Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28
Morale Of German Troops
Is Not Affected by On
slaught on East Front.
GOOD FOOD FOR ARMY
Rations Are Sufficient for
men-Nc Anti-Ameri-
can Feeling Found.

With the Germany Army on the Riga
Front, July %, (by courier to Berlin,
via London, July 28).-Russian efforts
to break the German lines at various
points on this front, which the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent has in
spected personally IN the last few days,
have neither affected the front nor
what is perhaps equally important
the morale Of the German troops.
The CORES pendent has viewed the
great sectors of the front from south
Of kekkau to a point well south of
Friedrichstadt, has stood in the
trenches amid the devastation of drum
fire of but few hours before and has
talked freely with the men engaged.
He has also mingled unconcernedIg
with the troops behind the front and
has endeavOred in every way possible
to find some indication of a falling off
in the morale of the fighting spirit
At one barracks the commander said
to the soldiers:
Here is an American newspaper
correspondent Tell him all he wants
I am leaving him here alone and shall
not try to find out what questions he
asks nor what you told him"
The commander and all other off
GERS then left the barracks and the
soldiers answered every question with
uturost fr:tsti kness 7szI7@s-
The CORES ondent, who had been
cautioned that he was likely to find
much anti-American feeling among the
troops, put questions designed to dis
cover if such sentiment existed. The
men said they knew nothing of the ex-
istence of such a feeling. One soldier
summed up their attitude as follows:
Some American ammunition is be-
ing used here, but that is political
question. And we don't know much
about it, We don't hate anybody. We
don't hate the Russians It is war and
we are here to fight and we are going
to keep right on fighting until the enc
my has had enough, whether it lasts
one year or ten"
Soldiers Wen Fed.
The men were well clothed and
plainly well fed. The day previously
the correspondent inspected a division
commissariat and obtained from the
Quartermaster list Of the ratiOns. In
quiries among the men confirmed this
list in every detail. The daily ration
follows:
Bread, (unmixed with potato -FOUR,
$50 grammes; meat, $50 grammes;
greats, 125 grammes; butter, 60
grammes; coffee, 25 grammes; salt, %
grammes; tea, three grammes; sugar,
IT grammes; cheese, 25 grammes;
wheat -four, % grammes. There are
two meatless days weekly, on one fish
is substituted and on the other stewed
fruits with rice. When the water in
the trenches is bad the tea and sugar
ratiOns are doubled. Two cigars and
two cigarcts are issued daily to each
man. In addition every battalion has
its own cantecn where cakes and
canned fruits, etc, can be bought
Reduce Bread RatiOns Only.
The soldiers were openly amused
when informed it had been reported
abroad that their rations had been cut
down and that they were often forced
to go hungry. The only ration reduced
is that of bread and this reduction was
made long ago because It ~as found
that the men were unable to eat more
than the quantity now allowed. This
ration compares with 270 grammes
daily allowed civilians in Berlin. The
daily meat ration for the soldiers
equals the weekly allowance in Ber-
lin and the butter allowance is more
than quadrUple that III the capital. Ra-
tons in other things are in the same