Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-15

ms measured, cOurtly way. "Mcine |
lierren, there We're, as you know, |
among the troops concentrated here
Tour regiments which were without
field kitchens
Il now have the honor to inform
been pleased TO present each of these
regiments with q field kitchen.
They VIII arrive in Mlawa tomorrow.
liauptmann Won Rieben. you will
kindly take Mr.. Bennett to see them.
"Jah wohl. Herr General"
So we went and saw the gift--huge,
glistening. beautifully complete affairs
that leave way in the shade some
captured Russian field Kitchens |
nave seen, Indeed, there is no COM
parlson.
tp-to-datc kitchens.
The Russian Kitchens are primitive
ana gypsyllke--not much of an add
vance on the old fashioned iron ket-
tie on the campfire. except that they
are on wheels. The German kitCh-
ems are equipped with dampers and
faucets and thermometers and gauges
to make the work with them accur-
ate, rapid and easy.
Metal disks bearing in polished re-
lief letters directions as to how to use
the devices are attached TO every COM
partment, and they also tell now
much time the cooking of various
kinds Of food requires.
The heat is so distributed that one
lire serves for the compartments con-
tanning hot water coffee. and food;
but with the Russian kitchens that
saw only one kind of food can be
cooked at time.
The tanks of the German kitchens
u no h.
that the food stays warm from half a
day to a whole day. the glycerne it,
self not getting warm but holding the
heat in.
The principle Of the gycerine bath
is applied in America to the windows
Of lighthouses so that they may be
kept clear of frost, and the govern
ment buys vast quantities of the oil
Tor this purpose every year
Three Hot Meals Day.
From these field kitchens the men
in the trenches and behind the adj
Nanced batteries get their three hot
meals a day. That means rice soup
with meat In IT., meat stew, vegeta-
bles and coffee. Wine and rum are
also served
our field kitchens" said General
Won Heeringen at Laon, they have
been a mighty factor in this war"
Great doings tonight! Everybody
in his freshest clothes and wearing
all his decorations The table linen
spotless and some dishes and lamps
in evidence that nobody has seen be
fore
The reason of all the splendor is
the arrival of the eight military at
taches from Italy, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Roumania, the United
States, Argentina and Chile, who have
come shuddering in after a bleak but
fascinating day on the already classic
battlefield of Tannenberg.
The dinner is long and lively. More
surprising To everybody than the
profusion of white table linen is the
less profuse but very welcome supply
of white bread. Champagne, too, of
which the greater part is warmly
pressed upon the guests of the even
ing.
Suren at His Best.
The staff is so glad to see some
new faces and hear some new talk
that the officers sit at table until near
ly midnight, when the attaches have
to leave on the special train which
the German government had assigned
to them for scenes of other operations
in Russia.
Suren is at his best on an occasion
like this-courtly, but brief and to the
point. Early In the meal he rises and
says
Gentlemen. Comrades! l have the
honor 10 drink your health / greet
you in the name of your sovereigns
and your states. My officers join me
in this welcome. Turning to his Off
GERS, who sprang to their feet and
lifted their glasses Gentlemen!
Hochl Zweimal, hoch! Dreimal,
hoch."
Little, fluent, suave Lieutenant Ger
tine from Argentina, though one Of
the youngest in years of the Berlin
group Of attaches, is the Oldest in
point of presentation to the emperor,
SO il falls to him to respond to the
toast. He is graceful-and brief.
on culinary evenings the event at
dinner is the reading of the days bull
letins telegraphed from the great
headquarters in France. Suren leans
back in his chair, taps on his coffee
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