The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
MANY BID ON FOOD
Captain Windle Opens Pro-
pOsals for May Needs.
Perishables, Including Beef and
Potatoes, Contracted.
ONLY HIGH GRADES TAKEN
Mess Sergeants and Cooks
Careful as Buyers.
Promotions Come to Soldiers
of Capt. Franks Department.
BY SAMUEL sosLAND.

this week received many bids per-
| ishable foodstuffs. The week, under
new rules recently promulgated oy
the acting quartermaster general at
! washington, witnessed the opening of
bids in the subsistence division OF
| Camp Funston for the following arti-
| cles:
Monday-15,o0o pounds of butter,
| ISSUE and 5000 pounds of butter
sales.
Tuesday-45o, 900 pounds of pota-
toes, 10000 pounds of onions and d.
| 900 pounds of -oleomargarine
Wednesday-s,o pounds of cheese
Thursday-350.o 900 pounds of fresh
| beef in quarters. 1000 pounds of COM
pressed yeast and 10000 pounds OF
/ lard substitute
| As the buying of perishable food
stuffs is now conducted by the quar-
| termaster department of the army,
| bids for each article are opened 81
simultaneously by the subsistence divi-
sions of all the cantonments in the
United States. The quantities for
! which bids were opened by Capt. +. T.
| Windle, who is in immediate charge
tof the subsistence division, were for
| the consumptive requirements OF
Camp Funston in the month of May.
| While Captain Windle opened bids for
h450,OO0 pounds of potatoes on Tues
| day, other subsistence officers at 9TH
| err camps received bids at the same
| time to supply the soldiers whom they
| ration.
Indicative of the heavy consumption
of food in the army is the fact that
the aggregate quantity of potatoes
called for on the proposals of Tuesday
was about 100000 pounds. This
is according to a statement of the bu-
reau of markets of the United States
department of agriculture, which is
cooperating in helping to interest bid
bers.
! AS soon as Captain Windle, with
the assistance of Lieut.. Eugene Kaiser,
opened the various bids and consid-
cred them carefully, he selected those
/ offering the best terms. The Office of
the camp quartermaster then recon-
mended by telegraph to Washington
| these bids and, after due considera-
ton, the awards were passed upon
| there. The Funston subsistence di-
| vision endeavors to obtain supplies at
| terms attractive as poshible, and
| its success in this respect is indicated
| by the facts that it's recomm endations
thus far have been approved by the
| subsistence officers at Washington
| with few exceptions.
By passing on the recommended
| lions for food awards at Washing
ton, the quartermaster department
makes certain that no portion of the
| country is overlooked in acquiring
subsistence stores for the army. This
tain the highest quality of stores at
| the most reasonable prices.
| All of the perishables purchased by
the subsistence division of Camp
Funston are carefully inspected and
every effort is made to provide only
the best for the soldiers stationed
here. If all the mess sergeants and
cooks here were as conscientious in
preparing food as the subsistence di-
vision officers are in acquiring it,
more praise would be heard as to the
quality of the dozens of messes in
this camp.
More smiles than in weeks are WISH
BILE on the faces of soldiers of the
camp quartermaster detachment The
stoned offices.
In the subsistence division, where
promotions come slower than in other
departments under the general super
vision of Captain Frank because of
higher requirements. the following
were made sergeants: Howard W.
Mckee, Samuel Sosland, Emil Schwag-
meyer, Harlan D. Wells, Golson L.
McFall, Stanley T. Clark and John H
Cox, jr. Henry c. Butts and Henry
W. Cooley were made corporals in the
subsistence division. Sergeant Cox
first learned of his promotion on his
return from the base hospital at Fort
Riley. Sergeant Wells wrote the
folks back home" about his new
rank, and received congratulations by
telegraph from them. Sergeant Nc
Fall took on an even graver air than
he had before the news was an
yet received the finest commentator
of all-which will arrive in due time
from dainty school teacher in the
mountains of Colorado.
The camp utilities detachment re-
ceived a large number of promotions
The following were made sergeants,
first class: r. A. Parkinson, w. H.
Nighswonger, H Schlessinger, Ed
Wasielewski, William S. Reed and H
F. Schwarting. The following were
made sergeants: H. Menzenwerth, c.
w. Kortz, Homer E. Brill, j. F.
Schaeffer, c. F. Steiner, H. F. Hare. F.
Julich, Homer Heibel. NJ L. Daies.
Louis Cook. Harry Wagner, Arthur
D. Moran, E. C. Conrad, George E.
Paine. Earl V. Marvin. G. S. Breed,
G. G. Veix, r. s Goudge, P. K. Moore,
T. e. Kjar, E. NJ. Mullen. w. C. Engle-
man, E. NJ. Mulvancy. Max Goldberg.
Geary Ludwig. w. S, Behmer, Gus
Granstrom, Eli Suson, r. Softley, ] ohm
E. Wilkin, George J. Wodicka, Q. R.
TurIey, John Langendorf, NJ J.
Canary. E. NJ. Dale, r. B. Hunton and
L. w. Whitmer Corporals were made
as follows: w. E. King. P. Fox, Nor
ris Topper, Morris Schwartz and Geo.
r. Brown.
''Y'' No. s. in the unit occupied by
the camp quartermaSter detachment,
has lost its only eyesore, thanks to w.
p. Randall. educational secretary in
this building. For weeks, the maya
zine rack and tables in this building
contained publications of a vintage of
the days of long ago, but now the
reading matter is fresher, with a
greater variety. Trade publications
in which the men of the duartermaster
department are greatly interested are
becoming more numerous. Secretary
Randall has organized a class in army
paper work, which is widely patroniz-
ed by soldiers every Friday evening.
1t is said this is the first army paper