The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-07
CHEAP DIET SQUAT
Twenty Soldiers to Eat EIevea Cents
worth of Food n Day.

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New sa.,l Haven biysa,. Conn., Special to i Louis
To test the theory OF a Yale professor
that ordinary mortals eat more r,,od than
is necessary. a squad OF Uncle Sims SOL
diers have made a peaceable invasisn Of this
city, and will remain for a yeas as the
guests OF Yale IN an attempt tos discover
If II cents a day is all that is NECESSARY 10
spend for food for the body OF a<working
or thinking man.
DR.. Russell II. Chittenden. OF de Shelf
field Scientific School. is resporsible for
these ideas and tests. and so co fhdent Is
he that he VIII De able to proveswhat he
thinks that he has convinced the s.rmy Of
fcials of the value of giving theis a thor
ough trial.
Yale has given a house for thk soldiers
to live in. 1t is a historic mansi.l, where
Chauncey j. Goodrich revised tht diction-
ary of his father-in-law, Noah Webster.
For some time unoccupied. IL sroved a
suitable barracks" and the littit detach-
ment Of twenty men, urder command OF q
lieutenant and a sergeant, desceDs ed upon
the city and took possession alslost I'M
That the curious and unscientiic public
might not gain access to the methods en-
ployed in putting Uncle Sans saSdiers on
what most people would call a "ftsaryati0n
Diet Or Chittendsn cautioned ths officers
10 liACi SCCLCC. All information q > @ ll0
movements OF the troops, theiIs r~ations,
hours OF sleep and other doings ar subject
to the censorship OF DIT. Chittencen, who
refuses 10 take the public into Sis conf
dence until he has completed hi1 expert
ments and is ready 10 announce that board
ing at over 81 a week is expensive and lux
ufious. AS a result the diet solSiers' as
they have been dubbed by the cur eDus New
HaVeners, have gained no little AMOUNT or
exercise in lodging reporters and scameras
and declining 10 talk for publication.
Every daV the neiRhhnrl In fhe vicinity
OF the barracks" have been watching
from behind their shutters the gkngs and
comings of the soldiers. One wo4 an pro-
tested that she thought it a shams TO shut
up so many men together withoutsa house
keeper and make them live with sIt cook
ing. But the diet soldiers" sciestihc he
roes all, smilingly pursued the tenoa of their
way, and, though one or Two havefbcen at
tackled by illness and sent TO Thea hospital
for treatment, the majority have accepted
the situation without complaint. Z
The squad are all volunteers. TSey have
expressed a willingness to underS, a year
of abstinence for the benefit OF humanity.
Nearly all nationalities are REPRESENTED,
and, while many persons regard tlcs matter
as a huge joke, scientific men be {eve that
DR.. Chittenden is about to accom- sDlish re-
suits which will be of great value because
OF the variety OF subjects and the kength OF
time the tests are TO be in operati.n.
Thus far IL is learned that the soldiers
have been existing on ordinary Iiiet. for
which Uncle Sam is paying, thu regular
army rations being supplied. Allosing time
Tor the soldiers 10 become aCcllmk tea, oN-
ercises are being taken daily on this athletic
field and in the Yale gymnasium. ALREADY
one of the soldiers has been breaking track
records OF Yale In private trials, Sand the
gymnasium squad has been doing A stunts
that caused the eyes of DR.. Anderson, the
gymnastic director, to bulge wsh some
surprise.
Careful records of the physicas accom-
plishments of the men, together with ac-
counts of their measurements andzweights.
are being kept for comparison 18th like
records TO be made after the hel.es have
subsisted for months on DR.. Chstenden's
This bill of fare, which threateIs, TO dis
rupt the modern boarding house slnd res
taurant and revolutionize all modem meth
DDS OF living, with results Leading to
changes in every line of businesss and ac-
tivity, is said TO contain no meafs OF any
kind and 10 consist almost entire<y OF ce-
reals. with milk and sugar in tufficient
quantities TO make up the correct percent-
age OF proteids, fats and carbohyoS ties nee
essary TO supply properly the b.dy with
food and fuel.
If possible the menu. it is said,ssis to be
restricted TO two meals a day. an| cereals
will be the principal diet. this, with the
milk and sugar, being consideredS as con-
tanning all the necessary ingredients for the
good OF the human body.
For exercise the men at present sake care
of their barracks" sweep the sidewalks,
carry supplies to and from headquarters.
and go through a daily routine of yymnas-
tics under the direction of ProfessS Ander-
son at the Yale gymnasium. Metaphysical
culture will be the ordinary ''sesing-up"
exercises which are given the YiSe crews
that annually lead the Yale-Hart3rd pro-
cession down the Thames at NewzLondon.
Professor Anderson vouches for tie state
ment that these exercises are 81 .hciently
severe to be an absolute test.
Throughout the daily routine the soldiers
are never allowed to forget that shey are
members Of Uncle Sans arm of .defense.
Always subject TO the orders Of She lieu
tenant in charge. they are permitted GER
tain hours for recreation, but so Ear there
has been little seen of the soldier outside
of their quarters or on the ways To and
from their barracks" On the str Acts they
attract attention, marching in 81 agile file,
always in charge Of the officers, And evil
IDENTIFY seriously impressed with ne duty
devolving upon them.