Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-31

we are told 10 Save food, put the
army and navy have everything they
waut." Is a mere or lass familiar com
plant heard from occasional civilians
wheu asktd 70 save that extra slice
Il bread or lump OF sugar for our
boys IN the service.
Disrssardlug The fact that these
men Who are fighting our battles are
the men Vho We are conserving for, the
c0lnpIs ming civilian goes even farther
and dp lares that food saved through
Food administration regulations is
careleS>ly wasted In army aud navy
camps.
In order 10 dispel any possible be
lief in this bit Of German propaganda.
the Division If Education of the Illinois
Food Administration decided ta send
representative on a personal visit
10 the largest navy camp in the world,
the Great Lakes Naval Training sta
ton AZ Great Lakes, I'll.
Boys Well Fed.
Hare IL the result ot the investica
tion, which included visits 10 the mess
halls and interviews with the paymas-
ter In charge Of supplies, conmiSsarS
stewards, and ships cooks ut the sta
ton. The boys are well fed. MS robust
boys who drill and work In the open
should be, hut not scrap of food is
wasted.
The general opinion among commits
sary stewards at the Great Lakes is
that more food can be saved by allow
ing the men to express their choice
In the quantity and kinds Of food on
the days menu than could be possible
were certain set amounts placed be-
fore each man regardless of his likes
and dislikes or appetite.
Cafeteria Plan Preferred.
At Camp Boone, the incoming de-
tenrion camp, whose cook, one "Packy
Schwartz" is known to every man at
the Great Lakes for the generous way
In which he looks out for the welfare
OF his men. the cafeteria system Is be
leved to be the best means Of con
serving food.
As the men line up for "chow" they
Ale past long counter In a single
line. where they make known exactly
what they want and are cautioned to
take no more than they can eat. For
example, II a man does not care for
bread, he passes that up. but perhaps
he has special liking for beans. In
which case he announces In the ver-
nacular of the navy. Heavy on the
beans" aud the man ut the counter
gives him an extra helping.
Beans Favorite Dish.
And speaking Of beans, Packey
Schwartz, who has fed United States
sailors for IA years. declares that De-
spite the prevailing belief In the I'M
popularity Of beans among the men
In the service, he has found neverthe-
less that beans are the most popular
dish In the navy. After beans. pies
find the greatest favor among the men,
he declares.
"fou won't find scrap Of food
wasted here" he said as he led the
way through the immaculate Kitchens
Of bis galley, stopping now and then
to ask you to hazard a guess as to
the number Of sausages cooking in one
of the huge copper kettles, and Snl-
ing at your look of amazemeuSGs he
tells you the kettle contains 1000
pounds OF pork sausages all Of which
viii be consumed by hungry blue
jackets" of this one particular camp
OF their evening meal.
Yes, there are 30 gallons OF cocoa
cooking IN this copper, and here there
are 300 gallons Of iced ten he went
on, "bnt not a bit of all this will he
wasted, as the number Of rations is-
sued daily has all been carefully fig-
jured out, and provisions made for all
possible left-overs.'
When quantity of leftover bread
accumlates for instance, the boys usu-
ally find themselves eating bread pud-
ding, or Dreaded pork chops the next
day.