The Washington times., 1918-06-09
100000 MEALS
SERVED IN DAY
ON TRANSPORT

II this story reaches Germany it will
be termed ''insidious American propa-
ganda." for it's a tale OF more than 9OO.-
900 meals.
Furthermore. It gives all the seductive
and aIluring details Of $3.50 tons Of food
so picturesquely set forth that one can
almost hear the rattle OF the knives and
| forks and sense the epicurean ecstacy Of
! thousands Of Uncle Sans doughboys.
! The Navy Department made II public
when IL announced that 210.O0O meals were
served on a United States transport on
recent voyage.
The account was taken from the ships
daily newspaper. and the exuberant re-
pOrter-whO must have the soul OF a
chef-describes IL in this wise:
In spaces no larger than a private
dining room at Sherry's, they come by.
thousands upon thousands, and yet in
such perfect order that in less than
eighty minutes the last man has been
served.
The khaki line seems limitless. II
must seem longer than that to those who
remain in the rear, But the coffee in the
| big pots remains hot. the stew continues
! to steam. and in less than seven seconds
each man has an equipment replete with
! food. II only takes two details to &C
complish this miracIe-perfect system
and vast quantities OF things that one
can eat. That's about all il takes
Flour. potatoes. and beef are the Big
Three that rule the realm below. yet
there are 159.OOO pounds of fresh vege-
tables waiting to be absorbed. provided
/ the sea doesn't get too rough"
Arrange Own Menus.
men arrange their own menus. For
, example. one takes gravy on his rice.
and jam on his bread. The next
takes gravy on MS bread and jam on
! his rice, using the combination to
i produce a crimson tinted mixture OF
/ startling effect. American ingenuity
/ is hard to stop.
Outside OF providing 10000 meals
, at sea. the mess officer OF the ship
I has very little to do. Very little.
He is only called upon to provide
! by the regulations. $50 different va
/ rieties OF food. That's all. Ever
I try to order $50 different things to
eat? Yet this is the authentic list.
The food needed to feed several
thousand men At sea ranges beyond
the gluttOn's dream. You get the
answer in the ship down below the
water line. where 100 loaves Of
bread have been baked I'm one dsy.
and eaten. and where you stumble
over every variety from 10000 pounds
Of beef to $4,000 eggs or a compart-
ment OF brick ice cream in a ten de-
gree above zero vault.
IF you can't get a meal out OF this
YOU can still fall back on the 1900
pounds or sausage. 300 pounds OF
-
1880 pounds or oranges, and 400
pounds OF onions.
And II this doesn't suit you. you
can bump along into 1881 pounds OF
potatoes, 100 pounds OF ham and
bacon. T.SOn pounds Of butter. BOO
pounds OF sugar, and 6l.JOO pounds OF
Gour.
1900 Pounds OF Jam.
And this leaves out 800 pounds
of jam and BOO pounds Of lima and
navy beans.
THE sea brings on an appetitc-at
times. So does wearing khaki. The I,
combination develops a cyclone. Yet
this ship not only yields many thou {
sands Of meals q day, but will deposit
100000 pounds OF food At its next
port No wonder Mr.. Hoover wanted I
all food conserved
There is no vast space FOR all TINS. &
but perfect organization. four clean /
kitchens. and a mess force 81 iiN men /
turn the trick without tsnElc. From /
potatoes To- pies. from ice cream to /
sauer krsut. from grape fruit TO I
onions. from jam to sardincS. the al !
Iotmcut IL drawn from its Swallowed /
hiding place below. where the removal
of several pounds hardly leaves n .
dent And handling lS0 varieties OF /
food in quantities that range from |
500 pounds To sevaGty-ninc tons
speaks almost for itself.
Just how many calOries 100000 .
pounds OF food contain you can figure
for yourself on the next rainy after
noon"