The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-20
Jacky's Fare Costs
II Cents a Day
More Than That
of His Soldier Eel
low in Arms

Enllh u uNopV'o'N'
kinds OF preserved fruits, macaroni'
cheese. spices. candies &c.
Years ago the butter served to our
sailors was OF a character properly
termed forceful, and even the mos;
hardened sea dog had to hold MS
breath when he ate il. To-day the
butter supplied our bluejackets comes
from the best OF the creameries and
has to meet rigid specifications aud
undergo exacting inspection before IL
IL accepted for the service. In the
same way all beef and other meats are
examined by experts, and jacky knows
that he will have only the best and
J%uiciest Of joints.
The following proportion or frrsh
meats is issued: In any one month
there will lie so per cent. of beef, 20
per cent. Of pork loins. 10 per cent.
OF sausage. 8 per cent. veal, 5 per cent.
mutton and 3 per cent. fowl. During
tho Christmas holidays and at Thanks
giving a more generous allowance .,
fowl is permitted, for then prime
plump turkeys figure frequently on
the bill OF fare.
But jacky does not have to depend
alone upon the provender that can be
cnrried in the commissary stores and
the refrigerators OF the fighting ships.
Thanks to the supply ships. fresh
meats and vegetables and fruits are
brought to the fleet even though II
may be engaged In manpuvgGs at sea
or standing watch of some unfriendly
port.
In the Did day. the nearest approach
TO n fresh vegetable when at sea was
the Irish potato. and lemon or lime
Juice helped further to guard the men
from scurvy. Now our sailors have a
variety Of fresh vegetables and a daily
issue OF fruit Is considered necessary
from a health standpoint. The medi-
cal men of the navy have found that
life aboard ship is of necessity more or
less sedentary and for that reason
bodily functions are prone to become
sluggish. Fruits in ample quantities
have a great corrective and curative
value in this respect and the allowance
10 now increased on going to sea.
The mere Improvement in provisions
would not suffice If other conditions
had not been changed in the commits
eary department Of our men-of-war
Formerly he cooks were not raine
men. To-day they are experts and
are graduated from a special school at
n Of the navy yards. Their assist
ants instead OF being men that we're
too incompetent to fit in anywhere
else are now qualified by regular
schooling M they have TO meet a
standard that Is q high one
With q thousand men to cook for
three times a day the galley OF a
dreadnought is q busy place Some OF
the vessels use coal for this work,
others oil. and the latest electricity.
Be this medium what II may. none OF
the food Is issued to the sailors until
II has been tasted BY the officer OF the
), deck and approved.
4 Speaking Of electricity. this motive
energy figures c~onspicuously In the
culinary department OF our most up
TO a battle craft. For instance. the
cake mixer. the dough mixer. the meat
slicer. the meat chopper, the potato
pealer. the egg beater. the ice cream
freezer and the dish washer are all
operated electrically. INC but for these
mechanical agencies 1t would be quite
impossible to hav these three album
dam meals always ready on the stroke
OF h hour.
~ t'vu sluip al III Az IApCu
TO breakfast. and the ~bluejackets have
forty-hve minutes for this meal and
a matutinal smoke. From II so TO |
o'clock is o hour, and during hat
interval our sailor boys have Dime
and another chance to smoke, Five
thirty is supper time
;. But these three meas are no, all OF
the food Issued The men are turned
out OF their hammocks at $50 In the
morning, and after clearing the decks
and the like they are allowed early
coffee or cocoa. Should any Of the
bluejackets belong to the engineer and
dynamo force and stand night watches
between s P. NJ. and s A. NJ, under
steam. they receive al extra allowance
OF one ounce OF coffee or cocoa two
ounces Of sugar. four ounces OF hard
bread or it's equivalent. and four
ounces Of preserved meat or its equiv.
allen.
|, Formerly the crew Of a ship were
: divided into messes containing from n
TO 20 men and the food for each mess
was. within some limits. subject TO
qualification or change to suit the de-
, sires Of the group. BY committing
some of the rations and taking the
none equivalent 1t was possible to
buy supplies ashore that could not be
!. obtained from the ships stores. This
added to the diflculties Of the cooks
: and bred discomfort through the dis
parity OF diet existing between . bad
and a we'll run mess.
Now. this objection has been over
como by placing all OF the enlisted
$500 H. -h-t T. l.A-