The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-24
OFFICERS DON
COOKS APRONS
Uncle Sam Calls in Warriors
to Learn Culinary
Art.
SCIENCE OF COFFEE POT
Curriculum At Army School Held to
Be Invaluable in Case of
Mexican War.
SCIENCE OF COFFEE POT
By EARLE r. DORSEY.


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By EARLE r. DORSEY.
r.,
The war department spoAe
Lieut.. u. 7. Winslett-Georgia Natiohai
Guard. suh,-the other day. The War
g, 10, -.rrulou. tn Iieut.
1y,r.,ss. a. ,,ts,t,s ofrcer ana when
~ W. nS,.r,r.n, reaiIv .neaks al
,nS.,,a.. nt.r.aI. IittIa thrill of
~a.ssssav 1900. IN Iy.yt winslett's
snins
g. ~. -. ,htr~. the War Depart-
40, 10. cola liant winslett has
c.u..d th,t onscer .ome tridin9 confu-
49, 80 -. c.n.ed mir, 70 h1ckIe on
~. 80 80 1890 d.snIv over the
grav. n,t.r,nce m the army mowers at
Srave ut.enSe VI w. 80. senar,-
20. - ..,S .. wtn.i.tt Caused him
MI .r,,.to, Re- ws. cau.ed nv
e. 80. 49,
..s
..u.... I,.,,, ~ w;n.,.tt second
1870. Cs. N.,,onaI C,.rd \.
. ,,hnr,ysd ,o attend and pursue a
~ s,a,in a, az Armv
SI O. $50 "a CooL, wash
D,-trS,, % T,oIumbia
hs,o, ~ * IoIi"
oesinn"s may 49,
A clerk in the War Department, who
wa. aasiRned to prepare the daily lisl
of orders to army officers, took the
message of the War Department to
Lieut.. winslett and carelessly sand
viched II between two other orders.
which authorized the dissolution of a
hs 49, nh.snns rssnsctiyeIv
omc 'ss $500 hastiIv tore
L h.@y
open Tue Ions ,hs n...sos
war Oepar theh'' - 49,
Win ga'nerihs eon ~ .a..,,' -. .r. !
went nome anu lo,u n''
going 10 iearn -. n-,, Nth
Lieut.. winsle'' pa ~ ,,e ia ana
a oook OF amp 1870
left Tor washington. A.. ,,,;,,
Winsiett mas touno 81 De
school, Which Is stuo
tomac RIVER at uhe ioo. u 80, nthar
Half street. IN Washins'on. MAJ ,,inr
omcers' some Hn.a anu SUN sI,t.
aho ne iouhu n :, a, .xact
and baking Is something Vi q"
science.
But WONDER why, asAeo a ~
an omcer~a man VINO
command men IN oatue' snouia oe
quired TO learn to COOK ana pake. hs
sight OF an ofhcer COOKING pacon ano
,uf,,cient 10 destroy discipline in his com.
mand for the next SIX months:
Winslett found that al nrst no one
answered his questions One day. one oil
the old-timers at the barracks TOOK MIN
and some other student-on1cers ASIDE.
The Gsstatory Army.
=, 49,, .., so,.,
son, sNo the oi n 80 g,
Know ohcie SAM tneso ~ -. -
ana Secs 20 pLtns 10
- ,ha r,ost ex.ct
warfare can oe oh. VI IN T.
sSiehees An .s.n ns.d 20 rn.ks
ehe 500 oiu vn-d ana .,ar-
war WIN ~ M 80 -, ~. =
.auon anu oise'e
me enemy ,. a., ,,... 5.v. =,
ney We e.,e 80 i;,norisss nayis.
Spe~'.en neuo n, au ~. a.. .,nr,.cr
ehae no e,mS - a.. -,
ana cer.ainy NO s.lon - g., ~.
cal corPs, out " "a ,ha s,,r,
en oS "
..n.,. .,.,os m. n, the s,u5en,.
- aeso.r 20 40 with cookinpa'
~ -. % ,ha," ,aid the old.
..u,S e, M, a. .rr,v into Nh.
snef. -. - cof,
ne'o anu ga nn-t;on ~ atoms Won
r., i,,s, 90 r,nch indigestion
r.o,h,. q, Tr,,ic..
. A. Ga. ,,., sr,,,sa vou.vs 90,
- nnand in q ,ronicaI climate and
~. ~ 80 ,,,.n bave found a min OF
-. -, na,iy. Iiouor and the sun is
s,asir, no In the shade One of the
60. 80 on an,;stsd man will do is
80. % ,nt a 10, Of fruit I've never seen
q force of enlisted men in the tropics
xn w wouIdn.t try to eat fresh fruit and
drinE native LIQUOR with the sun ITO in
,ha shade
..Sow that's where the dietetic knowl-
y, tha of1cer comes In The very
e.s, ,Sirs he wants 10 40 ;s N keen these
49, If, the fTuit The LIQUOR is bad
na,,rb hut uhen the fruit goes down on
,on i,.s awful some officers. before Un-
Gle Sar, started giving them cooking les
,bsss officers have seen their whole COM
..Tb.re's nothing like baked beans and
yo,,'re lighting in the tropics. During
the Spanish war there was a whole lot
Of talk about the canned-beef scandal in
'ne = "a, sca,d.I ,b., was
800, ";S, g. ,ho ,ro,b,. We had
80 L.,.,, - liz anli.ted r,.p"
WIN '"e "
Baking Under Difficulties.
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MS -. -
.oriu "e - nc ia ',,,,ar ..,,,a,.b. ,bs,.
.l,.a -, 49, cut ~, fror,
souiu' ou. supp .;,t ri, a cnr,nanr.
sour LIE a. "La ,hn ,,,ost ~ What
anu sou h"" w