Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-14
Food Conservation
in the Army
by Frederic J. IIaskin.

tfUhiF tpffff INTO Use III the tAIutftEaH
| army weapons as Formidable rs any get
turned out by munition plants They are
the sharp bread knife. the sharp meat
knife and the ordinary teaspoon
The Germans would bc particularly
worried by the sharp bread knife, II they
knew about II. II is being used to cut very
thin slices Of bread Before tho war,
| bread In the army was cut IN huge thick
slices with any kind of knife ut all.
| The aoldcr ate as many slices as he
wanted and usually left half-eaten slice
by his plate Now lac docs the same thing,
| but the waste is mlnmlzed because the
| slices arc 50 much thinner
In one camp alone tho sharp bread
! knife saved 90, 900 pounds Of bread during
n period Of fifteen DAYS Every man WaR
still permitted to eat his I'll Of bread, he
| was simply prevented from wastIng
i thirty tons that would otherwise have
| been cnsi INTO the garbage pail Forty
| five toms Of bread would be the approxlmh
ate allotment for 1000 men And Tins II
the result of the saving IN only one camp
| II = estimated that the total saving m oil
the camps was sufficient 10 ration several
battalions of French and British infantry.
no ron \ GOOD KNIFE.
The sharp meat knife has been found
wasted now, aud thc full importance If
this may be realized when il IS stated that
ono elghty-thrd Of each man food left
on his plate represents u loss of ono-hali
cent In m army of 100000 men this
would mean an annual waste If $3.50
600 n sum that would huy food for more
than y 600 men
Since tho war, the American soldier has
also learned how 70 get amazing results
with his teaspoon Bv stirring hls coffee
wig ,rouslv for several seconds be hDs
| found that one lump If sugar wIll do the
work ~ two Stirring is now part u the
military training
Food conservation has been reduced -
a science IN the army From the tune the
food Is bought by tho Subsistence DIVISION
| II thc CHartermastcT orps, ~ the time
Il - consumed hy the soldier the smallest
! rap X watched with tender rarc ! mt
serHp, it - realized may yct prove the
needed surplus ~ defeating he Germans
he food IL purchased on the contract
system That IS. every month the sub
-lstcncc Division sends ont request for
bids on various foods for the arnV for
that particular month, and tie lowest
bidder for tbc highest quality food Is
gwen the contract
Some months food prices arr higher
man ~ eth'rs, "hirh causes = flacf'I",l'h
~ fhe cost "t ihc Shldlrr ramon his
cost also Fares according I" dIfi"reht
SECTIONS u ih' country ~ some ~
y : ON. - cents daF, 70 othcr7 a7 l'lSt /
Is cents
~ ~ THE Mss SERGEANT.
The soldiers ration il n the hands af |
IT,. rt..-. sergeant ~ Inc eorf,D4ny II !. /
ti,c ,n,..a sergea ~ ,rbe, makes ont tho dalIv
,,o,,f,. ,,,d sltbiolte tberf,. =, the cour4fy
re,,ufn,ndar and H. a4so kcrns account
If IN d.,l, cost II the food for one dax .
co.'s. -. tfan tho amount allotted far tho
ra,nr,,,,s.. ratIau. the balance L rlaced on
tbc hooks h. IT, t.scr, II some other tifne
sometimes the mess -ergrarlt saves enough
,Igr5np tie week 10 fllv chickens Tor sun
d. .iIonpr
lrapr,-a,od * the eomnanv command
- written NOM rr,a,,. r,tlr l5, tho mess
s..-.,.'..,+ ,t,or, t..r,l..,I !, ~. ee,ora,.,
..oeI ,,,ar ~ .,,onf,ti, ,rainlrp ana
..,-,..r.eycc obtained II an army cookIr.C
sc6aal T'bcrc arc noy. nver IN 400 ccoLs
= ri. American army md over I00ra
t,sIer. III ~ whom have received 4 course
of tr,Ir,Jr0 army kitchens and bakeries
ono at these training schools : n
v siSilitl-' 1l '9',toi'9ilt1 II 't'iliie' s4'h
= ~ t.. - 80 :. -, : :