The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-08-05
HAS LARGEST ROSTER
ALSO WINS SHOOT
II is Costing Uncle Sam I'm Neighbour
hood of $4,000 Day to
Feed the Soldiers.

the fifth consecutive year, but this
year it has the star militia company
at American Lake encampment. It
has the biggest roster of any COM
pany in camp, Boosting of &c men.
Uncle Sam will spend about $1,000
every day this month feeding 254S
regulars and 5000 national guards j.
men assembled at American Lake to
play at war and learn the practical
things of the soldiers life. Every
man will be given the same ration
he enjoys when at home in his own
barracks, and not more than 20 cents
day will be needed to keep each
man strong and we'll fed. Approx
mately 100000 will settle the board
bill of this camp during it's four
| weeks existence.
Then there are about 1000 mules
and horses, which must be fed at
least twice day, which will add in
| the neighborhood of $10,0 900 to the
cost of food for this encampment.
Even more important than the six
play war problems to be solved is the
problem of subsistence. For months
the quartermaster and the commits
sary of the department of the Column
bia had the solution under way, but
only with the first issuance of stores
and subsistence supplies Friday did
the master hand guiding it all come
into evidence.
There are in the neighborhood o.
| 10000 acres at American lake for
maneuvering, but two small fenced
in areas within the shadow of Murray
station are the keystones. For with
! in these two areas-together less
| than an acre in eXtent-are the
storehouses.
Night and day armed sentries pa
troll the quartermaster's and commits
sary's domains, and nothing leaves
either of them unless carefully noted
! in the departmental red tape. There
| is plenty for all, but not one ounce to
waste.
The staff of life comes first on the
program of subsistence. Stored in
the commissary's department are
! 112,500 pounds of -four milled on
Puget sound and to be converted IN
camps eighteen Flash" ovens into
5000 rations of bread daily. Ten
thousand bread rations have already
been drawn and baking in earnest
j, begins tomorrow morning. Second
on the provender list are 1877, 900
pounds of potatoes and onions and
1877, 500 pounds of beef. The ration
requirements allow 20 per cent of the
meat ration in fresh beef, and the
balance in smoked and canned meats,
so that the proportion is 1872, 500 and
So, 900 pounds. respectively. The
fresh meat will come to the camp by
carloads at various times during the
maneuvers, the first car having been
received Friday. The total amount
of ice to be used is somewhat indie
terminate, but is being shipped in
carload lots at regular intervals.
With the arrival of the Washington
national guard the acquisitions on
the commissary were practically
doubled.
Nothing is done on small scale
at the camp and especially at the
commissary and quartermaster's de-
partment. Almost every staple pur-
chasable in grocery store is stored
there and in quantities, such as beans,
10000 pounds: sugar, $4,000
pounds; coffee, $500 pounds; salt,
$500 pounds: prunes, 1000 pounds;
rice, $500 pounds. apples. 5000
pounds; evaporated peaches. 1000
pounds; tomatoes, 1860 cans: soap,
500 pounds; candles, 1000 pounls;
safety matches, 14,400 boxes. There
are 119 different kinds of staples in
the stores.
Less extensive in variety but much
greater in amount is the forage to be
issued by the quartermaster's depart
ment. Just now there are about 1000
animals here. but this number will
vary during the encampment and the
exact amount of forage needed can
not be estimated at present. Leading
the forage list, however, are 100000
pounds Of hay, 275.000 pounds Of
oats. 100000 pounds OF straw and
10000 pounds OF bran. All camp
supplies other than subsistence come
from the quartermaster. and in ad-
dition to the vast amount OF general
stores there are 500 cords OF wood,
200 barrels OF crude oil and 100 bar
rels Of lime.
II IL estimated that about $780,