Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02

which he is doing is making many a
| guardsman happy. Realizing that the
| National Guard would not be able to jump
| direct into army fare without suffering
| hardship. he is issuing extra rationS OF
| fresh vegetables, and sometimes fresh
| milk, in addition to the regular ratiOns
supplied by the post commissary.
Components of the Ration.
| The army ration is composed of some
thing like the following for one man for
one day:
Twenty ounces of fresh beef. 1S ounces
OF bread, - ounces of beans, 20 ounces OF
potatoes. / ounce of coffee, 3 ounces OF
sugar. one-half ounce of condensed milk
| In ten days the regulars get fresh meal
seven days and bacon the remaining three
DAYS That is good. substantial ration
| but the folks at home will be gao u
learn that Maj. Neumeyer IS giving the
mon extras. For instance, FRIDAY ne hao
| 100 pounds of fresh fish sent down from
| Washington. Today he is feastlng tne
| mon with ~ boxes of fresh tomatoes, :N
cabbages. 500 pounds of chicken ana w
! watermelons. 1t would be nara 10 pea'
| that even in Washington.
| is complaint in one company about the
food and satisfaction in another, IL may
be understood that perhaps the COOK Is
not an experienced army chef, for as
has been shown. every company gets
| the same food supplies. The COOK holds
| forth in shack. and when mess call is
| sounded at headquarters the company
! lines up with mess kit In hand ano
| marches in single file past the man Wno
| holds the destiny of the army in his
hands. He is the most important per-
son in camp three times a day. From the
cook shack the men with their dinner IN
their hands go to their mess tent ano
| if they have been working hard thelI
I fIo n
at home who are afraid that their OAR
lings are going into decline
Comforts of an Army Post.
| OF course. the fact that the guard is
| encamped at established army posts is
| responsible for a great many OF the COM
forts not provided in other camps. Foi
instance, the camps are lighted by cleo
tricity each officers tent having light
The folks who think that army life is a
perfect round of pleasure would be sur
prsed to note what every one at posts
| like Fort Washington and Fort Hunt has
| to do, from the commanding officer to the
rookie who has just donned his first uni
form The commanding officer is
| responsible for the health and safety OF
| his men and works at it early and late
He must see to it that everything is
| scrupulously neat and clean, .Iat sanitary
conditions are kept at a high state OF
perfection always. The stories of mothers
! who have gone to the captain to ask that
he keep their boys from being ill are not
| so much of a joke after all, for the cap
| tain has to watch over his company very
much after the fashion of the father of a
| family.
The captains of the National Guard are
expected to do the same thing. and at
Fort Washington and Fort Hunt are
doing il. Each one inspects his camp
his kitchens and details certain Of his
men to carry out his instructions in re-
| gard to cleanliness. Every morning the
camp is 'policed.' The men scour the
! face of the earth, picking up every stray
bit of scrap paper or anything else that
does not belong there and get rid of it
| In fact, the Potomac forts are run Ike
| clock work and the way things are done
here would bring joy to.the heart OF
good housekeeper.
| Hospitals Are Models.
At these posts important features and
also very interesting ones are the nos
| pitals They are complete in every de-
tail, with operating rooms, isolated wards
| apothecary shops and surgeons offices
| There are also prison wards, where mer
| from the guardhouse are taken when i'll
Such wards are as bright and pleasant a:
any hospital room, but have heavy lror
| grating across the doorway. The room:
/
the hospital the recruits are measured
and photographed and Il record is kept
| somewhat after the Bertiilion method
Thumb marks and finger prints constitute
a detail of great Importance in the en-
| liStment records This is taken care OF II
| the hospital also.
Many of the men have examined the
| commissary and Cuartermaster depart
| ments with interest. The comm!ssarA
| officer is a grocer rather than anything
else but he is more or less scientific. d:
he is keeping store for the most accurate
set of men in the world and has to &C
count for every ounce of provisions. Thu
| auartermaster keeps little OF every
| thing in the way of clothes, hardware
equipage, etc. He has many intricate re
| ports to make out all of. which are eX
amined carefully by the commanding ofh
Ger, who must positively know they ar
correct before the War Department get
them In the hardware room at For
Il Hunt are two small engines from tn