East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-03
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COST OF ARMY
FOOD IN YEAR
Diet Includes Twenty Seven
Different Articles a Day;
Meals Served When Due.
FRESH COFFEE, LEMON
DROPS FAV0RITES
Soldiers Ration Costs AS
Cents; Finest Fruits,
Vegetables Canned.

The soldiers food IS HE subject
OF the fourth OF series Of letters re-
cuivcd By Secretary G. +. RoQseNet oi
tho Umatilla County Red Cross chap
tor. "Details Of army diet -snow
fcndness for coffee and for lemon
dlups and for three good meals
day. The letter follows:
September 2Ss 1918.
To All Red Cross Chapters;
Soldiers are fed and clothed by the
government. Officers buy their own
clothing and provide their own food.
The food OF the army during the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1918,
cost Of Si25, 100000.
The feeding uf the soldier from tho
time he leaves home until he cm-
barks for Europe IS a subject ny It.
self His feeding ON shipbuard and
overseas both IN camp and on the
T ring line is another.
! a soldiers food for one day is call
ed a ration. This ration consists uf
tNetty seven dlffereui artcles. which
must be ready daily. and they are
ready. General Pershns reports mat
no man Ia France has had to wait
] lens for a meal @ltn THAI meal was
due.
The materials In the soldiers ration
u.ll giand the acid test. No.hine
secand grade is bought; only the best
IT meat is procured, and IL Is handled
in "a cctiSi place IN each cai'2 ny
4 fl'chcrs. The cuts ere use IA the
/ bct. u.NfntaFe. and vase 3f bo''e
and fats avoided
n Packers arc required to can the
90 fsaf III la
I and the department has gone into
those states where the finest tomatoes
corn, onions. pens and beans arc
grown. and has taken such portion ~
the crsp as was needed for army use.
During last october 27.52T 600 pounds
cf potatoes and onions were fyrpisa-
ed camps ana .eantonments ~ this
country and dufing the eight months
prior 10 June g. 1918. about 15.019.-
coo cans OF tomatoes were nsed.
enough TO reach from the battle trent
on the Marne TO Linda. California, IL
they were lined up end Ia end.
Dried and yaporatcd sruiaI form
an Important part Of the arinv ration.
Appl lximatcly B0.dOO.000 Iotnds ~
princs dried apples and caches,
mostly from california vim hc pur-
cLaetd from this years CROP, AMI
California VIII also supply uhole 70,
O0O, ,010 cans Of apricsth. peaches,
cherries and pears. Ths cherry ctds
VIII De saved for use ia &ns manGfac-
ture OF gas masks. Pf1ucs hnvc an
honorable place on the so'diers' hnI Of
fare. Ut has been proven thar tho
prune has food value fruit Nhiac.
tonic value. and yalhe as "a cpufeltion.
Moreover. 81 has been recommended
by the staEeon general 81 the army.
lemon Drops Are Fayorltes.
Lemon drops are the soldiers fa-
vorite candy and are made of pure
granuloted sugar Favored with an
emulsion from lemon rind. About
200. 600 pounds have been furnishes
the army up 10 last August. and this
constitutes Fifteen per cent of .lic ar
my candy supply
At present the army ie using 1850
Jg9 pounds Of butter. and 200 no0
pounds Of oleOmargoTine. Az the seB-
son advances and butter becomes
scarcc. the quantity Of 9isamargoribe
wfil Doe incroaEed until the quartiaes
are about even.
FIom the first of January hHtil the
first ~ August. more than 5a1.h66.'
nra Eounds Of flour rave beer fui-
.Fn'shel foF army use Their mas ney
ny tosn fneal when the salGisrs did
40, have bread, plenty ~ 81. OuT
men in sorEice have uaed grcaier
IHnleart 81 substitute fhnn the fqad
a,lriniFtratian has asked ~ the ci-
william tfade.
soldiers love coffee and want q
strong and fresh. Sixteen schools are
IN operation here and in France
teaching how 10 ronat g. and it Is
! serVed fresh oarn aaV. Also bv this
method there is saving to uRclo
/ fam If iWo cents on each pound. Dur
+ ing the flrst seven month"; of the waf
I1gI2.8s8 cans Of condemned milh
were used. aud up a. August so. 1913.
g2d Q0o.oQe pounds ~ suenr haYe been
supplied,
f5 Gents "a Day Ter Soldier.
n costs the government 20 cents
dny ~ feed soldier The Officers
meals coHt him about 81, The dlffer,
eeneo between the two Hos mustly 90
llnrn. china aud service.
Here b. a DAYS ration taken ~ ran
dom from camp gfnnt. Illinois;
fsrcakfast Corn flnhes Win milk
roffee with angnr nnd milk. acram-
bled eaRsc, frkd pointoeH ANA Hnuce
Dinner Coffee with milk mud m-
rar. boof tongue. baked poinfoes
peas. bread ana bHiirr rnlFln aaucf
and pineapple cobblor.
Supper feed fen bread ana hniier
ooid roaHi beef fried potatoes, rpd
iriea. onions ana corn,
Yours aineer0iv.
ANTolNETrE PINK
Director ~ Pr0naHanda A. Speakers
Dept WomnnH haiiouui Liberty
Ian Committee. TrfnHurf De-