Evening star., 1911-08-24

EXCEPT the meats 1t Is the rule to Issue
the supplies at thesse camps In two DIS
issues The stuff Is issued to the organ
izations from the commissary head
quarters. where Mai. y. II. Neumeyel
is in command. Capt II. H. Neuneyel
ir has done the active WORK VI assume
at headquarters The ccmmssary Wort
Of the regiments Is cared tor py Iapt
Spencer Bliss. 1st Infantry. capt :; ~
Whitaker in the I'd Infantry, ano L.eul Leu
Royd. 1st Separate Battalion. Ihe o.nei
organizations have no regular commits
Sary officer. the work falling 10 tue ~
Of officers who already have greaa oea
to do. .,
The commissary. Of course, deals W. u
that very important thing, the army
ration. and when commissary on1cer
starts to tell you what an army ratloii
is IL Will consume the entire evening.
The making out of ration return
is one of the clerical tasks in the COM
missary department, and complicated
piece of york 1t is. The paper USED
for this work in the National Guard OF
the District OF Columbia was arranged
after great study by Capt. Whitaker,
I'd Infantry.
The commissary officers are supposed
70 know how to get the greatest amount
Of energy out of the food issued to the
men TIE regulations tell them what
ration is, and they are supposed TO
know how 10 make il go the longest
way Some of the men in the commis-
sary have been through the army's COOK
ing school
To show what enormous quantities or
food are handled the list Of things issued
from headquarters for this camp is gwen
below Ii comprises about all the regu-
lar government rations which VIII De
issued this encampment:
Twelve thousand one hundred ana
twenty-five pounds of fresh beef; $3.50
pounds of bacon, 1,6SO pounds or beans,
80 pounds of rice. 14.0OO pounds or po-
tatoes. 1.lJO pounds of canned tomatoes;
peaches, go pounds of coffee. 2,SuO pounds
OF sugar, 5S3 pounds Of condensed milk,
IS gallons of pickles. 75 gallons OF vine.
gar, $50 pounds of salt, $50 POUNDS OF
pepper. 25 pounds of cinnamon. I34
pounds of lard, 9S pounds of vanilla ex-
tract, 100 cans Of baking powder, one ton
OF -four, seven tons of bread. $50 pounds
of butter.
In addition to the rations. or the reg
ular government 16k cents worth a day
10 pounds of carrots, 500 chickens, GU
pounds of cooked ham, 600 dozen eggs,
200 dozen ears Of corn, 20 barrels OF
string beans. $50 pounds of cheese. 300
pounds Of macaroni. 4S0 pounds OF cod
dsh.
The nagstaff in front of brigade head
quarters has had to be taken down sew
eral times, because the haiyards nave
given trouble. Yesterday Fred Harr1es
and a gang of enlisted men were taking
IL down again. Some one in the row Of
orderlies' tents called out to his neigh
Dor:
say. Bill. that's a B. and o. flag staff
comes down every hour on the hour"
Although he isn't making any pretense
at being a marvellous tactician, or sol
lier with greater qualifications than even
Napoleon himself, Maj. c. Fred Cook. the
adjutant general OF this brigade. has the
entire thing in his own hands and the de-
tail of the days work passes under his
eve in his Office at the end OF the row at
brigade headquarters.
However there Is one enlisted man IN
the 1st Separate Battalion who doesn't
believe in the adjutant general This man
was walking post one afternoon. and
stopped Sergt. Bessemer from going
somewhere or doing something that ap-
peared against the regulations:
81 have a pass" replied the sergeant.
slips. given out at Maj. Cooks office.
and signed &C. Fred Cook. A.
The sentinel read the thing upside
down. forward and backward. and then
gave II back with a sneer:
"Huhi Dat pass amt no good. Dey
amt no cooks got any authority round
dis yer camp"
Speaking Of cooks, Capt Fales Of the
medical department, commander Of the
ambulance company, has made the sug-
gestion that list of accredited cooks be
are subjected to an examination by the
medical men In the brigade and by keep
ing list Of those who have had the cor
rect military experience It is believed
the companies will not have difficulty in
getting cooks of the right sort
The men OF the Hospital Corps are At.
tracing favorable comment this year. Al.
ular kind. they are learning a great many
things of interest and are becoming vel
versed In the art of handling the
wounded men. well equipped field
hospital Is now being conducted by them
and every day sees some one drop in tt
be patched up or to be dosed for some
ailment First aid stations are estab
lished in connection with the infantry
problems every day also. The roster Of
the company is az follows:
Captain-W. D. Fales.
Lieutenant-W. B. Hudson.
Frst-class sergeants-h p. Davis, w
) Klemroth. =, T. Stephenson. J. NJ Nc
Daniel and +. p. Weller.
Cierk-L X. Harding.
Prtvates-D. M. Anthony. II. c. Arnold
D. l. Bare. l. E. Bynum. G. E. Dryer
~ NJ Ellison. A. M. Ehrlich, g. w
g. George. 5. w. Goforth, o. Herman
J A. Hinderlong, c. II. WINS, j. c. Jack
son. =. kamrass. s. r. King, $. j. Mul
vihil. I. IL. o. Mcconnell F. V. Morris
J. g. ouady. f. L Redfeld. c. S. Ris
void. G. l.. Shank. X. A. Sommers J. ]
sullivan, w. A. Spires, III. c. Thompson
NJ. L. Turner. c. Tretsven. p. w. Willets
s r. Williams, w. L. Wilmeth and p. II
Ward.
'Rud." the barrack-room poet, who fur
nishes The Stars National Guard col
uInn with a military verse every nov
and then. has had trouble with his mess
and after cogitating for several hour
produced the following:
If a spade should always be mentione
as a spade
And the plain truth told when contrast
are made,
I'm compelled In this instance to plainl
confess
That one mess at camp has been surel
q mess"
designations Sent to President.
The designations of First Lieut.. Ere,
j. Rose and First Lieut.. Robert E. Moye