The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-21

National Defense Problems
II-.Lessons Of the Ware Compulsory
BY Frederic j. Haskin.

G j. Haskin. 81
steal yigor. knowing it he win fight
with more energy and dOgged deter
mination than If his stomach gnaW-
ed and he looked forward only to
crude meal hastily prepared BY the
blaze of camp fire.
..An army marches on its stom-
ach." said Napoleon, but the powers
plan. the coffee remains hot for g
covered that an army must also dgnI
on cts stomach. The field kitchen 10
regarded as being of as much sup
port to the men in the trenches as
is the heavy artillery
Hot Water Method.
The field kitchen most generally
used abroad is four-wheeled veht-
middle when desired, thus making
two smaller kitchens. The rear
portion Of the truck supports an
explosion-proof copper boiling vat.
holding 200 quarts and a coffee
tank, holding 20 quarts. The front
truck carries 200 extra rattons IN
addition to the daily quota. feed for
the horses and a considerable large
amount OF miscellaneous material
The hot water immersion method or
cooking is used on nearly all the
field kitchens and the same stew can
be kept hot. and palatable for three
days in succession.
Food for cooking Is placed In the
copper receptacles at night and early
in the morning and there metioWs
into succulency. Arrangements are
made whereby the men on sentry
may fill their canteens with steamingI
hot coffee at any time. AS the can
teens are CONSTRUCTED on the thermo
plan, the coffee rmains hot for a
number of hours. A multform
spigot makes it possible to fill six
TASKS simultaneously, thus saving
much time.
The total weight of such field.
kitchen is only about 5000 pounds
and it is so constructed that It can
follow even rapid advance OF cav
airy 1t does not smoke, 1t is prac-
ticalIy noiseless and the hre-box con-
sumes any kind OF fuel. from wood
and coal to peat. All the covers may
ibe Theoretically sealed and the en-,
tire kitchen can be TRANSPORTED across eros,
very rough field at gallop with
out drop OF the liquid contents
spi1ling out.
The whole field kitchen Is painted a
neutral hue, similar to that OF the
uniforms worn by the troops, and
even the separate utensils, ladies'.
spoons, knives, etc. are SO designed
that they will not reflect the light.
At a comparatively short distance,
therefore. the field Kitchen is practt-
cally invisible, even on bright day.
Plenty Of Meat.
The vegetarian idea and the theory
that men can be well fed on conden-
sed or capsuled foods find no support
In the modern commissariat- Good
red meat and plenty Of 1t is the slogan
Of those who feed the armies and
the fighting men have been given
beef and broth ever since the war
commenced. Foreign lanorato y
have turned out capsules that they
guarantee to contain as much nutri-
ment as a pouns of beef; they have
produced tablets which are claimed
TO be the equivalent Of a loaf of bread
but the military experts will have
none of them.
A soldier, they say wants quantity
as well as nutriment- You cannot
satisfy the ravenous hunger of a man
who has been fighting in all sorts
Of weather with a capsule and
tablet. even though you tell him that
he is eating the equivalent OF full
meal He wants something filing.
Therefore, the menu Of bread ana
meat. meat and bread, with hot cor
fee as stimulant.
The work OF bringing the food TO
the men In the trenches has present
ed number of interesting and diff
cult problems to the commissary de-
partment ami many are the deeds OF
bravery performed by the cooks or
walters during the winter campaign
when the trenches were only a few
wards apart. Famine IN an isolated
trench was easily possible. Uoon one
occasion. for example, q cook saved
fl1ing large shell with the com
pressed sauseges which form staole
norton Of diet in the field, and "hr-
ing this she'll with the a'd Of
small CHARGE of rover. SO that It fell
within short distance Of the hun
ger-ridder- trenches. 1t was an easy
matter to drae the shell into the
dng-out. and. when the projectile was
onened. the sausages we're found to
he in excellent condition.