The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-08-21
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| in place of that costing IS cents. which
the government ration represented.
| The navy department then set about
rearranging the constituents of the
ration so that the men would have
| a wide variety to draw upon while get
ting the body building or fuel values
needful This was where the authori-
! ties reduced the dietary scale to a
matter of calories or nutrient units.
| Such was the state OF affairs eight
| years ago.
Since then the medical authorities
of the service have found that some
| Of the allowances for certain provi-
| sions were in excess of those desired
| or consumed, and accordingly they are
now shifting things SO that better re-
suits in the way of satisfying the men
| can be obtained without adding to the
total cost.
| The public little realizes what nice
| figuring must be done in order to
keep expenditures within bounds. With
total enlisted force of approximately
$1,000 men, Uncle Sam has to pay
more than $7,400,000 annually to make
the inner man. happy.
The prize ship of the navy is the
dreadnaught Wyoming. The men be-
| hind her guns have scored the high
| est marks at target practice and their
husky mates below the protective deck
have Outclassed their rivals In en-
cheering efficiency. The Wyoming
is happy ship" There are no hun
cry or dyspeptic mischief makers or
malcontents aboard of her. One might
wonder at this were it not possible to
give a weeks bill of fare for the gen.
eral mess. This will show the part the
chief commissary steward plays in
making this fact.
MONDAY
Breakfast-Baked corned beef hash
| fried hominy, oranges. Bread, butter,
coffee.
Dinner-Split pea soup, boiled cab
bage, boiled corned beef, boiled pota-
toes. raisin pie. Bread and coffee.
Supper-Fried liver, fried onions,
fried potatoes, rice blanc mango.
Bread, butter, tea.
TUESDAY.
Breakfast-Fried eggs, fried bo-
logna, fried potatoes, bananas. Bread,
butter, coffee.
Dinner-Gr:lled sirloin steak, fried
onions, mashed potatoes. cocoanut Gus
tard Bread and coffee
Supper-Beef a la mode. hashed
, brown potatoes, corn fritters. Bread,
butter, tea.
WEDNESDAY.
Breakfast-BOstor baked beans, to.
mato catchup, hot corn bread, oranges.
Bread. butter, coffee.
DinneNVermicelli soup. prime roast
beef. onions. gravy, boiled potatoes,
fruit tapioca. Bread, butter, coffee.
Supper-Oyster stew with crackers.
cold beans, doughnuts, fruit jam.
Bread and tea.
THURSDAY.
Breakfast-Fried pork sausage,
onions, gravy. German fried potatoes.
preserved fruit. Bread, butter, coffee.
Dinner-Tomato soup, spiced ham.
German Drowned potatoes, dried
peach pie Bread, butter, coffee.
Supper-Baked veal pie. biscuits,
sweet corn. Bread. butter. cocoa.
FRIDAY.
Breakfast-Scrambled eggs, fried ba-
con, force with milk and sugar. Bread.
butter, coffee.
Dinner-New England clam chow
der, fried trout, baked potatoes, mince
pie. Bread and coffee.
Supper-Beef croquettes, tomato
catchup, fruit jam. Bread and tea.
SATURDAY.
Breakfast-Railroad hash, tomato
catchup, currant buns. Bread, butter,
coffee.
Dinner-Bean soup, boiled bacon,
boiled cabbage. potatoes and turnips.
boiled potatoes, pickles. Bread. but
ter, coffee.
Supper-Steamed f1ankfurters with
mustard. string bean salad. boiled po-
tstoes. Jam turnover. Bread, butter.