El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-02
SOLDIERS GET
FLESHY ON THE
ARMY RATI0N5
British Troops Get More
Food Than They Need,
Writes Officer
NEW SYSTEM DOES
AWAY WITH GRAFT
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

ONDON. ENG, Jan. "A curious
complaint about soldiers food i'll
- the field has just been received
An officer writes home to lament the
number Of pounds he has added to his
weight in, the trenches, saying he feeds
almost too well without sufficient ex-
ercise.
NapoIeou. who said IAN army fights
on its stomach" would be astonished at
the enormous demands upon the endur-
ance of the men in this war. for he was
never able to give his men the strength
ening food well regulated armies re-
ceive nowadays.
cali attention. for instance. to the
hattie of Iule Burgas- The Turks lost
because they had been starving 1or
four days The BUlgarians had their
stomachs full. The Turks were willing
but could rot fight and on their re
treat many died of sheer starvation
The Belgians and in many cases the
! Germans in Belgium, have been weak
ened by lack Of food. aIthougn, tne Ger GER
man system in general is excellent But
/ the British soldier has had his meals
1 with great regularity.
| What the British Soldier Eats.
Here is a list showing what each
, British private receives every "a
one and a quarter pound Of fresh
meat or one pound preserved meat
! One and quarter pound bread
Four ounces of bacon.
/ Three ounces Of cheese
-Four ounces Of jam
| Three ounces Of sugar.
| Half pound of fresh vegetables OF
| two ounces Of dried vegetables.
| Five-eighths ounces Of tea, coffee or
Two ounces Of tobacco or 50 cigarets
Result Of Careful study.
f- e
| full study on the part Of scientists. They
| have found that 1000 calOries or energy
| making units are required to keep a
| man alive il he is lying In bed with
out mental or physical exercise. For q
| man marching 20 miles a day $500
| calOries a day are necessary The Brit
J ish soldier receives 5000 calories, so he
has 500 to spare.
In former British wars there has
/. | been enormous corruption and chaos,
| and the soldiers have often gone hun
! CRY. Luckily, for two years before the
| war broke out the director Of supplies
and his staff had been studying every
. l detail Of a new method so that when
the great call came the whole scheme
/. / was complete and perfect both as re-
CARDS supplies and transport
No MiddIemen.
The contractor or middleman. the
source of much corruption in the old
! ! days, has been removed and the war Of
flee deals directly with manufacturers
! ! Acting in connection with the local
| government board, tens Of thousands
Of health officers all over the world in
| spect the factories and analyze the food
5 to prevent adulteration, impurity OF
! bad quality
New Delivery System.
D Another clever device is the method
< of delivery. The manufacturer must
send his stores to the railways without
I | knowing their destination. If this were
not so he might be able to load inferior
{ goods in ships for the continent, know
! ing well that the boxes would be opened
= up too far away for inspection or com
= plant Under the new system these
n supplies must go to the government
S food depOts at Liverpool, OF Leeds
K where they come under the eyes o.
! health officers and analysts.
j The army had large reserves OF fooC
d | when war broke out, but in 10 day
o these had been doubled A stupendOu
= plan was put into operation and i
e , worked wonderfully. In France ant
e ! Belgium one sees the army servic
corps and passes their conveys on tn
. roads. Interminally, the motor truck
| hurry from the bases TO the fighting
lines with Tommy's daily meals, wit
7 fresh bread baked on the railways ant
often even with fresh fruit from tn
south.