The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-07-04
Weekly War News Digest
Activities Condition. Throughout the United States
and on the Battle Fronts, frcm Washington, D. C.
Immente Stores Needed to Feed
Men on Transports.

Men on Transports.
An account Of how sorU.ers are
fed at sea is given in the daily news.
PAPER published on the transport:
"Outside of providing 100000
meals at sea, the mess officer OF The
ship has very little to do. Very little
"He is called upon TO provide, by
The regulations, $50 different vari-
cites Of food That's all Ever try
to order 1s0 different things to eat
Yet this is the authentic list.
"The food needed to feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
the glutton's dreams. You get the
answer in the ship down below the
water line, where 1920 loaves of
bread have been baked in one day,
and where you stumble over every
variety, from $4,000 pounds Of beef
TO 10000 eggs, or a compartment
Of brick ice cream in l0-degree-
above-zero vault
"And il this doesn't suit, you can
bump along into 49,324 pounds of
potatoes. 100 pounds Of ham and
bacon. 1900 pounds of butter, $500
pounds Of sugar, and 81 500 pounds
Of -four.
"lf you can't get meal out Of
this you can still fall back on 1900
pounds Of sausage, 3,i00 pounds of
sauerkraut. 10000 pounds of apples.
1880 pounds of oranges, and 4,20o
pounds Of onions. And this leave
ont 1900 pounds Of Jam and 9,4OC
pour Is If lima and navy beans"
Money Inrtesd of Merchandise
Should be Sent to Soldiers.
The original order ia; the ar
provol Of rcgimental or higher
commander was necessary before
packages might be sent to member.
Of the oxpeditionary forces has. been
modified so officers with the rank Of
major and higher. may approve ship
meuts. The approval of COMPANY
commander is not sufficient
The question Of the shipment Of
parcels TO France frs: came to the
attention Of the War Department
v hen the commanding general of the
eXpeditionary forces cabled that con
g,stion Of sub articles had reached
such Il point chat French railroads
were unable to handle the load \
board appointed by the Secretary of
War and the Postmaster General en-
amined 5000 sacks of parcel post
mail, and found that the articles be-
ing sent not only, in the main, We're
absolutely unnecessary, but unde-
sirable. The investigation showed
that the amount of such mail had
reached a total of 500, 300 pounds a
week, and was steadily increasing.
Relatives and friends, according
to a recent statement by the War De-
partment, will find they often can do
greater service TO soldiers by send
ing them money for the purchase of
articles in France than by forward
ing the articles. Tobacco is now be-
ing supplied as part of the Army ra-
tons, and merchandise of nearly all
kinds may now be purchased in
France through the hugh general
store established by the Quartermas-
ter Corps at lower prices than charg-
ed by retailers here.
Army Medical Department Declares
War on Flies and Mosquitoes.
Special attention is being given by
the Medical Department of the Army
in all camps to cleaning up spots
where mosquitoes and flies breed. In
some cases il has been necessary to
dig channels in streams. drain
swamps, and put in elaborate ditch
ing systems to clean up stagnant
pools and streams. In cases where
it has been impossible or impractic-
1biS w Nioih sNoihIo anu W. Slllllsti
work. there has been installed a sys-
TEN for keeping slow-moving streams
and still bodies of water covered
with oil. At all points within the
camp where there is the slightest
possibility of mosquitoes or flies
breeding daily spraying of oil is
done.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed with the Federal Public Health
Service to carry out similar pro-
gram in the territories adjacent to
the camps. The Health Service has
agreed to I'LL Dogs, open streams, and
drain swamps. and continue the oil
spraying for distance Of mile
around each camp.
Special precautions have been TAX
en- to prevent the spread of disease
by flies. Instructions were given on
the disposal of materials that were
likely to become breeding spots.
Arrangements were made to protect
all food from flies. With this end in
view all huildings in which food il