The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-27


Isrsat dreadnoushts Vim inca.dss
Tomato SOUP
Olives Gherkins aCeaoky5
Roast Younk Turkey with ChssnGk
StuffinG 9
Cranberry Sauce Giblst 0saSy'
GRAINED Mashed Potatoes
CreAmed Onions French pNnn
Asparagus Tips with Mayonnaise
Mince Pie Pumpkin Pi0
Ice cream
Oranges Nuts Raisins Assorted
Chocolates
Black Coffee
Cigars Cigarvtr
From the foregoing II will b 49,
furnished with q Thanksgiving dinner
as elaborate as that served IA many
hotels. During the morning while pre-
parations for the meal araiin proErus
the quartermaster nj his assistants
have been busy decorating the crews
space with signal flags and yart-col-;
ored bunting, so that BY tho time i
meal is piped the whole gun deck pre-
sents O. FESTIVE appearance. To prepare
the meal hundreds OF cooks will roast
S8.125 pounds OF turkey and chicken.
and convert more than $4,000 pounds
of ~cranberries into ~appetixing samoa
Meanwhile the bakers have been pre-
pairing some 1900 or 1900 pumpkin
and mfnce pies for the hungry crews.
and Tar below, h refrigerating
spaces. to the merry tune OF the lee
cream freezer, 5000 gallons of delicious
Ifrn NyAoV NJ uunrtAA $1o xr4wl hAraA hAA-
made.
After dinner the crews assemble on
the ~forecastle to witness boxing matches
between would-be champions OF their
own ships or OF ships In the same al
vision or fleet, and the enthusiasm. ~
q high pitch. IL trebled when ships
champion brings home b bacon
Later In HI afternoon rowing and
swimming races r held, and, q II
customary with the sailorman, he bets
his months pay On b crew repre-
senting his own ship. Thousands o.
single race. During the same dmA
perhaps, he ships football team -
struggling for supremacy with the stall
wart warriors OF q rival ship, but from
the hundreds In the crow parttsans of
both sports may enjoy them without
to do the routine work. for only the
days.
In spite Of this sumptuous dinner.
8 o'clock finds the sailor ready for SUP
PER-, after which the ships minstrel
troupe prepares to give a gala perform
ance. A moving picture machine sup
piled with weekly deliveries 81, the
newest and most thrilling films II used
as an important adjunct to ali enter
tainments, and as frequently happens.
the ship will AVE several vaudeville
artists of no mean order included in its
complement. Fol Thanksgiving special
sketches are prepared, and the rapid
hre criticisms n comments of their
shipmates are frequently as amusing
as the efforts Of the actors themselves
Tired, Happy cuw.
When taps are sounded at q late
hour 1t fs q tired but satisfied crew
who seek their hammocks swung be-
meath the beams of the berth deck.
The sports, b special dinners. the
gayety and entertainments of Thanks
giving are nll repeated on the other
holidays of h year, but In addition to
this there must be furnished each day
to this big family the nourishing food
which makes the vessel the home ~
Jack fondly calls 1t.
The bureau of supplies and accounts
under the paymaster general, United
States navy, makes the contracts COW
ering many hundreds OF items ranging
in quantities from a few thousand to
many millions of pounds each year, and
upon the members of the pay corps Of
the navy falls the responsibility for
the preparation and issue Of the ar
ticles of food supply. How successful
they are q be judged from the many
commendatory remark made by visit
ors from other navies, both at home
and abroad. During the visit of the
New Hampshire to the celebration at
Quebec that vessel was crowded with
English officers and men during tho
hours set aside for visiting, and a party
Of officers who were inspecting the
galley of that ship while the regular
dinner was being prepared and served,
asked permission to have luncheon
served from the enlisted mems dinner
rather han return to their own ship,
where they said they would not re-
ceive as good a meal In their officers
mess. This one incident Is typical Of
many coming under the notice Of the
officers of the navy #
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