Evening star., 1918-07-21
Tons of Food Dainties for Soldiers in France
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eOMEWHERE IN FRANCE,
July q 1918.

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A N agent Of the State DEPART
n ment In Warrington opened
new and permanent. offices
~ in Paris, with . number Of
4 \ employees. He bought hne
furniture, as was his duty.
Then. looking around. he found that
he needed, personally. many things
which money could not buy in war.
restricted Paris-sugar. tobacco, fruit
preserves, biscuits and crackers, white
-four. etc.
He applied for permission to buy
Quartermaster stores from the A. e.
F. They refused him, all along the
line. Yet he was an important United
States government functionary. do
you belong to the Army7 NOT" they
asked. That settled it
Somewhere In France an American
colonel called Q Quartermaster Lieu.
tenant into his on1ce. The Duo de
So-and-so Is . good scout" he said,
"a friend Of America, and We owe him
many courtesies. He needs some coal
Could you not arrange itf' Also, the
duchess needed q small weekly sup
ply OF sugar, -four and similar con.
venienees. Doubtless 1t was used In
teau: but the colonel would not give
it," That u how he put IT. The
quartermaster gubaltern, personally
responsible; yas to hold the bag:
no outatdar has Q cAn to tap themr
=
as
So. from one end Of France to the
other, American and French civilians
and others Ue trying to burgle the
boys comf0rtA
At an intermsdiate base the mill
tary clerk took me through the sales
commissariea Behind locked doors
were endless shelves Of true riches
W hich fade not away-picklea, fruit
cake in boxes, sliced dried beef and
bacon in glass. coffee. lemon drops In
jars.
dent, in uniform. was trying TO prove
that he should be assimilated to the
'.The boys are miIlionaires," he said.
Mere money 10 dross today In Europe,
Just kindly hand me down two bot.
safety safe y razor, : styioeraphie pen. thres
tins Of minta. ten pounds Of sugar,
100 packs Of cigarettes and enough
of that beautiful khaki worsted serge
at $50 Per yard to make me = new
He was axtonished to be turned
down like an ordinary French inter.
prefer trying to buy stun for Madame
la CommAndAnte.
It IL the same everywhere.
have been travelling about France
considerably Of Late. and in the Amer
lean 8. o. g. some. made acquaint-
ance Of two typical watchers on tho
threshold. veteran QuartermasterC Corps
martinets who have been everywhere.
done everything. the Boxer cam
paign. Cuba, the Philippines, Mexico.
Before the war the public knew
nothing Of these matters. Probably
1t win interest you ~ much - 1t did
me to meet up with MAI James =:
Macdonald. post quartermAster. and
Capt James 81. Todd. who are respon-
sible for millions. who disbcrse mil
lions. yet actually passed many years
in the rankA They are types. say,
of a class who have been put in high
responsibility In France, extremely
interesting, Just fanatics Of the SOL
dierS interests, and shut their jaws
with snap.
Those French quartermaster clerks
want to bHy rything in sight," says
Capt Todd TT il natural They are
our good friend4 But what will your
(He IL . Pennsylvania man, II these
be from anywhere. His mother lives
in Beaver Falls. Pa; and though him.
self q grandfather Of one months
standing. saw him cable IS worth
of white carnations to Mrs. B. B. Todd
for mothers day.)
See here" he took me through the
ordinary ration stores. Hawaiian
pineapples, early June peas from Bal
timore, red currant Jelly from Penn
sylvania, peaches from California,
sugar corn from Virginia, chocolates,
matted milk, davoring extracts, bak-
ing powders. Do you know what
they're for? Hot biscuits. Pans Of
hot biscuits-thousands!
All for the soldiers!
We wandered in lanes, between
cases piled to the roof. Of hams and
bacon in muslin bags, raisins in card.
board boxes. cases OF maple strip,
mountains Of cane sugar. barrels Of
pickles, cases Of mustard, crates Of
canned tomatoes and asparagus.
"And this II only a little place." he
added. there are 500 as big as this
in France. Why. there's one, I could
tell Won where the atuff IN roilad