef hash bash recently accepted for army overseas rations to Mrs Geoffrey Geoffrey Geoffrey frey S. S Gough whose husband overseas overseas overseas over over- seas will soon be eating the new food product diers dier's under fire fire astonished astonished the women at the army meal Within ten minutes after the addition of hot or cold water the hash is ready to eat When there is a good cook around the women learned the hash can be fried or baked into loaves for slicing or for sandwiches Two cans of the dehydrated hash are included in each Menu No 5 of the army in 10 field ration The mothers and wives at the army demonstration meal learned d that this ration contains three full meals forten for forten or orten ten soldiers or ten days' days food for forone forone forone one soldier |