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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

this article Ike to take a stove the
size OF steamer trunk. and put all
her Kitchen tools in 1t and go OF on
trip to cook for ffty-flve men. That
Is what the army cook does The
range lie set upon the ground. usually
over trench or.hole and a fire built
beneath II Itcan be put up and taken
do' l.. five minutes During my stay
at the school the sergeant cook in
charge took one out at the back and
SET IL up In front OF the camera The
photograph shows that tne range only
reaches my knee and nevertheless /.
and year out, for tifty-five mon.
Tho other range. which is intended
LOT III men. te perhaps twice rs big
II is made Of sheet steel. but 1t is to
which Will not rust. am told that
the commissary department now has
enough OF these two kinds OF ranEea
on hand to supply an army OF $4,000
men with FOOD In the field, SO that n
an army OF that eize should be called
into being we could supply them ali
with bread and food upon very short
notice.
Kitchen Cars for the Troops.
IN ADDITION to this arrangements hay.
oeen made for a largo number OF
kitchen cars or rolling Kitchens. This
Is IN connection with tho Pullman
the commissary general has remodeleo
come OF Its tourist cars for the pur-
pose: The cars may be used for the
tourist travel while they are not en-
ployed by the War Department and
~ case OF war they could be employed
to carry the soldiers, and each would
supply hot meals for 800 men at ono
time.
These are among some OF the things
that Uncle sam Patriarch. is doing to
make OF his army Iva ectIva ava
always ready to- move aghtinD-rne
chine. In order that II war should I'M
expectedly come from any source he
may not zoe found mapping
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
~ FRANK G, CARPENTER.
We sh!nSton. D. {

W 6ShaIl ION, D' 90.
T1 HIS letter is to tell you OF the new
preparatiohs which 'Uncla Sam.
4 Patriarch, Is making for feeding
his army What kind of 9 Christmas
dinner VIII rs give it tomorrow? We
have about 10000 soldiers, and they arc
ali mighty hungry. Now that the army
has become a great fshting machine
their labor in times OF peace is quite
as hard as II would be in war. None
OF them lacks appetite. and they all
want the hest. The man who has
charge of feeding them Is the com
En!Ssary- general. His name is Henry
9. Sharpe. and he graduated al West
Point thirty-one years ago. He start
ed his military career with this branch
o. the service and he has served IN
every department OF IL and in every
one OF the United States possessions
lie has had charge of emergency work
in various parts OF the Union. has been
in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philip
pines, and for some years has been
conamissary- general of tbs United
states Army. II is from him and his
department that the intorma ton now
give You comes.
Christmas Dinner Myth the soldiers.
and now as to the Christmas dinner.
H. will ne varied according to the To-
cation OF the troops. There are fat
turkeys in Porto Rico and tbs Chinese
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

etstenee per man per day. the whole
! army through. was less than So cents.
These are ths figures for these days
think that the food must be skinny
and poor. 1t is not 1t is the best
that can be bought In the markets. and
, the variety Is greater than that of the
average family the United States over.
l have before mo the bills Of fare for
one month as suggested by the COM
nlissary to the army cooks. They con-
sist Of thirty-one typical breakfasts.
thirty-one dinners and thirty-one sup
pers. no two of which are the same.
Good NIenlK mt, Seven Cents Per.
l would like to give you housekeep-
ers who are trying to mako the ends
| meet some specimens OF these ratIons
venture that any one of you would
consider the average menu good enough
for your family. They are practically
the same as those supplied to the SOL
doers at tho Washington barracks the
meals for which are prepared by the
students OF Uncle Sans School for
Army Bakers and Cooks. This school
4, I describe farther on In this letter. In
| 1t each student has. from time TO time,
to plan out. prepare and be RESPONSE
BILE for one days rations for the sixty
|
the cost of each item OF food, and on
the average the days rations must not
run over 2213 cents per man. This
means a little more than cents per
meal. which Is close to the average
cost that Uncle Sam pays the whole
army through.
| The bills OF fare I choose are those
OF one day last week. as selected and
prepared By one of the student cooks.
The penmanship Is crude and the man
is probably uneducated.
His breakfast consisted of pork
chops, fried potatoes. hot griddle cakes
| and syrup. bread and butter. peaches
and cream and coffee A very good
meal for cents! Is st not? The din
ner comprised vegetable soup. roast
pork and gravy. tom toes with salad
dressing. apple sauce. chocolate LAYER
cake. coffee and bread. Not at all bad
for cents. The supper included beef
! loaf with gravy. baked beans. German
fried potatoes. sliced cheese, plain
cake and doughnuts and coffes and
bread Another good 7-cent meal.
would say, however. that the student
has right to spend a little more for
breakfast. provided he cuts down on
the supper or the dinner Or he can
add to the dinner and supper as he
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

