Show HOW UNCLE SAM F FED E D HIS 6 SOLDIERS 0 OLT E it one meal on one man basis for war period cost POUNDS DAILY doughboys Dough boys ate pounds of roast beef smoked cigarettes and ate pounds of candy a month washington Wils hington soldiers Sold lers who fought against spain in 1898 1808 lost in weight on en an average of 22 pounds each the average american soldier at the end of the fighting in 1918 weighed 10 12 pounds more than he did when the selective pervice act or his own volition brought him into the army thus the success won by the ardys subsistence branch in the great war Is epitomized in chapters of the official war material history made public by the war department the food fond problem of an army of americans Is alq visualized in the history by considering the force as a single man and the entire war period as one dinner hour articles comprised in the army ration assumed these tremendous totals roast beef pounds bacon pounds flour bread pounds butter oleomargarine baked beans pounds potatoes pounds onions pounds pound corn beans and pens peas cans tomatoes IDO cans prunes peaches and apples for dessert cans sugar 3 pounds coffee p pounds nd 1 evaporated milk cans the bill for this meat amounted to to december 1 1918 the per capita cost having risen from 4 cents in 1897 to 48 in 1918 1018 pounds daily at the time of the armistice american soldiers in france were consuming pounds of food dally moving this stupendous quantity over the mile communication was the principal obstacle to be overcome this and the necessity tor for conserving cargo space pace led directly lu in the later months to the shipment of dehydrated vegetables to the american expeditionary force the problems were solved only by the assistance of the american food industry the report says and while instances were found of food specifications being violated these are declared to have been very few and in most instances not intentional the emergency ration of the american soldier designed to be used only in cases of extremity was perfected during the war to consist of three eakes cakes of beef prepared with a bread compound of ground cooked wheat each cake weighing three 0 ounces three one ounce cakes of chocolate three fourths ounce cuned fine salt and one drain black pepper A special ration was designed for victory cathedral as I 1 world war memorial seattle wash the part which northwestern soldiers played in tle tie tl ti e world war will be commemorated here by the erection of a victory ine morial cathedral to cost almost it Is proposed that the 12 windows in the cathedral shall be in memory of the heroes of the allied nations which have made tho the supreme Bu sacrifice these nations include england france belgium italy canada canad 11 greece Russia serbia portugal java japan n and china bronze tablets will contain the names of northwestern men who entered t their heir count rys service and battle battie lags flags will be hung from the gothic rafters the use of invalid soldiers including potted chicken dried eggs puddings etc importance attached to the lie supply of fresh coffee for the men Is evidenced by the decision to ship the bean in the green form and have it roasted near the front this led to the invention of portable ro asters capable of handling several tons a day noting that tobacco has established its claim to a recognized place in the soldiers erB life the report says probably 85 95 per cent of the american expeditionary force used the weed in one form or another monthly shipments averaged cigars and 4 cigarettes the soldiers sweet tooth was satisfied by a monthly shipment of pounds of candy during the early part of the war but this was increased in november 1918 to pounds and the following month the war department part ment made candy a part of the regulation issue one and one halt half pounds being issued to each man every month A close companion in larity was chewing gum um more than packages a month twins being consumed Econom economies ids effected interesting statistics les are alv given n vt of economies effected in changes in n design for instance elimination a lac inc ings and eyelets in trousers saved we and the redesigning of the coat cut the cost of this garment 3 5 expert cutting reduced the consumption of cloth 23 of a yard and saved yards on OD the to tal fat order innovations resulting from shortages in ia material included the subs substitution ti of american dyes for the german product and the use of vegetable ivory in button making the activities of the quart quartermaster ermaste corpt corps afterward taken over largely by the bureau of purchase storage and supply included also the furnishing of 0 aults slices shoes boots fuel oil paint tools liar harness riess and harness harne equipment and even music prominent composers volunteered for the work of selecting a balanced ration of jazz and more restraining orchestrations tor for the army bands to give the american aviator the surest fuel possible the department took over every drop of de gree fighting naphtha and confined its use to the service of planes actually on the front |