Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-16
FOOD (F SOLDIERS
GIVEN GREAT CARE
NUTRITION OFFICERS WHO ARE
EXPERTS BEING STATIONED
IN THE ARMY CAMPS.
EDIBLE WASTE IS REDUCED

EDIBLE WASTE IS REDUCED
Navy Department Sends Uniformed
Desk Men to Active service-An.
eient Armor Supplies Models for
Modern American War Equipment.
Nutrition officers are to be stationed
in every National army cantonment
and in every National Guard camp, as
well as In every camp where 10000 or
more soldiers are in training, the war
department announces. These men are
food specialists. Before they Joined
the army as members Of the division
Of food and nutrition Of the medical
department they were connected with
colleges and public bodies as physiolo-
kists, chemists, economists, food in
6pectors and experts in other special
lied work relating to food. ~.
Since last October these officers
have gone from camp to camp, studied
the food served, how 1t was inspected,
stored and prepared, and made recon-
pnendations resulting in many advan-
tageous changes. They gave instruc-
lions in the principles Of nutrition, the
proper selection of foods and the con-
4truction Of dietaries to mess officers.
medical officers and others interested.
They told how to avoid waste, gave
methods for judging and storing food,
and emphasized the importance OF
keeping kitchens and mess halls clean
and orderly. 3D.,
At one camp seven companies were
selected from various organizations
totaling 1.135 men with which to try
out an anti-waste plan. The average
edible waste was found to be LIP
pounds per man per day. The nutri-
ton officer gave the mess sergeants
and cooks instructions In food and
mess economy with the result the aver
xGA- eufDfe -Wnsso-wns reduced to DAB
pounds per man per day. saving Of
0.60 pounds. This saving amounted to
N1.75 per day for the seven messes, or
e22,542 per year.
Sixty hew officers are to be commits
stoned In the division Of food and nu-
triton to handle the additional work.
All will be food specialists similar to
those already in the service. They
will advise about the composition and
nutritive values Of all dietaries. make
inspections for authorizations, spoilage
and deterioration and cooperate with
the mess officials,
Armor for the American soldierA
helmets, shields and breastplates. is
being modelled In the workshops Of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York. the war department announces.
The best Of the types used by the SOL
diers Of former days is being wrought
into shapes for present warfare. some
pieces on ancient anvils and by ham,
{pers that were actually used centuries
Ago. $50
In direct charge of the workshop
where the work is being done is q
French artisan whose skill has been
known to armor collectors the world
over, and whose forbears for genera
Hons back have kept alive the dying
trade Of the armorer. a.J
~ This war in Europe has brought
back into use many discarded weapons
and practices of medieval Warfare.
There has been the adoption Of steel
helmets by all the warning powers.
breastplates, armored waistcoats and
trench shields. This necessitated an
pverhauling and new study Of ancient
1fmor. with the result that experts de-
clare that scarcely a technical idea has
been brought forward which was not
worked out in elaborate detail by the
ol4,time aEmor makers:
The Metropolitan museum collection
10 among the seven great collections OF
ancient armor. It is an incident to this
collection that there was established
At the museum an armorer's workshop.
So far as known 1t is unique. In it
were cleaned, repaired and restored
pieces that were defective. Daniel
Tachaux, French artist. was In
charge. He is working now under the
direction Of Major Bashford Dean Of
the ordnance department.
Armor models are being turned out
there In accordance with the sugges-
lions Of General Pershing and the ord
nance department. Twenty-Five Diff
ferent types Of armor defenses have
been made in various factories In ex-
perimental lots, several in many thou
sands Of pieces, which have won IA
yor at army headquarters. The EN-
cacy Of armor protection for the SOL
diers is indicated by reports that more
than 40 per cent Of the hospital cas-
ualties suffered were leg wounds and
about SO per cent arm wounds. the legs
and arms Of the fighters being free
from armor cover.