At the cooking and baking schools
the students arc taught how to do all
sorts of work without any machinery
to speak of. They are taught TO make
bake ovens. which consist OF little more
than hole In the ground or of
trenches covered with clay. Ono OF
these rude makeshtfts is kind of
barrel oven. a flour barrel. or any
other old round thing is half sunEen
In the earth. and clay put over IL In
such way that when the IRE is start
ed the barrel burns out and the clay
is formed into an oven. They also have
semi-cylinders of iron which are used
sometimes. This was the form OF oven
that was employed largely during the
Spanish American War. 1t IS. as Gen
eTei Sha RE says. rnan-killer, and lie
only put up'in cases of emergency.
The army cooks arc taught to do
their, work under all conditions al
though the food equipment is now such
that our army WIN have the best OF
meals while on the march and in camp
These will be prepared upon what ere
known as iron field ranges, They arc
of different sizes. one OF which is so
small that 1t could easily be carried
on tho back OF mule. and another.
twice as big. which can be transported
by wagon
As Big az Hatbor.
The small range is sufficient to do
all the cooking for a company of ffty-
Ave men, and nevertheless IT Is not as
big as worfian's hatbo1 OF tho pres
ent timo.
1t is about twenty inches square and
sixteen inches high and at first sight
1t looks like q little safe or money
chest Nevertheless. i, contains all
the pans. kettles and equipment to
supply that many men. IT includes
stovepipe and lantern and all the
k!tchei. utensile.
How would any woman reader of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

,rs1se them by the hundreds on tie east
coast % Asia. There IS plenty of wild
game in Alaska, and each army post,
and especially those in the West, has
its peculiar supplies. In the main,
however. the Christmas dinner will be
made UP from the same markets as
yours or mine. and the government has
written its menu to suit Hare is a
Christmas dinner suggested by the
commissary general. 1t comes from a
manual which has been recently pre-
pared for the cooks of the army.
oyster soup and crackers.
Roast turkey and dressing. cranberry
sauce
Cold boiled ham
Mashed potatoes. Candied sweet pota-
toes
Creamed corn. Dreamed peas.
49, Brown gravy.
Bread and butter.
Shrimp salad. Celery. OLIVES.
Loaf cake.
Chocolate layer cake. Fruit cake. Jel-
~ roll.
M!nce pie. Lemon meringue pie.
Cheese and crackers.
Mixed nuts. Assorted candies.
Apples. Oranges. Bananas.
Grapes.
Chocolate. Coffee
Cigars.
How do you like It? It 4. Mt Tor a
King. and r. seems costly feast for
Uncle Sam TO supply to eighty thou
sand of his children. Upon investiga-
ton. however. find that a dinner like
this can be served for less than so
cents. That is the price the commits
sary-general allows for the soldiers on
transports. where the meals cost more
than on land.
Twenty-Thrce Cents Day,
Indeed. the cost OF feeding tho army
is one OF the most important things
connected with the commIssary. The
government has to know 3ust what IT
is spending, and at present the army
rations cost only & little more than
100000 year. This sum supplies
the food for all the soldiers and the
cost Is so calculated that the cooks
have to market and serve out the ra
lions at 80 much a meal
Tho average price now paid is less
than cents. tits 20 l-s cents pe1
! ration, and = ration means three meals
Last year the soldiers in the Philip
pines averaged less than nickel a
meal. and the yearly cost OF sub,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

What the Army Will Eat To
Morrow--Its Christmas Din
ner and What It Costs-Good
Meals at 7 Cents Apiece-The
Emergency Ration, Whic h
Weighs Half a Pound, but Will
Feed Man for Day-A
Look at the Cooking and
Baking School-How the Gov
eminent Makes Bread-The
New Field Ranges-Cooking
and Baking Arrangements Now
Ready for an Army of Quar-
ter of Million-Kitohen Cars
for the Troops.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
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ntbbl!ns at Is three years old. and no,
stale.
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
NAVY TRANSFERS
START VIGOROUS
DEPARTMENT ROW
Congressman Give Reasons
to Taft for Revok-
ing Orders.

