New Britain herald., 1918-04-04
ARMY MULES MORE
 COSTLY THAN MEN
Millions Paid to Appease Hunger
 of Army'S Quadrupeds

garbage can formerly had a big maw but now & dog would starve if he de- pended on the bones thrown from the army kitchen. The plain fact is that bones don't get into the garbage can; they are sold. According to reports gathered from army posts and sta- tfons in the Southern department by Colonel Daniel E. Mccarthy, depart ment quartermaster, one can holds ! the garbage which formerly filled three. Six gallons is the waste from 1 the average army kitchen and goodly ! portion of this Is potato peeling. with ] mighty little of the potato on the peeling.
 ! Mess sergeants at all cantonnents have been cautioned about the waste of food and their diligence has, to 1 great extent, brought about the elimi- nation of much of this waste. The
 mess sergeants at one Texas camp 1 adopted a new set of ''Ten Command l ments," all dealing with food conser-
 vation. These were printed in red ink l on heavy cards and posted in every
 mess shack. They read: l 1.--Don't allow a man to throw away or waste any edible food. l 2.-DOn't make the first helping
 heavy.
 1 3.-Warn kitchen police to serve
 food sparingly.
 4.-Don't help a man to any food 1 he does not ask for.
 5.-Don't give a man more than two l slices of bread at a helping. l 6-Make each man eat all that he 1 puts on his plate.
 1 7-Watch your men while eating
 and see that no food is left on the table.
 l Swatch each man as he empties his mess kit at a garbage can. 9-AlIow no man to take any food 1 out of a mess hall.
 1 lO.-Impress upon the men the i'm
 portance of food conservation.
 SIP Per Month Per Man. 1 It is estimated that 1t costs an aver ! age of 39 to Al cents a day to feed 4, each soldier in the department The l uuartermaster department puts the figure at SIP month for each man. This Is for the food unprepared. It 1 is estimated that one-twelfth of cord of wood is required for each kitchen range each day, otherwise 1 there is no "overhead' expense. On 10 cents a day, officers say. ''if l the soldiers belt line doesn't swell it is the fault of the mess man."
 Colonel Mccarthy in discussing the soldiers food said: Its remarkable to observe the change in the recruit. the transformation of the undeveloped boy into the round soldier. The coun- try boy changes expression quickly when he gets on army diet, and the city boy fattens, too. Then after they have let their belts out several notches. they get sassy and complain about the army chow
 l The average soldiers breathing ap-
 paratus is almost perfect. according to Colonel Mccarthy, and balanced diet and we'll prepared food makes men out of them" He attributes two
 causes to the effectiveness of army food: Forst, the soldier has more time for eating, and takes his meal
 more leisurely than does the civilian;
 second the food is cooked on more scientific standard, and the ration is
 more evenly balanced, while the civil ian seldom has a rtained cook | When the officers reserve training
 school was opened at Camp Stanley, 1 near here. the government allowed
 75c cents a. day for each mans food.
 This was later reduced to 60 cents a dav This sixty cents not only feeds +he student officers but provides them
 with walters It is estimated that 40
 cents goes for food and 20 cents for Ihelp. the prospective officers pre- ferring to use some of the appropria-
 ton for walters rather than pass the mess around" Their bill of fare is
 said to be equal to that of first class . gg5ssgsas