Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-02-07 | Page 5 | Why Men in Army Are Dissatisfied

WHY MEN IN ARE dissatisfied i new york feb 7 there have been plenty of responses both from officers and enlisted men to secretary tafts invitation for an expression of i reasons of discontent and unrest in the army tho reasons given to als tho conditions are the practice marches compulsory exercises in the gymnasiums and inadequacy of ano ration and of the cutting off of tho extras in the way of food and the character of extra work the department has already taken steps to ameliorate some of these conditions dit ions the ration has been increased and congress has been asked to pass a bill to create a service corps to cost to do extra and nonmilitary non military work that was required of soldiers tho monetary value of the increase authorized in the ration Is a little more than two cents per ration there will be also established a haversack ration made of bacon hard bicad coffee and sugar and possibly canned beef to be used for emergency