The biggest kind of a row has been
stirred up by reason Of the recent
order OF Secretary of the Navy Meyer
whereby Rea Admial r. r. Nicholson
has been odered to take command OF
the Asiatic fleet, leaving the post OF
chief Of navigation, and succeeding
Read Admiral Joseph b. Murdoch. In
connection with these changes, the plan
Is forl Commander Philip Andrew, aid
TO the secretary. to become chief of the
Bureau Of Navigation.
President Taft was called on today
by delegation consisting Of Congress-
men Weeks of Massachusetts,, Dalzell,
and Foss. They made a vigorous pro-
test against the proposed changes.
The President was told In plain terms
the changes were unjust to Adm.rals
Nicholson and Murdoch; that Admiral
Nicholson had been chief Of the bureau
only two years. and should be allowed
to serve his full four years; that Adj
miral Murdoch had been In comman nd
of the fleet for only seven months, and
TO transfer him now would reflect on
him; and that Andrew was not the man
for chief Of the bureau. 30.
1t was pointed out to the President
that II he persisted in upholding the
changes II would cause much trouble.
He was even reminded that he had pol
iucal &trouble enough on his hands,
and this might accentuate It.
The Washington times., 1911-12-06

He said the district attorney could have
had James b. McNamara's plea of guilty
some time ago.. but that the offer to
change the pleading was based on The
demand that John j. Mcnamara BIO re-
leased
The presiding Judge devoted much CT
his statement to a specific denial NJ the
assertion by Lincoln Steffcns, made In
an article published In Los Angeles, that
the termination Of the trial was result
OF the activity Of outsiders who UNDER
took to influence members of the court
other than the judge. Judge Bordwcll
said the district attorney acted entirely
without regard to Steffens. and on lines
that were laid down before Steffens APP
peared on the scene.
Steffens called the McNamaras
heroes after their confession. The
trial Judge asserts this appellation Is
Offensive to common intelligence and
men,"
Judge .Bordweil said the change Of
pleas had, under the commonly accepted
principle of the administration Of crlm.-
nal Jurisprudence, resulted In mitiga-
ton of sentence
In this matter he again attacked stef-
1ens. stating that a mitigation OF sem
tence would have been inexcusable II
u had been based on Steffens' policy
that the decision of the court should be
directed to promotion OF compromise
IN the controversy between capital and
labor.
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
Probe Postoffice
Records to Obtain
Additional Evidence

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 6-Federal au-
thorities. 1t was learned here, have be-
gun an investigation of the records of
the Indianapolis postoffice money order
division for evidence which may incrim-
mate a score or more in connection with
dynamite plots or the Mcnamara broth
ers.
Although neither United States Attor-
ney Miller nor Postmaster Bryson would
give out definite Statements. It Is known
that John ]. Mcnamara, as secretary
treasurer OF the iron workers. carried
on numerous money order transactions.
1t was developed that Mcnamara did
business with the Indianapolis post
office and with the mails under a fic-
titious name. part Of the time. The
charge was made today that he had
rented a private postoffice box in this
city under the name OF C. ]. Sandusky.
and that he received a large amount Of
mail under that name.
The importance of the money order in
vestigations 10 seen Ia connection with
the work said to have been done In try
ing to ascertain how McNamara spent
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
plan TO DISPOSE
Of MCNAMARA FUND
IS GIVEN SETBACK
Absence of Ryan, Iron
Workers Head, Mysti-
! fees Leaders.
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amount. but just how much I cannot
What will the committee do with
the balance?" was asked.
II do not know what the committee
Will do, but / assume that the entire
list Of subscribers to the fund will be
published and a complete list of the
expenditures. Mr.. Darrow has promised
us detailed statement Of the ex-
penses."
''Will the committee probably recon-
mend that the balance be turned over to
the widows and orphans of the men
who were killed in Los Angeles?'
do not see how anyone but the sub
ecribers to the fund. can say what shall
r1son replied.
The McNamara committee IL en-
powered with the conduct of the PROS
ecution of Detective William Burns,
Tor the alleged kidnapping Of the Nc
Namaras from Indianapolis. Whether
this question will be discussed at the
committee sessions, no labor leader
would say this morning. President
Gompers declined to confirm Secre-
tary Morrison's prediction that the,
committee will Issue a statement
when its labors are ended.
There may be no statement at ALL"
said Mr.. Gompers.
"The committee probably will issue
one" said Mr.. Morrison.
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
OYSTER BOATMAN
COMPLAINS Of HIS
CAPTAINS CRUELTY
Sailor Says He Was Chased
Into Icy Waters of
Chesapeake Bay.

