The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-13
HOW SOLDIERS ARE FED.
OPERATIONS OF THE SUBSISTENCE
DEPARTMENT At MANILA.

| Dinner of Roast Beef, Potatoes, Fresh
| Bread, Coffee and Plum Pudding on tho
| Firing Line-Rntions Taken by Bull
Teams During the Advance on Malolos.
WARRINGTON. juno 12-Col. D. l.. Brainerd.
| Chief Com missary in the Philippines. In re-
| port made public this morning by the War
| Department. describes at length the operations
| OF tho Subsistence Department In the Islands.
| He says:
Prior to active operations in the field all
troops were supplied with the Garrison ration.
issues being made to regiments by the issuing
Comm ssary for periods often days The COM
ponents for these periods were: Fresh beef.
bacon. salmon. canned beef. nour, hard bread.
beans, potatoes. 30 per cent; onions, 20 per
cent In lieu OF four ounces fresh beef. two
ounces each rice and dried fruits (aprles.
peaches and prunes) were issued on days
when fresh beef was drawn. Mess pork
and beef arc no longer issued Oatmeal
has been added rs one OF the com
ponents to be issued in lieu OF fresh beef.
Fresh vegetables brought from San Francisco
have been supplied daily to all the troops OF
this command. On Feb. s and q. during active
operations, travel rations were supplied to all
organizations on the firing line. the location Of
each regiment being definitely known and
transportation being promptly furnished by
the Quartermaster Department. Travel rations
were despatched on bull carts accompanied
by guard. who received explicit instructions
as to the location Of the organizations and to
whom the supplies were to be delivered.
For the first few days several OF the organ
izatons stationed near tho city had the food
prepared In barracks. loaded on wagons and
distributed to the firing line. Cant. hrauthon
mentions this method OF supply very satislac-
tory under the circumstances. and speaks OF
riH InN
dinner on Feb. within a few hundred yards
OF the insurgent trenches The dinner con-
sisted OF roast beef. gravy. potatoes. fresh
During the advance OF the Second Division
on Malolos travel ratiops for three days were
BY the thf ration oehg to
regiments. Later supplies were forwarded by
rail to the command, lllyoiced to brigade Com
"During the field operations II became neces-
sary to establish q plant for roasting ana grind
HS S9 IA ss ss ety nnd few
laborers managed to roast and grind about
l.209pounds Of coffee daily. an adequate supply
The commands at Cavite. CorreGidor Island.
Iloio. Bacolod and at Cebu are supplied with
Subsistence stores from the depot Commissary
at Bnondo. Fresh beef for troops at Cavite Is
drawn direct from the cold storage vessel:
that for roons ct ooFregTop isaad o II se ers
subslsted on. native beef. which costs from "
TO 20 cents Mexican per pound; ,n nimiee eI
the eommissary at Bacolod; which has been
supplemented from time to time BY beef drawn
from the Indiana. stationed at Iloilo Us cold
storage plant. and from which the troops at
that point are supplied. ,
gents during the advance OF our lines on Feb. 4
and q amounted to a little moro than fifty tons.
most OF which IL stored in the warehouses OF
the depot Commssary in Binond 10.
The quality OF the ration issued during
total quantity OF stores returned by regiments
to the issuing Commssary rs unfit for use
amounted in value to only S3.2O During the
period covered by this report the remaining
Spanish prisoners OF war have been subsisted.
under the supervision OF Capt. BODIES. in the
same manner as heretofore. which has always
been satisfactory"