Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-11-28

for large numbers Of men. and, In tho
second place. the absence of any other
expenses than the buying Of h ration
itself. Quarters. utensils and help are
entirely aside from this expense.
Thanksgiving day finds the army
scattered from Maine to the Philippine
islands and from Alaska to Panama.
So the problem Of acquiring Thanks
giving turkey 10 that requires much
forethought. For the Philippines. Tor
instance. 1t is necessary to ship vast
quantities OF refrigerated turkeys from
sible to buy sufficient quantities OF
turkeys In the Philippines to supply
even small portions of the army sta
toned there. The same is true OF
Alaska. Panama and Porto Rico. So
refrigerated turkeys 3 sent to those
points. Present pure food compafgns
limiting the length Of time in which
threatens to still further complicate
the Thanksgiving dinner in the army.
In fact, the new ration just issued pro-
vtdes for turkey on but two holidays
In the ear Thanksgiving and Christ
mas.
But wherever q troop Of United
States soldiers IL stationed a commits
sary sergeant has been planning a
thanksgiving dinner for weeks past.
Out of his monthly ration allowance
ne has figured a most elaborate spread
Tor this occasion. On next Thursday
all the mess tables in all the companies
OF the army will be spread with white
linen. which replaces the everyday
oilcloth on but few occasions in the
year. The tables will be deliberately
decorated with flags and the quarters
hung with bunting. The men will
give over their accustomed tasks and q
general holiday spirit will pervade all
the posts.
These sergeants have been developed
through q system that has done won
ders toward increasing the efficiency
OF the food supplied in the army. There
Is a cooks and bakers school main
tanned at Fort Riley and another at
washington barracks. In these schools
are trained the men who are to pre-
pare n food for the men in the army.
but while n army of the United
state is we'll prQvisioned II gives
prestige In that respect to the navy.
~ - admitted the world around that
tnere Is no other army or navy that
PROVISIONS Its mon as liberal az does
the United States. In the navy for
instance. the United States 10 ranked
as furnishing q ration Of $40 per cent
OF excellence. With this as the basis
the nation ranking next to the IJnitad
states IN The provisions for it, navy
Is Great Britain. which IL 1iven n
percentage OF 7.20. The other nation
RANK from 8 per cent to 6 per cent IN
the efficiency Of the food supply.
the cost Of the ration in the navy
anaounts 10 almost 81 cents per day per
man. IL Is 50 per cent higher than that
IN the army. because in the first place.
II Is more difficult and c~onsenaentIv
more expensive to procure provisions
on ship than at army posts. IN
2 second place. it is recognized that
the ration provided for the iacx tars
the soldiers. A01 l
It is no uncommon thing for : shin
OF the navy to find itself cruising IN
foreign, waters upon the advent oT
thanksgiving day. Such was the caae
W.T. Two or our own ships that were
OIL Santo Domingo last T~hanks9ivinr.
Cne OF the officers Of one Of these
SHIPS was acquainted with the owner
OF a sugar plantation in Santo Domin.
go. n officer learned that Hi
p.anter q g large supply Of choice
piss. IN tnat 1t was impossible Ia "a.
cure turkeys 1t was decided to rnaEa
. thanksgiving dinner Of these nies'
a small boat was sent up the river and
triton WIN " .ne prize pigs of the plan
Tempt to return to the ship and was
neaten back and delayed untii Il We
~ O'CLOCK thanksgiving morning ho.
lore the supplies for the dinner wera
gotten aboard, but the dinner Wal
nevertheless ready on time.
WIN me appraoch OF THANKSGIVING
states navy lay their plans to serve
q sumptuOus menu for the dav hntS
ashore n afloat, and with q hmnyrv
family OF $1,000 the task Is no smail
one. Uncle Scsn's ration for both army
fhat '. e xceeds IN variety and value