Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-28
LITTLE Use FOR
!. GARBAGE. CANS
IN ARMY CAMPS
conseryation Of Food is
Thoroughly Impressed on
. American Soldiers.

'SxnsAntonio, Tex. March zs.-Ths
army garbage can formerly had q big
NAV but now q dog would starve II ne
depended on the bones thrown from
the army kitchen. sThe plain fact Is
that bones don't get into the garbage
can. they are sod. According to re.
ports gathered from army posts and
stations in the Southern Department
by Colonel Daniel E.. Mccarthy. de-
paftme9t auartermaster, one can
holds the garbage which formerly
fnlled three. Six gallons Ia the waste
from the average army kitchen and
goodly sportion of this' is potato peel
Ing. with mighty little Of the potato on
the peeiing.
Mess serEeAnts at all cantonmetts
have been cautioned about the waste
great extent. brought about the elm
ination of much OF this waste. The
mess sergeants at One Texas camp
adopted a new set of Ten Command.
mAnt." all dealing with food con.
servatton. These were printed in red
Ink on heavy cards and posted in
every mess shack. They read:
4. Don't allow a man to throw
away or waste any edible food.
e. Don't make the first helping
.oa - warn katcnen police to serve
f'G T.. s pon'e Help a man to any food
he does lot ask for.
%. Don't give a q more than
two slices Of bread at a helping.
s. Make each man a all that he
puts on his plate.
=. Watch your men while eating
and see that no food is left on the
8. Watch each man as he empties
his mesa kit at a garbage can.
.s..-AIiow no mar to take n food
out of q mess hall.
10. Impress upon the men the i'm.
portance Of food conservation.
1t is estimated that It costs an aver
of 8? to II cents q day to feed
each soldier in the department. The
quartermaster department puts the
figure at $12, a month for each man.
is estimated that one-twelfth of a cord
OF wood is required for each kitchen
range>each day, otherwise there is no
overhead" expense.
On 40 cents a day. officers say. "if
the soldiers belt line doesn't swell it
is the fault of the mess man."
Colonel Mccarthy in discussing the
soldiers food said: Its remarkable
to. observe the change in the recruit.
sAS VI IN uIuC-
veloped boy into the round soldier.
The country boy changes expression
quickly when he gets on army diet.
and the city boy fattens, too. Then
after they have let their belts out sew
eral notches, they get sassy and COM
plain about h army chow"
The average soldiers breathing ap.
paratus Is almost perfect. according to
Colonel Mccarthy. and balanced diet
and we'll prepared food makes men
out of them.' He attributes two
causes to the effectiveness of army
food: First, the soldier has more
time for eating. and takes his. meal
more leisurely than does the civilian;
second. the food is cooked on a more
scientific standard. and the ration is
more evenly balanced. while the
civilian seldom has a trained cook.
When the officers reserve training
school was opened at Camp Stanley.
cents a. day for each mans food. This
was later reduced to so cents a day.
This sixty cents not only feeds the
student officers but provides them
with walters. 1t is estimated that 40
cents goes for food and 20 cents for
help. the prospective officers prefer
ring to use some Of the appropriation
for walters than pass the 'mess
around" Their bill Of fare is said to
be equal to that Of first class hotels.
with plenty of extras on Sundays.
Food surveys have beer made at
practically all Of the Southern camps
and special attention given to the bal
ancing Of diet and cleanliness. Mess
officers and non-coms have been in
structed as to the food values, nutri-