The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-03-14
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- the different French estamlnets
Krbt village and at the cnnteens Tom
kSy buys fresh eggs. milk, bread and
pastry. Occasionally when he is flush.
he invests In n tin Of pears or april
cots His pay is only a shilling a day.
"a cents. or u cent an hour. Just imn0-
sne. a cent an hour for being under
fre--not much chance Of getting rich
out there.
When he goes into the FIRE trench
tfront line). Tommy's menu takes n
tumble. He carries in his hayersack
what the government calls emergency
or iron rations. jrhey are not supposed
to be opened until Tommy dies OF star
vntion. They consist of one tin Of
bully beef. four biscuits. little tin
which contains ten. sugar and Oxo
cubes fconcentrnted beef tablets).
These nre only to be used when the
enemy establishes curtain of shell
ire ON the communication trenches,
thus preventing the carrying in OF
rations. or when In an attack a body
Of troops has been cut on from its base
of supplies.
The rations are brought up at night
by the company transport This is n
section of the company in charge OF
the Quartermaster sergeant. composed
OF men. mules and iimbers 1.-TWO
wheeled wasops). which supplies Tom
my's wants while In the front line.
They are constantly under shell IRE
The rntionr are unionded at the en-
trmce TO the communication trenches
md are carried In by men detailed
for that purpose The quartermaster
sergeant never goes into the front-iine
trench He doesn't have to. and have
never heard Of one volunteering to
do 30.
The company sergeant major sorts
the rations and sends them in
Tomny's trench rations consist Of all
the bully beef he can eat. biscuits.
cheese. TUNED butter (sometimes II
men to n tin). jam or mnrrnalade. and
occasionally frerh bread tten to q
IoaO. when II is possible he gets tea
and stew.
when things are quiet. and Fritz -
hshaving like a frnticrnan. which sell
dom happens. Tommy has The opportu-
nity OF making dessert This 10
trench pudding II is made from
broken biscuits. coc5snsed milk. jam
little water added. slightly favored
with mud--put into n cnnteen and
cooked over little spirit stove known
ns ''Tommy's cooker
a firm In Biighty widely advcrtises
these cookers rs q necessity for the
men In the trenches. Guiiibie people
buy thcm-ship them to the Tommies.
who. Immediately upon receipt Of same
throw them over the parapet. Some
times n Tommy falls for the ad. and
uses the cooker In a ddgout 20 the dis
gust and discomfort OF the other oc-
cupants)
This mess Is stirred up In n tin and
allowed to simmer over the flames
from the cooker until Tommy decides
that It has reached sufficient tgiueiike)
consistency. He tnkes his bayonct and
by means Of the handle carries the
meas up In the front trench to cool.
After Il has cooled OF he tries to ent II.
Generally one or two Tommics In n
section have cnst-lron stomachs and
the tin In soon cmptied. Once tasted
trench pudding. but only once.
In addition TO the regular ration Is
sue Tommy uses another channel to
enlarge his menu.
In the Enciisi>3 papers a Lonely
Soldier column In run This II for
the soldiers at the front who arc sup-
posed TO be without friends or reis.
dives. They write to the papers and
their names are published. Girls and
women in England answer them. and
send out parcels Of focdstuffs. ciga-
rcttes. cnndy. etc. I have known q
''toneiy" soldier to receive as many -
1--WE parcels and eleven letters In one
week.