CHASED overheard into the icy waters
Of Chesapeake Bay by the captain. who
threatened him with Ratchet, a men,
Der OF the crew Of Chesapeake oyster
boat was saved by his comrades at the
point of death"
This In one OF many cases of hard
ship and cruel treatment suffered by
those who man the oyster boats II the
waters near aWhsington.
This case was discovered and reported
by A. Lincoln Dryden, collector OF Gus
toms Of the Crisfield. M. district, who
is In charge of the cutter yacht sent
out by Secretary Nagel to enforce the
navigation laws among the oyster fish,
ers.
Secretary Nagel is pressing a. vigor-
GUS crusade to stop. these cruel prac-
bring about the prompt arrest and bono
Ing for speedy trial Of brutal captains
and other violators Of the navigation
laws along the Chesapeake, have been
provided on the cutter yacht, Old Glory,
which was commissioned for this pur-
pose.
The Federal court of Baltimore has
missioner and deputy United States
marshal to accompany Mr.. Dryden on
his cruise.
Court will be held on the "old Glory
as each new case is found. This OBJ
viates the old scheme of taking each
offender to Baltimore for trial.
Collector Dryden returned to Bali-
more yesterday and epoted the detec-
ton of twenty-thee violations Of the
law. Another case was that of a cap
tain who had beaten and Improperly
fed his crew. The other cases Involved
insanitary quarters. unfit food, absence
Of lights. and other minor offenses..
In a report Of his operations on the
two days cruise, Mr.. Dryden writes:
On our way UP the sound from Girls
Held we came across vessels running
without any side lights and anchored
in the open way without anchor lights.
we overhauled and inspected a num-
Der Of oyster boats of various sizes,
some engaged In dredging for oysters
and others engaged in what is known
as buying and running oysters, the lat
ter being called buy boats We found
In nearly all Of the crew spaces in
spected some, room for suggestion, hav-
ing in view the comfort OF the seamen."
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
Lorimer Said to Be
Working for Delay

That the friends of Senator William
Lorimer are working to throw the de-
cision Of his case over until after the
April primaries in Illinois, Is the Cos
sip which has become rife about the
Capitol. What is more. the indications
are they will succeed.
Since the second Investigation of the
Lorimer case began. it has dragged
along slowly. The amount of testi-
mony taken Is enormous. About lsO
witnesses have been examined. And the
end 10 far from being in sight.
The evident disposition to drag the
case out lends interest to the renewal
Of the sessions of the Senate COMMITTEES.
day afternoon, and will hold daily ses-
sions. fter all have testified, Iorfmer
himself will be examined under oath
for the first time. I-
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
Burns Arrives in
Philadelphia in Hunt
For More Dynamiters

