Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

. sutuent Of milk becomes 'nuCleo-Casein. '
! And 'desiccated eggs," Of course means
nothing more nor less than dried eggs
Thus you have about the most nutritious
I foods that nature affords-mllk eggs
/ chocolate, malt and sugar-derrived Of
water and other unnecessary portions. the
whole mixed together and pressed into
cakes so dry that less than one-twenty.
/ NTH part OF them is moisture
/ Doesn't tempt you, you say? No not
now, but II you had been on a hard hike
/ OF st an day and there was nothing better
/ IL would go reasonably WELL especially
when seasoned with the assurance that II
contained the glue that sticks body and
soul together and the stuff that will drive
the wolf sinking from the door.
Aviators, aeronsuts, campers, hunters
and eNplorers-to whom ncws OF e lately
leaked out In some way-are already writ
ms to Washington TO learn where they can
obtain these little cans. The brd-man
finding himself landed IN some isolated
desert waste or forest fastness miles and
miles away from the nearest habitation
would look we'll upon a pound or two OF
this stuff distributed among his pockets
During the civil war the union troops
had their marching ration OF pork or bacon
bareback, coffee and sugar but a regular
emergency ration for the American soldier
was unknown until 1894. when General
Sharpe, then a young captain Of regulars
was one Of the pioneer expermenters
working 20 fortify our troops against posi-
bic starvation during the stress Of war
Finally, in 1896. there was adopted the first
7 emergency ration, in which were embodied
some OF his ideas. 1t contained hard bread
] v.an
tobacco. But in the hsste Of preparation
for the Spanish war only paper was sup
piled to wrap Il up in and being never
quite ready Tor the haversscks OF the men,
It never served its purpose in that struggle
Then, in 1a0l--before General Sharpe was
put IN charge Of the commissariat Of the
whole army-the emergency ration which
the newly invented one is designed to re-
place was adopted.
Old World BRtions,
The new one is the most compact emer-
gency ration now supplied by any army of
the world, except the British whose SOL
diers are provided with a little tin box
about the size Of a good-sized can Of sar-
dimes, and containing only siN and half
ounces Of chocolate and proteids (such as
the lean Of meat gluten Of wheat, casein
VI llllht MNlNe uL eBBSl, COulpItootu lllO
one solid cake grooved so as to break into
three bars, one for each meal This keeps
perfectly for five years, but has only
three-tourths the food value of General
Shapes new emergency ration.
Compared with these, the German Iron
ration" provided for emergencies, looks
tremendous, consisting, as It does, OF five
separate psckages-a cylindrical can con-
tanning half pound Of meat. a square tin
inclosing five and a half ounces Of pea
meal (to be made into soup, small tin OF
coffee, queer little woolly bag Of salt Cbig
enough to hold an apple), and cheescloth
bag OF swieback (hard bread), made into a
nine-ounce loaf. The total is a pound and
a half, or three times as much as pro-
wded in General sharpe's new ration.
The French soldiers reserve ration"
weighs a little over a pound and a half,
and consists Of ten and one-half ounces of
canned meat, an equal weight OF war
bread" about three ounces of sugar, an
ounce and quarter of coffee tablets an
ounce and three-quarters Of canned por-
ridge, and two and one-ffth ounces OF
brandy. Part Of this would be carried in
the knapsack and part In wagons follow
ing the troops
A sample japanese emergency ration
which General Sharpe has in his office, to-
gether with specimens Of the others de-
scribed, includes two packages-one a can
containing thirteen and one-half ounces of
meat, preserved with the Juice in which IL
had been cooked; and the other, a square
bundle neatly wrapped in yellow oil tissue.
which contains three little pure white
cheesecloth bags, containing one-seventh
Of quart of rice, which has been dried,