The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-08
ii!ER!ClE Army AhC NAVY ARE
THE BEST FED IN TH[ W0RLOt
Mothers Minds May be at Rest-Boys Service Receive
: Best Food and Abundance

Wnlle under war pressure they are
reckoned in hundreds of millions.
Bidding has been made easy by the
navy's weekly notice of articles that 1,
requires. This is mailed TO all bust
ness concerns interested-~now more
! than II ,00o---and all the. articles need
! ed from week to week are listed
| There is one door in the navy depart
! ment through which anybody may
walk freely. even now in war times
and that leads to the room where all
| bids for the navy are opened.
| Price Is not the first point in naval
/ purchases. Assured quality and
promptness OF delivery are the prime
essentials. When IL is remem bered
| that every doubtful dealer means I'M
satisfactory deliveries and consequent
loss in feet efficiency. it is obvious
why the application of any candidate
for admission to the bidding list must
be. and is. critically scrutinized. The
restrictive measures which have been
adopted, by which the most scrupu-
lous care is exercised in placing the
names of new firms on the navy's bid
ding list, will, il is firmly believed.
prevent recurrence of the troubles of
the civil war and the war OF 1898. and
the present war viii be perfectly clear
of any faint OF suspicion in the pur-
chase of naval supplies Certainly it
has been so up to now. AS a concrete
example of how sharply the lines are
being drawn between satisfactory and
unsatisfactory contractors. it may be
stated that eighty~six firms have been
deharred from the bidding list since
July. 1914, and not one has been re-
stored.
Rations in Navy
The war has not produced condi-
tons making 1t necessary for the navy
10 wish TO depart in any way from
its previous purchasing procedure
The fact that all purchases OF naval
supplies with the exception of three
items of ordnance. are centralized in
one Office has made it possible for the
navy 10 secure adequate supplies 10
meet all its needs at the most ad-
vantaeeous prices and all in strict ac-
cOrdauCe with legal requirements
and this without criticism from within
without the service. II has been
found unnec essary to throw any veil
OF secrecy around the navy's business,
whereas ont and out publicity insures
in advance a deal square and true TO
each bidder. present and absent
A typical days ration served on the
seized German ships~-the biggest trans
port ships we have--is:
Breakfaet--B eel stew. dumpltngs
fresh fruit. bread, butter and coffee.
pinner~-rot roast beef. nacaroni
mashed potatoes, rice pudding, bread,
butter and coffee.
Supper-Cold corned beef. fried pota-
toes kidney beans, gingerbr bread.
butter and tea.
e~s-
Two weeks. more or less, Of the voyage
over.
The navy ration, per man. daily is:
one pound hard bread fbiscults}. one
and one fourth pounds fresh bread. or
one and one-eighth pounds -four. one
pound timed meat. or one ard one
fourth pounds salt meat. or one-fourth
pounds smoked meat. or one three
fourths pounds fresh meat, or one and
three-fourths pounds fresh ash, or
eight eggs. or one and three -fourths
pounds poultry. three foprths pounds
timed vegetables. or one and three
fourth pound fresh vegetables. or three
ells beans or peas. or cnc-haf pound
rice or other cereal. two ounces coffee
or two ounces cocoa, or one-haf ounce
tea. one ounce evaporated milk. or one
sixteenth quart fresh milk. three six
teenths pounds dried fruit ~ three
teenth pound fresh fruit toae ration sss
fruit Is allowed with each ration ut
tAeans peas. rice and c7hw~' starch
foods and canned Vegeta hies issu@de :
two ounces butter. four ounces sugar
seven pounds lard for every zoe pounds
flour used AS bread
There is also this weekly ration:
One-fourth pound cheese. one-fourth
r ~ n 4 mararoni,Y e-thirty second
pound pepper. one-fourth pornd pickles,
ne-thirty-second pound mustard, one
fourth pound salt. fourth pint
syrup. l-iss pound spices, ne-fourth
pound tomatoes tcanned). one-half pint
vinegar or oil, yeast. baking powde
and aavoring extracts as required
In addition 20 the foregoing. the fol-
lowing issues are allowed TO men of
the engineer and dynamo force stand
ing watch under steam between the
hours OF p, NJ. and A. NJ, four
ounces hard bread or its equivalent
one ounce coffee. four ounces timed
mea, or its equivalent, TWO ounces Of
sugar
Also. during the continuance of the
present war he'following extra allow
once will be made to enlisted men of
the deck force when standing watches
between the hours OF 3 T. NJ and s
A NJ. one ounce coffee or cocoa iva
ounces sugar, four ounces hard bread