Evening star., 1915-02-21
Dur Revolution q Mere SlxirmisE Beside Present w

ropean soldiery the result as follows
is appalling in its magnitude:
Bread .--...-................2 80 so 900 pounds
pota pe., -----.-'--..... o. ~" COO pounds
S".aroes -4SI 80 600 pounds
80 ------.---- S4thup I"uh's
cohee OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S"36oo0 pounds
Total .--........k .799. $4,000 pounds
This. of course. is assuming that all
nations followed the same schedule
as the Germans. which they do not
actIy. but the average ration weighs
Two and one-quarter pounds, and on
this basis it is estimated that the
daily supply would equal 1880 pounds.
and for a week would almost equal
the entire weight of the Washington
Monument. which is S1.120 tons. Meas
ured in feet. the German bread ration
would give loaf 393 feet long, or
over half the entire length of the Cap
ltol. while the bread for all the fight
ing force would give loaf three times
the height of the Washington Monu-
ment. The meat would make a strip
l2o feet long. while the potatoes. il
nodded into one huge potato, would
make a tuber of 172 feet in height
and of proportionate girth.
The cost Of transporting such noun
tains of food is conservatively placed
at S22,950.00o daily. 1t would require
315 box cars. each of which will carry
twenty tons. If made into trains of
twenty five cars each. there would be
twenty three trains needed for days
quota of meals. To carry the soldiers.
if all were transported al once, there
would be needed $4,000 trains. Six
trains would stretch over mile, and
the whole army, if placed on one long
train, would cover d stretch of 5000
miles. the distance between the poles.
This combined army requires about
100000 animals, horses and mules, and
the fodder for this avala nche of horse
flesh is put down at the low figure of
a million pounds per day. Much of the
work formerly done by horses and
mules has been relegated to motor
trucks. and of these. far as figures
are availa BILE, there is a huge array of
,419 vehicles of all descriptions. from
the converted touring car to the motor
kitchens and big tractors that haul the
huge guns about. England heads the
list i'll her automobile strength. She
has $4,000 motor lorries. 22S,oOO con-
verted pleasure cars of various sizes,
10000 cycle cars and 1S5,00O motor
cycles. making motor parade of
451.0 vehicles of motor types.
Germany, TOO, has done wonders with
her automobile contingent. She has
moved whole regiments under cover of
night by means of big fleets of motor
cars to points of from so to 100 miles
distant. Her 10000 motor cars and
bicycles have also done wonders in
scouting. signaling and other lines She
not only has motor kitchens, fifty of
them, but she also has 500 motor-driven
cannon. 200 cars fitted with Maxim
guns, fifteen searchlight cars and her
four big tractors. in addition to about
$4,000 military trucks. vans, ambu-
lances, etc.
The new factor in this war around
which so much interest is centered is
the use of the aeroplane, but not until
the history of war is written will the
real part played by aircraft be known
The dual alliance has already spent
S33,000,000 on its air craft, of which
S2S,0OO.00o is Germany's share, and the
triple entente has gone s6.O00,0O0 ahead
of its adversaries, its expense in this
respect being rated at $39,OO0,00O, while
the alliance has a crew of aviators
aeronauts and air pilots to the number