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

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steal yigor. Knowing IT he win light
with more energy and dogged deter
mination than If his stomach gaaw-
ed ana he looked forward only TO-
crude meal hastily prepared by the
blaze of camp IRE
AN army marches on its stom-.
ach, said Napoleon. but the powers
plan. the conee remains hot Tor
covered that an army must also ngnI
on its stomach. The field Kitchen q
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 vehi-
Gle, which may be separated IN the
middle when desired, thus making
two smaller Kitchens. The rear
portion OF the truck supports an
explosicn-proof copper boiling vat,
holding 200 quarts, and a conee
tank, holding 20 quarts The front
truck carries 200 extra rations IN
addition to the daily quota. feed foT
the horses and a considerable large
amount of miscellaneous material
The hot water Immersion method OF
cooking is used on nearly all tnei
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 cary
in the morning and there metloWs
into succulency. Arrangements are
made whereby the men on sentry
may fill their canteens with steaming
hot coffee at any time. AS the can
teens are constructed on the thermol
plan, the coffee rmains hot for q
number of hours. multiform
spigot makes it possible to I'LL 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 or cav
airy. It does not smoke. 1t is prac-
,tically noiseess and the hre-box con-
snmes any kind of fuel, from wood
and coal to peat. All the covers may
lbe Theoretically sealed and the en-
tire kitchen can be transported across
Ia very rough field at gallop with
out drop of the liquid contents
Ispil1ing out.
The whole field kitchen is painted a
neutral hue similar to that OF the
uniforms worn by the troops, and
Ieven the separate utensils, ladies',
spoons, Knives, SLC., are ~ 49, -. 80
that they will not reflect the Eight
Al q comparatively short distance,
therefore. the field kitchen is practi-
lcally invisible. even on bright day.
Plenty of Meat.
The vegetarian idea and the theory
that men can be well fed on conden-
Ised or capsuled foods find no support
in the modern commissartat Good
jreti meat and plenty of it is the slogan
lof those who feed the armies and
the fighting men have been given
beef and broth ever since the war
commenced. Foreign Laboratories
have turned out capsules that they
guarantee to contain as much nutri-
lment 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 capsule and a
tablet, even though you tell him mat It
he is eating tie equivalent OF ruil
meal. He wants something hll.ng
therefore The the menu OF bread and
meat. meat and bread, with hot cor.
fee as stimulant.
The Re work Of brineins the food to-
the men in the trenches has present
ed a number of interesting and diff
cult problems to the comm1ssary oe.
narfment and many are the deeds OF
bravery performed by the cooks .or
waters during the winter campaign
when the trenches we're only few
Yards apart. Famine IN an isolated
trench was easily possible Uuon one
.occa sion. for example, a cook saved
nn entire company OF !nfantry ~
fllinp large shell with the COM
messed sausases which form st .s1l
nnrtion of diet in the field, ana mr..
ing this shell with the aid OF e
small CHARGED Of rover. so that it fell
within ,,,ii a short distance Of the hun
s Ssr-- trenches. 1t was an easy
matter to drag the shell into the
dug-out. and. when the pro1estlle vas
onened. the sausages were found 70
be In excellent condition.