Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-22
HOW UNDER WEIGHT
MEN GAIN FLESH
TO ENTER THE ARMY
Army And Navy Officials Is
sue instruction on This
Subject

1
The two Stayton boys who were told
by the recruiting officer to put on a
few pounds before they would be ac.
cepted for service, are not the only
ones by any means, according to in
formation at hand from both navy ana
army recruiting stations in the city.
10 has been such q usual thing for
men under weight to go into special
training to put on a few extra pounds
that the navy and army. officials have
taken note of the fact and have issued
instructions how to gain weight, part
of them on formula given the gov
eminent by Mayo Bros. of Rochester,
MINI.
Now If the young man is six or ten
pounds short of the required weight
for enlistment, there is hope for him if
ne will follow carefully instructions as
given. While it is recognized that each
man is case by himself, there are
general rules that the army and navy
recommend.
The first general rule is: Drink large
quantities of milk or buttermilk, eat
plenty of tender steak, drink cream
with the milk or buttermill1 and drink
a plenty This treatment has put on as
much as six pounds within As hours
where the aspiring recruit has also
eaten largely Of tender steaks, and did
no work.
Now to avoid getting thin or losing
weight, the prospective soldier boy is
advised to keep away from all sorts of
Icathartics, alcohol, food with bran,
Seeds skins, hulls, to use but little cof-
fee and the least amount of salt.
For the youth who has but few
Edays to put on extra weight and will
devote all his time to the job, the army
and navy officials suggest the follow
Iing:
7 a. m. Drink one half pint of hot
water
1880 a. m. Take table spoonful of bis
muth mixture in little water or milk.
8 a. m. Breakfast-eat plain foods
well cooked, such as eggs, plain cereals
porridges, plenty of cooked fruit, pud
dings, cooked vegetables and plain
breads, but none made of whole wheat
or Graham flour, drink half pint Of
milk and cream, buttermilk and cream
or matted milk and cream.
10 a. m. Drink half a pint of milk
and cream with a cracker or two
1l.30 a. m. Same as at 1880 a. m.
Noon: Dinner-Follow the same plan
as that of breakfast, drinking plenty
of milk and cream.
3 p. IN. Half a pint of milk and
cream with cracker,
$50 p. m. Same as 1880 a. M, table
spoonful Of bismuth.
9 p. m. Supper: Follow out the gen
eral line of bill of fare as recommend
ed for breakfast and dinner. Eat es-
peciaHy large quantities of cooked
vegetables, and do not forget the
cream and milk.
O'Clock p, nj. Drink half a pint of
hot water. Go to bed and apply hot
to- the stomach for one and +
one half hour
Weigh carefully three times week. /
If there is no gain in weight, double T
the amount of cream and milk.
The youth Is years old who applys
for enlistment must weigh at least lis
pounds and be five feet four inches
tall. If 10 years old, he must weigh 100
pounds to get in the navy and not less
than five feet four inches. If 20 years
old, he must feigh not less than 125
pounds and be of the required five feet
four inches.
If the applicant for service in the
navy is over 81 years old, with a
height of "a inches he must weigh at
least l2S pounds; with 50 inches, 1sG
pounds; with 66 inches in height. the
weight must be at least 1872 pounds;
with 81 inches, 1874 pounds; 6s inches
l4l pounds; SO inches in height, not
less than 14S pounds; with 20 inches
l55 pounds; II inches, l62 pounds; -