The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-08

Captain Krauthoff has charge of the
Issues department of the commissary,
and it is his duty to keep stock of his
supplies, checking in all the things
that come from the ship and Checking
out those things which are taken
away on requisition and which go to
the camps. He has his office in q
building that oVerlooks the water front.
His clerks enter the invoices in one
book and the requisitiOns in another,
while sergeant with half-dozen men
takes care of the warehouses. There
are two of these buildings, and when
the army increases there will be a
third. These structures have a floor
space of 10000 square feet-nearly two
| acres-and are more than twenty feet
in height. The boxes or provisions are
piled up in high walls with narrow al
leys running between. The sergeant
in charge knows where every article
is located and can lay his hands on the
wash basins or the barrels of flour
when the acquisitions call for them.
There are in storage provisions to the
amount of $1,000 tons, and the supply
is worth to the government something
like 100000. There are supposed to be
8.
1t is kept frozen on shipboard long be-
fore the boat sails from San Francisco.
Sometimes the meat issue is of mutton
and the men enjoy the luxury of eating
mutton chops while in line at the front.
Bacon comes two days in ten and
makes a total for the month of 1876. 900
| pounds. The men like bacon however
and would not protest if it came often
er on the bill of fare. Salmon comes
one day in ten. There never has been
a raging demand for fish that comes in
| tins, but of this issue 100000 cans go
out every month. OF flour, 1,O12, 500
| pounds are used monthly. Beans come
| every day and ii takes l35, 900 pounds
a month to go around. About 1880
| pounds of rice are used every month.
with seven days issue out OF ten. Rice,
| too, is a popular dish, and when served
with native sugar is a palatable deli
cacy Oatmeal is issued in the same
! quantity as rice. Dried fruits-some-
times evaporated apples and sometimes
apricots-come seven days out of ten.
1880 pounds being issued each month.
Potatoes are issued every day, in
| bushel crates, and when the issue for
the ten days is complete %, 800 pounds
are gone. OF onions $4,000 pounds a
month are used. Tomatoes are used
To the weight of 10000 pounds a month.
or green coffee 10000 pounds a month
are required and 10000 pounds of roast
ed and ground coffee are used in the
same period. The army requires 5000
gallons of vinegar. 36l00 pounds OF
salt, $3.50 pounds of black pepper, SO,
900 pounds of soap and 1880 pounds of
candles monthly Altogether the tota
supplies of the army amount to 2l5.O2j
pounds a day, l,464,000 pounds for ten
days and 4,329,0OO pounds for the total
of thirty days. For a year this makes
a grand total Of s1.4s4.125 pounds, OF
about 10000 tons.
This does not include the issues from
the sales commissary, which are one
half more. The sales commmissary is
the institution which makes II possible
for the families of the officers to live
in Manila, If the officers were COM
PEELED to buy the necessities OF life al
the stores on the Escolta they would
have to pay treble the prices.