Coalville Times | 1901-11-08 | Page 6 | Feeding the Fighters

FEEDING THE FIGHTERS. Haw Brltlak Tan Are Buill4 with Tli.lr ruu.l. Certain fuoda are Issued to xoen o( the fleet dally, says a I-union newa-paiicr. newa-paiicr. Uut these, upurt from being In ' many cams or IiikiiIU. I. nt quantity, j are also uol vailed enough to keep the men In good hualth. liutter, cheee, milk, l.iui and friKh v. k. tiiblvs are often conspicuous by their absenee. Ho to make good these very nereasary articles the men buv tli.m from the cunlerna, partly out of their own pockets and partly with money obtained ob-tained from selling portions of their rations back to the government. Thla latter transaction on the part of the Admiralty la called "savings." In ships In the chuunel rquadron and on forelKU nations a restriction Is placed upon the quantity of fnsb meat which may bn saved. Thla, however, la only thut the local piuvjora may not have to deal wtlh too great a duo-tuatlon duo-tuatlon In Hi" quantities which they may have to order. Aa a rule, the saving prce , flltd at about two-thirds of an .,tu,ic', Talue. Salt pork, tor exampl,, ciwU the government 6d a puunl. but if uey buy It back from the ni.u tbey give only 4d for It. As showing to what extent food Is bousht by the nun tha report stalea that the , ' over of an avorag,. batlloshlp-, c.. teen often exceeds f0i)0. If tainri had enough and suffl.lently v-ri-a food allotted them, th. "savlnJ. " cord0"1'1 "' "D Ut "' 0,0