New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-11
FOOD FOR THE ARMIES.
,-r,o. Quantities Of BarrelIed Beef
Bought IN Chicago.
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,t--fon Feb. 10--Whether the contend
CSC and Russian forces viii feast or
i"t vn1 ae2end largely on the proves 81
-.,e The side which Is victorious on tho
rr r-ol,sbly BE- The better fed from the be-
70 the dose Of the conflict, FOR tEat
vin rob the other Of the stores being
F-,-tea eo- the troops ard tie crews. That
- russia and Japan have for months been
- fr huge quantities OF provender has been
- 40 :he comrlissary department q the
--,e AGENTS O these powers have dealt
-.-afy with the great Chicago packing
- ard hsvo bought thousands OF tons o.
-. v.f.ch trcy have shipped abroad IN antci-
- m The boor-ing o. the great guns now
- II tl, edge o. the TIowery Kingdom.
-. e-r1,iez bought En- Chicago have not been
.a-Ieo character uor OF a kind calculated
-s-.1o . delicate palate. ''Bsrrened beer is
..-+l-eDv the only food which HIS been pur-
THIS Is the lowest grade OF meat OBJ
.-,-ss from the carcass after al the choice
have beer removed. When all the ribs.
-. steal-s and other choice cuts and al por-
-. s,,s-ei,,ible OF corning have been removed.
=. l.sv,ngs. not consigned TO the fertilizer and
--orlss. are thrown into brine and picked
- .lls~--ued beer Cor foreign armies. a
- e-atos solder would not eat the stuff
&C driven % IL by The pangs OF starvation
:. che o.rce OF the co1nnlissary general II was
= .,st tbe beef canned FOR American soldiers
Il .,,s srarish war was UNNECESSARILY superior
: .9s-rcvcd beef from every point OF view.
ercs the situation has been acute. the buying
=, ,,-,Iies in Chicago by the Russian and Jap
.,.s. agents has been discontinued, the officers
:. she cou7nissary department are informed.
---s..bsr this is ar indication that both powers
,va secured az they consider necessary OF are
,.rsnr n q mort portable ration from points
,esrsr home IS not known y the war continues
Cor any great length OF time. no matter how
l.-re present supplies may be. they viii GER
,,,,lv be exhausted. anc food must be obtained
,-,-r the United States, India, OF some other
great producing country.
RATTONs OF THE TWO ARMIES.
The rstons Of the two countries resemble
Zach other. although that OF the japanese is the
ss-ple- IN garrison the japanese soldier re-
csfves two pounds Ct rice. th7ee-quarters OF a
mound Of beef. the same quantity OF vegetables
one-sixth Of pound OF dried FISH, a small guam
tav of wine end one-teuth Of a pound each OF
euRar. sail and dried plUms. On the march the
Japanese soldier carries IN his haverssck two
davs' rstiors. to be used only IN an emergency
This travelling ration consists q one and a half
MOUNDS OF rice. half a pound OF timed meat and
q snail quantity Of salt -Four men do the cook
sng for each company on the march and IN gar
risoa. no extra stores are for sale 10 officers OF
men
The Russian ration consists OF q pound OF
meat q pound % potatoes. one-third Of q pound
o. rice or dried peas. two pounds OF black bread
and q small quantity OF tea. sugar. salt and but
ter When on the march Esussian soldiers are
sed on soup IN addition 10 such Of the above
food as can be obtained Soup is made II e large
ozuIdron, which is moved from place TO place
on its own wheels. General Weston, commits
eary general Of the United States Army, thinks
well OF the Russian soup cart. and considers the
idea OF It's adoption by our War Department
well worthy OF consideration. IN an active cam
Daien the Russian soldier receives two ounces
u vodka "a native whisley0 daily. An allow
snoe o. TX cents q Gay Is made for feeding the
Russian soldier n war and peace.
The Russians can probably get abundant sup
plies while their railway across Siberia remains
intact but when that stretch Of track Is broken
the soldiers OF the Car VIII have TO forage.
japanese and Russians VII probably make
most n their meals or rice alone before the war
mas been going on long. Rice with the posi-
be exception OF dried hsh is the most easily OBJ
tanned ration their bin OF fare. and every
town on the Asnchurian. Coresn and japanese
Coast is probably well stocked al this time.