New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
FOOD FOR FIGHTERS.
HGu Uncle Sam ProUides for the
Vest Point Cadets.


1hs cadet mess at West Point, where the ap
betites Of 1ve hundred young daily
isoked after. is perhaps one of the most inter-
lsting show places of the post. In hygienic OBJ
srvance. quality, cooking and serving Of the
eoodstun Uncle Sam has a model kitchen and
Ginning room, which are not surpassed by any
h the country Nutritious, wholesome and ah-
polutefy pure are all viands, fluids and solids.
served
The cadet mess is In Grant Hall little to the
rear OF tho academic building. Ss>s cadets
march to the mess by companies, after Ut lin
hx ND In front OF the barracks The entire
horps Is accompanied by the commandant OF
ssdets who after seeing them seated. dimes on
he same fare IN an adjoining room The time
allowed for eating Is, for breakfast and supper,
swenty-nse minutes; dinner, thirty-five
The spacious mess hall. when filed with its
povs Of straight, athletic figures In gray coaIs
SIth gIfrtering buttons and snowy white trou-
MS eIIivened by the hum Of half a thousand
Nsices presents q most animated scene len
cadets are seated at table, and no time Is iost
4, waiting for 'preIiminaries A signal bell from
gae chef sets the head waiter and his framed
assistants In motion. and In a few moments
,r,.r sonn is served every table has its allotted
platters of meat ready sliced. several vegetable
dishes dessert fruit, etc. in readiness on the
cloth
The sdttings are not permanent, as each man
b shifted several times year, being matched In
he,sht silver engraved napkin ring, bearing
ehe name and year Of graduation, follows the
cadet In his numerous changes. Incidentally, IN
The intervals Of meal hours, especially around
graduation time, some inquisitve feminine
friends and acquaintances saunter into Grant
Hall. to enjoy the privilege of looking for the
yrJv,r rAv,cy f,f IA
he, and perhaps slipping a short message into
ehe same
captatn Thomas Franklin treasurer Of the
Military Academy, and considered one OK the
most efficient oommissary experts in the army,
hss charge Of the cadet mess He has intro
Auced many labor saving appliances, and has
brought the mess up to the highest state OF
kyxienic and economic perfection. The army
enmmissary experts have by experiments de-
hr1nined the most wholesome kinds OF food the
relative amounts of waste materials in different
norts the amount and composition OF the waste
PRODUCTS and their relation to food and work per
eprrned the amount of work possible on a given
ation and in short the best and most econom-
kal food for maintaining the body machine IN
perfect condition and enabling it to perform the
necessary amount Of physical and mental work
Notwithstanding the amount of detailed labor
GpeDt III picEdiiiio anu N"O-o ~AN
food of the highest class, it costs the
only 63 cents day to serve meals to a cadet
His board bill for year foots up to about s220
which is paid out of his government allowance.
For the whole corps averaging about five hun
dred yearly, s115,000 is expended.
Here is a typical sample of the excellent
s1-cent meals which Uncle Sam serves out to his
cadets: Dinner-Noodle soup lettuce salad,
broiIed shad mashed potatoes, baked macaroni
and cheese, sliced pineapple bread and butter.
Supper-Welsh rarebit, Saratoga chips, drop
cake, strawberries, milk, coffee tea and bread.
Breakfast-Oatmeal porridge, toasted wheat,
soft boiled eggs, fried bacon, hot cornbread,
cocoa coffee, milk, butter and bread.
For the graduation dinner of June IA Chef
schemmeI prepared special menu, follows: