The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-18
Army Topics
Washington Star

600 rations have been placed in stock .
at home and in the Philippines, and |
that supply is being constantly increa. !
sed. 1t is now a commercial article |
and can be obtained in almost any
quantity in case or war, when there ,
would be lrage ana sudden increase |
in the military force. The emergency
serves the purpose suggested by it's
title, and is not used under ordinary
conditions. 1t is, as one officer remar-
ked, a substitute for nothing at all,
and its abolition is opposed on the
ground that it serves a purpose sim
liar to that of the first-aid packet.
The latter provides for the treatment
of the injured when it is impossible
to reach a surgeon, or when the field
hospital is at a great distance.
NEW ARMY BREAD.
Gen. Sharpe, commissary general
of the army, has had some tests con-
Quoted at the Washington barracks
with a new form of bread, to serve
as a substitute for the hard bread as
a part of the haversack ration. This is
a yeast bread made under a receipt
which preserves it's palatability, and
at the same time imparts to the article
the necessary keeping qualities. 1t
will take some time to demonstrate
whether that characteristic has been
attained. Officers of the subsistence de-
partment believe however, that they
have come upon bread that is an
improvement upon the wellknown
hrd tack. So far the new bread
has been kept over a month
and remained in perfectly good
condition. It has been subjected to
moisture for half a minute and then
dried over the fire, when it had the APP
pearance and flavor of fresh bread.
The commissary officers are also
experimenting with new can in which
VIII be placed corned beef and corned
hash. The latter article is considered
a most desirable component of the
haversack ration, the composition of
which is along lines that will enable
the requisite stock to be obtained with
out trouble in the market. For that
reason the various features of the ra-
ton are being devised along lines that
will permit commercial manufacture.
ENDURANCE TEST CRITICISED.
That consideration must be made
for lack of time on the part of some
army officers to engage in daily phys.
ical exerise, without which the annu-
= al test would be undertaken at con-
T. siderable danger, is the suggestion
2 made by Surgeon General Torney in
regard to the proposed regulations
t for physical tests in the army.
t 1t is maintained that the officers
o should be competent to decide what
n exercise they chould take outside OF
S that imposed upon tIem by the per
y Torrance of their duties 1t is consider
: ed essential to make liberal conces
sions in behalf of the officers who are
l. stationed in the tropics under which
e conditions the heart muscles are wea
L. kened, and any demand made upoI
d them might result in permanent phys
8 ical harm.
@ 1t is Intended to make a careful stu
p dy of just what should be required o
: each class of officers IN war, and ther
1t to make the test fit the duties of the
particular officers, rather than to at
IS tempt to fit all officers to tests which
a. are probably too onerous for somt
: and not enough for others.
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