Roosevelt Standard | 1917-12-26 | Page 7 | Cost of Feeding Nippon's Soldiers

cist of feeding Nip pons soldiers it costs about 43 sen a day about 22 cents to feed a private in Ja japans paris second imperial body guard regiment according to an officer quoted in yom lurl jurl a vernacular vena cular paper ot of this 15 son sen goes for a quart of rice and barley 30 per cent barley and IS sen for meat and vegetables the suni sum is not as small as it seems as everything is one third under market price lien ihen bought tor for the army for breakfast in addition to the cereal bean soup Is served and for lunch and supper the menu includes vegetables and fish or meat cooking and distribution is carefully dune done by a staff of 20 men including throe three lieutenants three sergeants and 14 privates or one cook for every 90 19 men in a regiment of I 1 SOO unused food fond is sold to cheap eating houses the money thus gained being spent for extra dishes on festive occasions