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.-Trailing
alleged -conspirators in dynamiting
plots, William, J. Burns, the detective
who ran down the Mcnamara brothers.
arrived in this city from Cleveland to-
day, He In after NJ. A. Schmidt and
David Kaplan, Jointly indicted with the
McNamaras for the destruction Of the
Los Angeles Times building. who have
thus far eluded arrest. -,
The specific reason for my presence
in this city," said Burns when seen at
the headquarters Of the agency here,
lis to find out who sent for McManisal
to do the blowing of the bridge being
constructed by a railroad company over
river here. 1t was one of the most
damnable Jobs ever conceived, and the
only reason II was not pulled of was
that when McManigal got here he found
so many tenements near the bridge ana
realised that the loss Of life to follow
would be so horrible that he lost his
nerve. I expect to make some arrests
here. I'm after men higher up. and Just
how soon I begin to arrest them de-
ponds upon the outcome Of investiga-
tons which have begun here today.
"Kaplan and Schmidt, whom we hope
to get here" Burns continued, ARE. so
hear. hidden some place In this city.
They are anarchists who helped Nc
Namara blow up the Los Angeles
Times
Burns will leave for New York to-
night, but his assistants will continue
their Investigations
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
Pope Says Next Friday
Will Not Be a Fast Day

Friday. December 8. Is not fast day
nor q day Of abstinence in the Catho-
lie church.
Every Catholic parish In washington
has been notified by Pope Plus x, that
this particular Friday win be a feast
day instead of fast day, owing to the
fact that the Feast OF the immaculate
Conception falls on this day and date.
The suspension of the coming FRIDAY
as fast day Ia a rare incident In the
church, and has occurred but two or
As general rule day of fast or
abstinence precedes a feast day in the
church, but no fast will precede the
FEAST OF the Immmaculate Conception.
Thursday, In this case win not be a
fast day or day Of abstinence
Special celebrations of the day win be
held in every Catholic Church in wash-
ington and the world
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
Says "Mental Third
Degree" Was Used
To Get Confession

Los ANGELES, Dec. 6.-James B.
Mcnamara owes his sudden breakdown
in spirits and the fact that he pleaded
guilty without going to trial to what
Chief of Detectives Brown calls the
mental third degree" Day after day
AZ he sat In the courtroom while the
lawyers squabbled over prospective
jurymen or catechised veniremen on the
stand, the prisoner would suddenly find
himself staring into friendly faces but
the faces were those Of people he had
known In other days.
One day IL would be the face of
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
Burns Says Mcnamara
Didn't Tell the Truth
In So-Called Confession

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.-"Organized
labor, the decent, orderly element, will
profit by the outcome of the Mcnamara
case" said Detective william ]. Burns.
this morning. land just as soon as they
rid themselves Of such radicals az
Samuel Gompers their progress will be
all the more rapid and satisfactory.
II think the public should be we'll sat
isfed with the sentences passed by
Judge Bordwell, and I think the Nc
Narflaras may consider themselves for
tunate at escaping a greater penalty"
When shown the confession made by
James b. Mcnamara, Mr.. Burns said:
That's no confession. Why doesn't he
ne truth. that he knocked the Jets
Off the gas pipes near where he placed
the dynamite? We know more about
what he did than that confession tells.
Immunity has not been offered any
one against prosecution for any Of
Tense connected with the case"
THAT is entirely possible said
Burns, when asked az to q report from
Los Angeles that a prominent member
guilt the timer circle of the union.
"Kaplan and Schmidt will be arrested
all right. and 80 eventually win every
Burns said he had no knowledge Of
any golden rule agreement between
capital and labor in connection with
the dynamite case.
case therell be a bunch behind the
bars he said. He intimated that
while circumstances had arisen which
would delay the making Of arrests In
be made shortly in the East.
It was rumored that MECHANICAL had
been in the employ of Burns previous
to his connection with the structural
iron workers and that all along he had
acted as Burns' agent and had been ar
rested and implicated in tho case sim
ply to cover him up. Burns declined to
discuss the report.
The Washington times., 1911-12-06
Alienation Suit Is
Won by Defendant

PITTSBURGH. Dec. GA verdict for
the defendant was given in Federal
Court In the suit of Elmer Sturtevant,
OF Boston. against william B. Sterling,
OF Erie. Pa. who sued for $4,000 for
the alienation OF the affections Of the
formers wife, Josephine Eturtevant,
known on the vaudeville stage a.
Josephine Joy. -