Pocahontas star herald., 1914-07-31
NO MORE HARDTAE.
Army Bakers Sound Death KnaI
OF Famous Food.
U. S. Soldiers No Longer Have a
Break Their Teeth on Cast
Iron" Brsad-ersadmakers
Carry Outfit FOE Troopa

Vera Cruz Me1 Modern iield CD
gnnization has shattered another pie.
turesque feature Of war. ilardtaok.
which In every campfire story swaps
ping contest has figured prominentlS
as one OF the prlvations which heroes
must endure. Is not used. 40 longoV
can Il be the leading stage prop "a
sentimental romAnces OF the saorihclaE
oomrade who gave up his last crumh
TO a famished, brother. OF the duti.ul
son who used his last cake 10 write
home 10 mother and went hungry Tor
week In consequence. or OF profane
OBrien. who made a new vocal record
when he broke an eye tooth ON the
durable army raiion
Fresh bread In big. soft rolls. NJ
palatable as can be turned out BY tho
most modern bakery. takes the plaas
OF the hardtack OF other campaigns. II
Is all baked IN the army ovens. Twen-
ty-four hours after the troops landed
In Mexico G,000 pounds OF bread had
been baked and was being dellyered-
warm, to the different camps. Capt.
i. $. Wheeler. who had charge OF the
neld bakery. says that Il In the most
notable advance which has been made
In army equipment lu the last ten
years.
Formerly an army In camp lived ON
hardtack fos several months while the
quartermsster's department was either
erecting brick ovens and a bake shop
or negotiating with some local baker
for a bread supply. Now a real bakery
IL part OF the quartermaster's depart
ment OF every division.
The bakery witch went inio opera
tion over night IN Mexico Is. turning
out between 5000 and 5000 pounds OF
bread a day. which feeds some 10000
soldiers and marines on shore duty.
The equipment can be tripled In size
aad It's capacity increased 10 $4,000
poue<ss daily. Four ovens ane In use.
Nnite = full equipment for n ovens.
eaoagh for an entire. army division.
VAS brought on the transports.
There is no experimenting necessary
10 get the field bakery in working or
Der. Ts tho bakery crew conditions
here are the same as.the5 have been
for months In the vsriois army camps
In the states. II will bs.ths same from
day TO day. IL the army isoa the move.
A bakery crew consists OF a captain
aud sc men. enlisted, a. bakers. Cap
tain Wheeler; who has charge OF the
field bakery at Vera Cruz ls an artils
lery captain, detailed for four years in
the quartermaster's department aud
assigned 10 the bakssy.
Each oven H. the nucleus OF a, sep
arate unit ip an aruLy field bakery. oae
or twelve can be set ap. each complete
In itself. First Ia a sleeping tent for
the crew working that particular oven.
Next comes the mixing tent In Il are
two mixing tronghs, a corner for the
sacks OF -four. a bake table on which
are scales for Weighing the loayes aud
another on which the pans are stacked.
Next comes the oven. On The other
side OF the oven is the store tent. Il Is
inclosed in an outer tent OF MOSQUITO
netting and filled with racks OF wire
and steel which will hold 1000 pounds
OF bread in orderly rows.
The oven was designed in 1911 hF
Capt. Luolen Holbrook and Sergt. Pat.
rick Dunn. II Is OF iron and steel
fastened at the corners and edges By
clamps. Tents, ovens and all equip
ment are collapsible and can be folded
and packed into a single escort wagon.
Twelve wagons wiz carry the bakery
for 10000 men. or 10000 losyes.
War has not started and the army
is not on the march. The bakery is
tsrning out what Is known ~ Issue"
bread. Il is different from war
bread. Six losyes Of issue" bread are
baked at one time. Four OF the loayes
consequently do not have any crust on
their sides. What is known as war
bread is baked in separate loaves has
crust all over and will keep longer.
There are other differences inter.
esting TO the housewife or baker. as.
sue" bread has "a pounds OF dough TO