The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-22
British Army Food TEST.

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marched to Tidworth barracks from
Perham Down. on Salisbury Plain,
and were weighed, inspected and dis
missed
During the fortnight the column
marched between $50 and 40 miles
on bare service rations, which consist
or the following daily allowance for
each officer and man:
| IN pounds Of fresh meat, or 1
pound of preserved meat
1 " pounds of bread, or pound of
biscuit or flour.
Is ounce tea.
| II pound jam.
ounces sugar
n ounce salt.
1.36 ounces pepper.
"a pound fresh or II pound pre-
| served vegetables.
The men rose and breakfasted at
1 $3.50, marched from $3.50 to 4:30. and
| went to bed at 9 o'clock.
Drinking was only allowed at meal
times. No restrictions were placed on
the amount of liquid consumed, but
no alcohol was allowed.
The men provided their own fobac-
! CO. but cigarette smoking was not per-
mitted on the march. and not more
than three cigarettes were allowed to
| be smoked in camp.
| The men arrived in Tidworth bar
racks at 11:45 yesterday morning and
were weighed and medically inspected
by the medical officers. in the presence
of DR.. J. S. Haldane, brother Of the
war minister, and DR.. Pembrey both
members of the advisory board.
The men were in excellent condi-
ton. hard and wiry, with faces tanned
| by wind and rain.
march are approximately as follows:
Average loss in weight, pounds.
Average loss in chest measurement,
| inch.
This is the first time that a test has
been held in which men have marched
| for any length of time on bare service
rations without being allowed to sup
plement them in any way.
No one fell out with the exception
of one man, who feeling sick after
eating some nightshade berries, was
carried in the ambulance wagon for
| the last half of one days march
There were a few sore heels owing to
wet boots The rain was so persistent
| that -everyone's clothes were wet
through practically all the time NO
one however, caught cold.
/ The men themselves are very cheer
| full after their strenuous fortnight
ct have lost three inches in chest
measurement, but~I feel as fit as pos
sible," said one of them, a tall fresh
| faced youth.
Another. who is long-distance
runner, admitted that he was IN bet
| ter training than he was usually when
| he entered for races.
81 suppose it is through going alto
gether without beer he said. THE
march was not a picnic by any means.
| For the first few days it was hard, and
we felt very hungry. but after that we
got used to it.
ssWhen we got back to barracks to-
day, our first meal was dinner at 12:4o
| meat pie, potatoes peas, bread,
with coffee-but I left most of mine.
You don't get your appetite back al
first. It was all foot slogging, but we
kept lively with singing on the
march."-An English Exchange.
A New Negro Empire Plan?
That Theodore Roosevelt, while APP
petition, killing tigers and fieas, IS in
reality carefully Investigating condl-
tions to ascertain if it be not possible
| and practicable to establish in the
Sudan country second empire OF Ii
IBERIA, and thereby solve forever the
negro question of America, is the dis
| closure made by a United States fed
eral attorney in charge of southern
! district, who relates the supposed
secret plans of Roosevelt in all their
details. The plan as revealed by the
| former presidents confldant is to stake
| out a good section of the country IN
| the Sudan, north of Congo Free state
and west of German and British East
4 a
| the four corners. have Uncle Sam de-
| clare a protectorate, organize the ma
| tive tribes into a suzerainty or the
| United States of America, and then
| will come the expatriation of the ne
groes from this country to the new en-
| pire in the heart of Africa. In the
| / founding out of the plan wedge will
| be formed by a nation under the con-
vent the expansion, territorially or
commercially. of Germany and will
| make the United States a factor in the
| balance of power among the nations
of Europe now struggling to retain and
| enlarge their footholds in Africa
| William Buckley, in Leslie's Weekly.
They Liked New York.
Now that the British squadron has
returned from participation in the
Hudson-Fulton celebrations. it is as
| certained that more than 800 desert
ers were left behind in New York
This item. coupled with the very
| heavy entertaining allowance. will
make Sir Edward Seymour's cere-
monial trip costly little business. A
fully trained bluejacket costs the
state. on an average, about 1920. The
ties in refusing to deliver up deserters
from foreign warships in their ports
may be constitutional" but it is as
suredly not calculated to encourage
friendly visits me moral is Wnen
next we send friendly expedition
across the Atlantic, to rake together
that element which can be best spared
from our navy, and not to stint shore
| leave.-London Truth.
Carp as a Food Fish.
When Seth Green stocked waters in
this state with German carp to add
/ to the food supply he didn't count on
the delicate taste of Americans. They
wouldn't eat the coarse fish. and treat
ed the carp with contempt Now il
iseems a use has been found for the
carp. Some food experts, noting the
Il low prices at which smoked salmon
4 was offered in Chicago, and investi-
eating. found that it was carp treat
ed with pink paint and liquid smoke
OF course, that fraud will be stopped
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