Ripley County democrat., 1918-05-17
ARMY SUPPLIES IN !
CHAIN Of CITIES
Three Towns Behind the Lines
In France Hold Great
Stores.
RlkERY system 4 FEATURE
Ferry ahIpmsnts of White Bread Made
pally--AIl Facilities Being En-.
iarosd--ons Town 10 stcr
age centsr. .&

Oally-~Al FeotIities Belno En-.
larosd--ons Town 10 stor
age csnksr. &;
Behiad the American Front IN
france. Less spectacular than the
continued arrival Of American troops
and their occupation Of definite front
sector. yet In Its way quite as isnpor-
tant for their success, has been the
steady development Of the system Of
keeping them In THE myriad sppplies
they must have.
Keeping pace with the Increasing
training camps there has grown np a
storage. transportation and laistribu.
tion system that not only accurately
and efficiently supplies the seeds Of
all our soldiers but 10 continually be-
Ing enlarged against future needs.
Neither troops nor supplies cen come
too fast for It
The various functions Of the system
bakery. refrigerating plant ware
houses for clothing, -perishable
foods and similar supplieG and the
main distributing plant--are located
for convenience sake IN three towns
'or cities situated respectively at the
three corners Of All obtAne Triangle,
ana near enough 70 the training camps
md front M fhat supplies can reach
ths. fuftheat poInts IN "a hours.
nsks,v 1. or.st Inaussrv
M i,nL Il IN chain be.ween "a nort
- rra.cas and ths Amer,csn front ~
.nerhans mora Intsrestlns tban the baIr.
ertes,
Tha .unn,v,ns az N. American
troops n rrsn,.s. MIR vh,ta hreaa has
bsesre efs~t q n,su.srs srls.ts S1nvina
aIl ma ana The 5faw hokers or,ss.
naiiv mere haye gro,sn into companies.
tha relstiyalv ANAL daiIv onantItv ~
bread tnrned out Al july has increased
to scores Of thousands Of pounds. ana
entire shiploads of -four are arriving
weekly and are being stored away in
warehouses with capacity OF millions
of bounds as a reserve against the
arrival OF still more troops.
Tha American army Arst took pos.
session 81 4 huae bakery IN 4 central
French city. formerly operated by 4
| German. and having a capacity for
storing 100000 pounds Of fiour, In ad-
ditiop to 4 not inconsiderable daily
output Of bread from its coke ovens.
Those making the arrangements
knew that the time would soon come
when thu city bakery would be- inad-
eQuate. 80 they went outside Of the
rity and leased from the French a tract
OF land consisting Of several thousand
ncres, upon which the conventional mil.
itary wooden shacks soon sprang I'D
and where there Is room for an In.
definite number OF additional field bak-
cries as the nsec may arise,
By the tssue the city bakery had
reached its capnc,ty the shacks were
fully eouipped with the very latest In
baking machinery. Z
Spur tracks have been constructed
out "a the fleld from the city. and over
them carloads az bread leave each
morning and afternoon for the training
Gamma and the front
eer%x ahIpmenta p.IIx
Each hatinr comnany has FOR some
fine heen erceedinr tbe limit of 40 OOO
nounda { dav and has been turning
out frop, a go 10 5000 pounds the
men. iol to 4 company. work In two 12-
hour Anita Their product. clfefiy
great. round. hard -crusted loayes. con-
stitutes about forty separate shlpments
that are made daily--by train. motor
truck and horse-drawn vehicles,
The bread Il supplelnented by bis.
cults and rOlla at breakfast and sup
III II ~ clty it..lf the Americans
found one of the largest refrigerating
and meat storage warehouses; In