Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
Unae Sam Needs
MOI Bread Cooks
p"si1tg eoyeil Of Defense Is
Assed q, 70 SVppA Bakers
for War k,partment.
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eagerly hooking for haSe rs Th. Viz
ginia Council of pefeA Re has been
asked to help find them. H.. W.
pa rtment is especially anS\,,. - r.,
xperts in tho making Of Ad b,eod
garrison bread. Graham, rye. \s,t-ri-,
ing bread. and '-iust bread" Ahr,c.,.
new armies Will require vast am ,nt.
OF the stan OF life. and the CoS nj,
OF Defense is trying to induce Virgil.
bakers to give some attention to thu,
need of the War Department.
The quartermaster-Ecnera has beer
asked to form forty bakery companies
at once. TO be made up Of practical
bakers.
Regulations call for tho establish
ment of ono bakery company for EACH
division OF troops in time of war. each
company to consist OF sixty-one men
Each company at war strength IL
divided into sections Of four units
each. the company being designed to
supply a force the strength OF a di-
vision; a section. an infantry brigade
and 4 unit. an infantry regiment.
Organization and equipment arr
such that every company, section OF
unit is complete In itself and may be
moved around at will
commissioned officer. who Is nomi-
nally an assistant to the quarterpas-
ter, heads each bakery company. I'm
der him arc sixty enlisted men. IS fol
lows:
Chief baker, either a quartermaster
sergeant or q sergeant first class, quar-
termasters corps; four assistant chief
bakers. sergeant Of the quartermas-
ters' corps. who head sections: twenty
bakers. either sergeants or corporals
thirty-tvo assistant bakers. ranked as
corporals or privntes hrst' class; two
cooks: two cooks or general police
privates nrst class. Quartermasters
corps.
The onfcer IN charge rs responsible
and accountable for the Held bakery
1t Is his duty to see that the troops
are supplied with bread: IL there are
any oreadless meals. he is the one tc
shoulder the blame.
The duties of tho chief baker arc
varied and many. He keeps company
records. has charge OF the stores. is.
sues all supplies, and prepares a bread
cost statement the last day Of each
nonth in true modern business fashion
The section chief must see that the
bread baked by his mon Is good bread
He is in charge of both personnel and
material.
The unit chief Is directly responsible
for his command.
Equipment for field bakery, such az
Will be set up behind the lines In
France is standardized apd fixed by the
War Department It includes all man
ner OF baking apparatus-from pans
and sleeves to thermometers and
trouEhs-as we'll as lanterns. monkey
wrenehe s and tool boxes.
Troops located near a bakery are
ordinarily supplied with garrison
bread; those in the fold soma distance
from the bakery back Of tho lines ge,
field bread.
Field bread has a thicker crust. a
greater density. and a higher capacity
for retaining moisture than garrison
bread. It's keeping qualities ara excel
lent. and, being hard and firm. It will
stand rough handling. If troops car
he reached within a day, however, gar
rtson bread Is usually supplied
A ncld bakery at war strength car
turn out 1914 pounds OF garrison
bread each day. baking in seven runs