Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-05
SOLDIERS AT BORDER
RECEIVING GOOD FOOD
Uncle Sam is Buying the Best Meats
To Be Had.

If Uncle Sans fighting nen-thOse
of the regular army and militia now
on the border and those scattered else
where-are receiving their meat pro-
ducts in the same condition as they
leave the Chicago packing plants, they
are getting as good food as can be OBJ
| tanned according to packers and army
officials.
When the food now ordered leaves
the stOclzyards 1t is of the quality or
dered by the government and prepared
IN scientific manner to meet all re-
qUlrements Of climate and conditions.
AS 10 how it reaches the mess tables
that is another story. Much there
VIII depend upon the company cooks.
Difference Lies With Cook.
Some cooks will make a feast for
kings out of the contents Of the tin
cans sent them, but Others-veu, as
Lieut.-COI. Albert D. Kniske~ Of the
quartermasters corps, who has charge
Of these supplies says:
Most complaints we receive come
from the militia regiments, and they
may be charged up to inexperience. In
competent cOOks-that is, cooks who
may be first class men in a, restaurant
or club, but who have bad no expert
ence in the field, cooking for hundreds
without the tools and eouipment at
that is the chief reason. Other reasons
may fall upon the inexperience of the
commanding officers. They may not
at first know how to provide for their
men. One company may be starving
because Of foods spoiled through lack
Of proper care-the next company may
be living in plenty on the same ra-
tiOns.'
Bacon by the Million.
That the food Is first class when Il
leaves Chicago was verified today by
a visit to the big packing plants at the
stocl5yards, where government orders
for 100000 pounds Of bacon, $50, 900
pounds of corned beef. 100000 pounds
Of roast beef and 240 900 pounds of
corned beef hash is being prepared and
rushed to the border posts.
Uncle Sam is buying the best meats
to be had declared Col. Knisl1er at
the Quarternasters depot, 115-125 East
Ontario street. IF there Is any
criticism as to the quality of supplies
or the manner in which they are pre-
pared, then the fault lies entirely with
the government officials, for the pack
ers prepare the fOodstuffs from formu-
las furnished by the government; they
pack it in manners prescribed by the
government, and during this unexpeCt-
cd demand OCcasiOned by the calling
out of the militia of all states the
packers have held up other orders and
government foods out first.
Meat Carefully Watched
every bit Of meat purchased is
picked out by the government tnspec-
tors. 1t is followed to the cooking
rooms, where every process of hand
ling is watched from the time the
meat is trimmed Of excess fats, girls
tie and bone to the sealing up OF the
can or package in which it is de-
liunTa7 g fnznar+aF
the packers have their inspectors on
the job as well, and they have pride
and reputation to sustain and they
do not like to have a government in
sIpectolr pick them up on some detail
they have neglected or overlooked.
The packers have urged me to
complain" continued Col. Knisker "if
I find anything that is not being done
as demanded by the government
specifications, They appear to iba
one has tried in any manner to slight
or skinp his orders"
From Carcass TO Can.
At the invitation of Col. Knislzer a
reporter for The Daily News visited
the 8tOcIzyards plants and witnessed
the entire process Of preparing food
for the boys in khaki from the time
the carcass was picked out in the
cooling rooms to the sealing Of the
packages and the loading into the
cars that rush the food to the border.
The meat was cooking on a large
scale. It was cooking for the entire
world side by side with the govern
ment's orders. On one side was the
bacon picked by the inspectors for the
use of American soldiers and sailors.
Over on the other rose tier after tier
Of British bacon, and in still other
rows was piled comm erc1aIR bacon,
the bacon which is seen hanging in
every butcher shop.
That. designed for Uncle Sam stood
raised several inches from the floor ito ]