The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-29
SOLDIERS BETTER CARED FOR.
But the Vancouver Volunteers Had q
Hard Time With Scant RattOns.

Special Correspondence.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.
June 25-"We are better fed now" say
the Washington volunteers at Vancouver
barracks and It Is good news TO know
that results came so soon after turning
on the light. That American soldiers nave
to often go hungry and shelterless on cam
paigns IS fact we'll known TO all who
have seen active service. But that they
should go hungry In the midst or plenty.
with rations. rations everywhere and not
half enough TO eat, is a disgrace to the
nation and no credit TO the officers hav-
ing the men In charge, and that Wash
ington volunteers have gone hungry right
IN their home state. both at South Tacoma
and at Vancouver is a fact that any per-
son can ascertain by inquiring among the
men themselves. And anyone who knows
anything about the former surroundings
OF these men knows that they never had
occasion to go hungry until they became
patriotic boys In blue.
The soldier is supposed 10 he fed by
the government and The ration allowed
him is figured out 30 be amply sufficient
II judtcious.y handled, which il evidently
often Is not. The main parts OF the ration
look large on paper. but don't imagine
that the daily twenty ounces Of fresh beef
and eighteen ounces of bread and accom-
panying small things arr handed to the
individual soldier. At Vancouver, for in
stance. they are multiplied by ten, 10 rep
resent ten DAYS supply. then multiplied
by eightyfour II that is the number or
men in The company. and in that bulk IS
sued TO the company quartermaS:er ser
gean;. Who turns them over 20 the COM
pany cook.
Asked why the full rnt,or does not al
WAYS reach the soldier entitled 10 H. the
boyS ut Vancouver made all sorts Of ex-
plantations most Of them 70 the effect that
their company quartermasters were new
at the business and did no. know Just
what was due the full company and took
whatever was thrown OFT % them with
oGt Weighing and dif not understand the
knaCk Of swapping one article for another.
and that the cooks could NOT make things
hold OUT. and thai TIE men wasted q. IA
bic. ard that mouthfHl Of waste 10 each
man meant big waste 20 eightv-f0ur
and that when The main features 81 the
food for ten dayS were exhausted In seven
days. Il meant burger for three DAYS until
the company was entitled 20 draw another
ten days rations Another theory was
that where men had 10 serve FOR the mis-
cradle p.ttance allowed by The GOV m
rrent and had urgent needs 70 provide
for, the same a other mortals il vas no,
surprising II possible rake-ofs had oe-
Cured
I}ut the bovs a: Vancouver cay that
cooks have been hanged and quJrter1nas-
tors have been changed. ana hat they
ara TOW EtnFf-fs-N fAflug eeEtff. II VOL
20 i1to mess hail AID see milk batter
eggs or r ~ on he able To3 may d~peHf
upon il that those '.uxuries" are beirg
furnished by the men a their own private
expense out Of their miserable pittanca
- a salary - 81 90 a month or else, The
Germany ql2rternaa has mad an un-
Jsl8'lv successful swap on rati0ns 50
as - provide a change ana next 84v
g NAV rhsnrn back again - saant sugar
oF sc4rt @Ai'. - even I'D >or he NVurf7riS
living. TIE company ~ ~ Ouver whirh
is the hs~t fsd ~ = successful quarter
master buts ~ rs p~ivn:e fv0erse eear
gallons % MIX = d1v. ana a. t COS
among e.ghty-foer men 3. :. not <,tr.-
posed taat t7ey use much of 1t for attn
-nE or a0ti-sarhGrn purposes
The ooHrs issued at Vancouver is carer-
ally good rs L comes green and f-ee h.
p.Urked from the government trees vf---
contaminated ~ tra hand ~ man In.
after IL sa~ .aken us hr bath IN zig
tank and reaches - ~tghtv~av4 victims
r. Is often diluted - death ana would
make \ mar leave home ar i would -
gnod Medicine a. a coffee are institute
The bread business A. Vancouver j= -
Te-red - ~ he bows xho ave had .
"a J; IS pretty much - a farce They
say ina; / has been r-ir as n Sort = /.
govfrnuen; experimental station. first ~
A prisoner. iaen ~ az amateur VINO put
: as pounds Of four lr - max hatch -
4" caves ~ bread and added yeast enough
FOR ter patches. and 20 avo@d having me
rAof raised and tne va spread over 2,
80 oregon SHIRE. had % t1row awav re
whole mess But now 4 new ~ kA~ I'm
San FC2rcss~s a n @a.t ths bakeSAt>r
ard great hinge are expected - hin In
the mean ne Ire boys say thsv are fsas.-
az on h; hls-a5ts having -rawn rai-
:atirns Instead q bread M trat 30
bread issued - ne velua aers asst w4as
vas sour. s1TEy s.a~ - s---y apoa~e-.
rom tre sample have % 3, faker fr-ra
one cf The ooranany tables sad rolled Ike
oussy into = solid Shot.
J. W. REDINGTOS.