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Show GOOD FOOD FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS At the request of the- Secretary of War and tho Secretary of the Navy the Department of Agriculture has participated in protecting American military and naval forces against unwholesome un-wholesome food, says tho Secretary of Agriculture in his annual report. The Federal meat inspection, which for years has safeguarded tho civil population popu-lation of the United States from bad meat in interstate commerce, was extended ex-tended to include the special supervision super-vision of the. meat supply of the American army and navy. The cxam-i cxam-i ination, selection, and handling of meats and fats are in expert hands from the timo tho live animals are driven to slaughter until the finished product is delivered in good condition .to the moss cooks. Inspectors wero assigned to the various cantonments, training camps, forts, posts, and other ! places in tho United States where large numbers of troops are assembled and at thd' close of the fiscal year there wero 69 of such experts with the army and 30owith the navy. |