New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
FEEDING TIE FLEET.

The question Of feeding SO many men for so
1o1g cruise was vital one In case of abso-
lute necessity-war, for instanCe-we could DO as
We did m the Civil War-live on hardtack salt
horse" fsait heeTl. and salt bacon but the navy
had come TO look on fresh bread every day and
fresh meat At least four days IN week as e
-ecessiCy- We had found that it was cheaper to
feed the men wei and keep them in good health
than 10 feed them or insufficient food pay the
hospital bills and afJerward the pensions
Above all this the vital consideration Of
keeping them nj for the very exhausting work
that TeT u them board snip. and to have
them 0eadv n all times TO fight the guns # that
became necessary In other words, good food
meant Eoo1 rler-CerUainly not new discovery
10 meet tae oeil5sI2aS OF the occasion tile oe-
rarTr1eut utilized -re two naval supply ships
Glacier and CllEoa- These vessels were entirely
"Terllaulec At the New foTk yard thelr refrlg-
grating plants were thoroughly refitted. their
Sol6 storage rooms tested and ali their ordinary
stcrecUorls put in perfect condition Then they
--e-e hacked as fun 1f stores Of various kinds
They could hold L may he Of interest to the
reader TO note among Jhese stores the following:
Flour. G15OOg pounds: cornmeal. l600Q pounds:
ca-Eleal t.p01 pounds rolled oats, 10000
pounds: rice. @oC5n pounds: barley. 5000
6g-0 pounds rario-a Is eco pount+s, turkey for
Christmas dinner. 10000 pounds fresh beef,
e-3eto pounds mutton. '-,'-Al POUNDS, PORK
lo3-S- '+f'hH POUNDS veal, tlf5NJo pouhoS'
frank rIrters $1,000 pounds; Bologna sausage.
. n3-F pounds fresh sausage T5.NtA pounds:
Fea5 cheese. $1,000 pounds. smoked ham, lZe-
OG5 rsr---5=- timed ham. 30oe0 pounds: eggs,
fresh 10000 dozen eggs dried. equivalent Of
q ooo 7~-a-,- onions 10000 pounds. fresh uota-
toes. 10000 hounds timed tomatoes. 10000
-o-nGz; timed peaches 5000 pounds; butter,
55eso pounds: jams. 10000 pounds: jellies,
6Go9 pounds 1Hts. f.0t@ pounds; raisins. SUh
hounds. coffee 690a0 pounds. tea. 5000 pounds;
condensed milk. - 0G} pounds: evaporated milk,
54p'o nounos- pAcS-7s. t.vH p9gnGs' ~ ~sauer-
krsIr- $4,000 pounds ca1suD, -9oo pounds:
baking powder. 1.1o9 pounds sugar. 10000
pounds cheese $4,000 pound lard. 10000
T7r1v=~- salt 25.Ca-A pounds; salt water soap,
10000 pounds, plug tobacco. 1000 pounds.
This list ! made from 2 list OF ninety articles
mt on board the supply ships. IN addition
all AG
Evans. in 'EEaupton's Broadway Magazine
TURKETs WAY OF MEASURING TINE
IN addition TO Iaziness there Is fnaeeuracy;
THE present Turkish official IS naturally mac
Curate and habit and conceft make him more
so. This perhaps IS due 70 the way ii which
TJrkey measures time Twelve o'clock in the
DAY corresponds with sunset: that is 70 say,
whatever hour the sun sets II must always be
twelve. Consequently the hours change always.
getting 3ater the first half OF the year and
earlier in the last which compels everybody 70
put his watch 10 daily torture. So one in
g-rIre- can f7z-ter himself that he has the exact
time; the most strict Of Englishrnen soon loses
bis national VInctua-lIy- 80 Vren TWO urks
make appointment, II is within the limit OF
half an hour or an hour, and even then they
don't generally aTTtve til after the time agreed
CT. each one calculating on the utmost possible
delay the part Of the other
Consequently the state employees are not bound
down by very severe discipline; 10 one expects
them 70 arrive Il their Office at any particular
tirn@especialiy the majority OF them go
hardly at all AS for the most industrious, they
appear for Two or three hours n the afternoon
only. and rather late; in tEe morning, state
Offices are usually closed Besides this, work
davs are rather scarce for the race Of officials
Friday is the Sabbath Of the AIahornetans; Sat
ur5ay Is the day after feast day. and one
Goes not do much then; Sunday the Greeks and
Arneuians remain, like good Christians, at
home and the Mahometans generally initiate so
good al example; Monday is again the morrow
q feast day; Wednesday there Is q meeting
es the Council Of Ministers. and few employees
20 then 70 the ministry. With religious fes-
fivais added in, IL IS easy TO understand that
out OF the three hundred and sixty-1ve days OF
the year there are not many left to consecrate
20 the interests Of the Ottoman Ernpire--Nicho-
las c Adossides. II The American.