New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
ccopyrixht. 1911. by W. A. Du Puy)

DOWNRIGHT 1911, by w A Ou fuND
ARDTACK Is no more. The army
IL has thrown of the yoke of bondage
nat has bound II 10 a pound OF
dry bread" a day when In the HELD IN
80. ~ this hated ration there has come
- bread" crisp and crusty, pungent
a ,oIstable. sweet and serviceable. war
80, has hurdled into general popularity
=, .be army IN a single season II mas
ae5 the hundreds Of tons Of hardtack
-. .,o army was accustomed 10 use en-
-. ont Of the commissary. For war
-" "a to-day the accepted ration OF the
-,s,o- On the field and on the march and
,-s,,op e hut a memory in the ranks.
-, di,,ision Of the army was en-
- az san Antonio the virtues of
$50 bread we're demonstrated. When
80 division moved into camp at Leon
e,rirrs like Sheridan forty miles away
-v,~ bread was baked for II. cordea INTO
o~,s+ wagons as might be so much hre-
wood. and ten thousand pounds of IT day
we're hauled to that camp and consumed.
,yren the troops stationed at Galveston
,,o,+ NJ, their tcn-dav hike some weeks
rsr, tho bakers We're stationed at a con-
,.sniant point and five thousand pounds Of
..,yar broad were baked daily and sent N
wagons 90 the marching army.
IL. those ruanpuvres war bread had
,po final test OF efficiency and was found
IN be master To hemans fresh bread for
sorlrient after baking. So is its general
,ss I'm the army recommended and adopted.
50 has a fnal step been taken IN that aim
n the department 10 make It's soldier the
host fed man in the nation. So has
srrerior food been developed that will
meet the trying requirements of an army
IN the field.
The thing has been accomplished al
which the Commissary has been aiming
f,- decades A bread has been evolved
,bst viii retain for weeks all the nour-
isrmen, and palatability that belong 10
fresh bread. A bread has been created
that viii remain sweet and tasty for
weeks after leaving the ovens, and may.
as consequence be shipped 10 troops at
81 considerable distance. The manner Of
making a bread that will have sufficient
strength 90 withstand the hardship Of be-
ire shipped in bulk has been discovered.
All these qualities are combined in the
now bread that is officially known as
"ff-d bread" but which the men in the
ranks insist on calling war bread" 4
loaf of war break" is two feet long and
slim 10 it's proportions. Il IS Of such
dimensions that it would make no mean
weapon should a raid on the commissary
Do made and the men he found otherwise
uua-med This bread IS thick and strong
az crust. To has not been allowed TO rise
q great deal IN the baking. II has been
baked slowly and we'll dried out.
So 10 has become a club Of bread well
prepared % Withstand any amount Of hard
usage. When IL IS produced at the field
bakeries 50 may be corded up in a wagon
bed and hauled FOR days without crushing
or degeneraung. When it reaches the ad-
vance guard Of the army the trooper breaks
8, over his knee and the inside Of the loaf
IS as good as new. Each OF these loaves
contains two pounds Of nourishment, which
IS sufficient 20 sustain a soldier and his
f-rsie for tventy-four hours To the vet
e~an who has suffered the bareback ration
in many campaigns the coming Of the war
bread is the happiest experience in his
career. For the call Of the inner man, az
intervals averaging about three times
day. is universal and his appeasement is a
Joy forever
r0umissarv General Henry G. Sharpe is
the inventor Of the war bread AS head Of
tHe eommissary he has studied food prob
iers on a broad basis the world around.