Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-04-05
OFFICER SAYS
ARMY KITCHENS
Waste NO FOOD
Even Bones Do Not Go Into
Garbage Cans But Are
Solo.
SOLDIERS HELP
WITH ECONOMY
Average Cost of Food For
Each Man Per Day Is
80 to Al Cents.

San Antonio, Tex, March 29-The
army garbage can formerly had a big
NAV but now a dog would starve if he
depended on the bones thrown from
the army kitchen. The plain fact
IS that bones don't get into the gar
bage can, they are sold. According
to reports gathered from army posts
and stations in the Southern Depart
ment by Colonel Daniel E. Mccarthy,
department quartermaster, one can
holds the garbage which formerly fill
ed three. Six gallons is the waste
from the average army kitchen and
goodly portion of this is potato peel
ing, with mighty little of the potato
on the peeling.
Mess sergeants at all environments
have been cautioned about the waste
of food and their diligence has, to a
great extent, brought about the elm
ination of much of this waste. The
! mess sergeants at one Texas camp
adopted new set of Ten Command
| ments," all dealing with food con.
servatfon. These were printed in
| red ink on heavy cards and posted in
every shack. They read:
l. Don't allow a man to throw
away or waste ANY edible
2. Don't make the first helping
heavy.
8. Warn kitchen police to serve
food sparingly.
4. Don't help a man to any food
| he does not ask for.
5. Don't give man more than two
slices of bread at a helping.
| G. Make each man eat all that he
puts on his plate.
| Z. Watch your men while eating
and see that no food is left or
| the table.
8. Watch each man as he emptie:
| his mess kit at a garbag'
| can.
| 9. Allow no man to take any foot
out of a mess hall.
10. Impress upon the men the i'm
portance of food conserva
ton.
1t is estimated that it costs an aver
age of 80 to Al cents a day to feet
each soldier in the department. TIL
quartermaster department puts tn
figure at s12 month for each man
This is for the food unprepared. 1
is estimated that one-twelfth of
cord of wood is required for eac'
kitchen range each day, otherwis
there is no overhead" expense.
On 40 cents a day, officers say, ii
the soldiers belt line doesn't swell !
is the fault of the mess man.
Colonel Mccarthy in discussing tn
soldiers food said: It's remarkabl
to observe the change in the recruit
ire transformation of the undevelop
ed boy into the round soldier. Tn
country boy changes expression quick
ly when he gets on army diet, an
the city boy fattens, too. Then al
ter they have let their belts out sey
eral notches, they get sassy and CON
plain about the army chow"
The average soldiers breathing ar
paratus is almost perfect, accordin
to Colonel Mccarthy, and balance
diet and well prepared food make
men out of them'' He attribute
two causes to the effectiveness {
army food: First, the soldier he
more time for eating and takes h
meal more leisure1y than does tn
civilian; second, the food is cooke
on a more scientific standard, an
the ration is more evenly balance,
while the civilian seldom has a trair
ed cook.
When the officers reserve trainin
school was opened at Camp Stanle
near here, the government above
10 cents a day for each mans foo
This was later reduced to so cents
day. This sixty cents not only feeG
the student officers but provid,
them with walters. 1t Is estimate
' that 40 cents goes for food and 2
ficers preferring to use some of til
appropriation for walters rather tina
pass the mess around" Their bi
of fare is said to be equal to that {
. first class hotels, with plenty Of e1
tras on Sundays.
, Food surveys have been made
practically all of the Southern caml
and special attention given to tt
balancing of diet and cleanliness
! Mess officers and non-coms have bee
q instructed as to the food values, nj
q tritional percentages and the calor
q kind of food to give men doing ce
+ tain kinds of work, the right kind
food to serve in hot weather. and tt
proper way of preparing it SO as
| make for variety and reduce waste