Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-04
FEEDING SOLDIERS.
On The / / TRANSPORTS /! | \ ||'''!|
MEse OFFICER or rhE VESSEL
MUST PROVIDE 2,o.ooo MEALS
At sEAs
SOME OF THE 100 VARIETIES

Msnsy Instead 81 Merchandise Shouts
Dc Sent 70 the Troops In France
Dental Corps Can Care for 5000, ooo
Men. sfa 8 as
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An account Of how soldiers are fed
at sea is given in the. daily newspaper
published on q transport: 34s
"Outside Of providing 10000 meals
at sea, the mess officer OF the ship has
very little to do. Very little.
He is only called upon to provide,
by the regulations, $50 different var1-
cites Of food. That's all. Every try
to order $50 different things to eati
Yet this Is the authentic iist.
The food needed to feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
the siutton's dreams. You get the an
swse II the ship down below the water
line. whore 1870 loaves Of bread have
been baked in one day, and where you
stumble over every variety, from co.
900 pounds Of beef 70 182, 600 eggs, or
compartment Of brick ice cream in
q ten-desree-above-zero vault.
"And II this doesn't suit, you can
bump along Into 1884 pounds Of po-
tatoes, 100 pounds Of ham and bacon.
1880 pounds of butter, 900 pounds Of
sugar, and 1850 pounds Of -four.
IF you can't get meal out Of this
you can fall back on 1900 pounds Of
sausage, 5000 pounds Of sauerkraut,
$4,000 pounds Of apples, 1880 pounds
Of oranges. and 400 pounds Of onions.
And this leaves out 1900 pounds Of
jam and 8, 400 pounds Of lima and navy
beans"
The original order that the approval
Of q regimental or higher, commander
was necessary before packages might
be sent to members Of the expedition
ary forces has been modified 80 officers
with the rank Of major and higher
may approve shipments. The ap-
prevail Of company commander IL
not sufficient. N4 - la 1855
The question Of the shipment Of par
cells to France nrst came to the atten-
ton Of the war department when the
commanding general Of the expedition
airy forces cablsd that congestion Of
such articles had reached such q point
that French railroads were unable to
handle the load. A board appointed
By the secretary Of war and the post
master general examined 5000 sacks
Of parcel-post mail, and found that the
articles being sent not only, In the
main, were absolutely unnecessary, but
undesirable. The investigation showed
that the amount of such mail had
reached total Of 10000 pounds q
week, and was steadily Increasing.
Relatives and friends, according Ia
recent statement by the war depart
ment, will 6nd they often can do, q
greater service to soldiers BY sending
them money for the purchase of ar
ticles. Tobacco IL now being supplied
as part Of the armysF1tions, and mer-
chandise of nearly all kinds may now
be purchased In France through the
huge general store established by the
quartermaster, corps at lower prices
than charged by retailers here.
The dental requirements of an army
Of more than 5000, 600 men can now be
met by the present force Of the dental
corps Of the United States army. Elk
aminations have been closed and nc
further additions will be made to the
corps for some time. The number Of
dental ohcers has expanded since wal
was declared from So to $50. Com
missions were offered to 5,487 dentist,
in all parts Of the country. and all bu,
271 were accepted. ~.
The average number Of tooth all
ings in the army ranges from 225.O0(
to 100000 a month. Special dental
infirmarles have been established ( ii
the camps and cantonments. to which
newly indicted soldiers are sent FOL
examination shortly after arrival ir
the camps.
A school for dental instruction ha.
been established, where IS officers ar,
assigned each month to take the tw,
months course.
| The box-car situation is better a,
present than it has been at any TINT
during the last three years. according
to advice received by the department
Of agriculture from the railroad ad
ministratiOn.
On May box cars began to NOV,
into wheat territory, and wheat-carry
ing roads are expected to have OF
their lines more than the norma
amount Of cars owned by them. Car
are being parked In whest-loading ter
rltory,s which was impossible last year
The railroad administration will con
tinue to move cars into wheat dis
tricts as long as there is any indica
ton that additional cars will b.
needed.
An advertisement In Berlin news
paper. reported by the Informatio
Belges. shows some Of the many use
to which pape-. 10 being put In Ger
many:
Paper stuff for dresses and aprons
Paper stun for business suits.
Paper stuff for manufacture o
suits.
paper stuff for upholstery and tar
estries.
paper stuff for trunks and bag.
) Paper stuff for bags. pillowcase
and mattresses. 'f