Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-07-04
FEEDING SOLDIERS
ON THE TRANSPORTS
MESS OFFICER OF THE VESSEL
MUST PROVIDE 10000 MEALS
AT SEA.
SOME OF THE 1870 VARIETIES
Money Instead of Merchandise Should
Be Sent to the Troops in France
Dental Corps Can Care for 5000, 900
Men.

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An account of how soldiers are fe,
at sea is given in the daily newspape
published on a transport:
"Outside of providing 100000 NEAL
at sea, the mess officer of the ship ha
very little to do. Very little.
HE is only called upon to provide
by the regulations, $50 different var
cites of food. That's ALL Every try
to order 1S0 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 Dreams You get the an.
swer in the ship down below the water
line, where 1890 loaves of bread have
been baked in one day, and where you
stumble. over every variety, from co.
600 pounds Of beef to 10000 eggs, or
compartment of brick ice cream in
q ten-degree-above-zero vault.
"And If this doesn't suit. you can
bump along into 1924 pounds of po-
tatoes, 7.1O0 pounds of ham and bacon.
1890 pounds of butter, $500 pounds Of
sugar. and 61,5O0 pounds of -four.
'f you can't get meal out of this
you can fall back on 1900 pounds Of
sausage, 5000 pounds. of sauerkraut,
$4,000 pounds of apples, 1880 pounds
Of oranges, and 4,2O0 pounds of onions.
And this leaves out 1900 pounds Of
jam and 9,4O0 pounds Of lima and navy
BEANS"
The original order that the approval
Of regimental or higher commander
was necessary before packages might
be sent to members of the expedition
ary forces has been modified so officers
with the rank of major and higher
may approve shipments. The ap-
proval of company commander 10
not sufficient.
The question of the shipment of par
GELS to France first came to the atten-
ton of the war department when the
commanding general of the expedition
AIRY forces cabled that congestion Of
such articles had reached such a point
that French railroads were unable to
handle the load. A board appointed
by the secretary of war and the post
master general examined 5000 sacks
of parcel-post mail, and found that the
articles being sent not only, in the
main, were absolutely unnecessary, but
undesirable. The investigation showed
that the amount of such mail had
reached a total of 100000 pounds a
week, and was steadily increasing.
Relatives and friends, according to
q recent statement by the war depart
ment, will find they often can do
greater service to soldiers by sending
them money for the purchase of ar
ticles. Tobacco Is now being supplied
as part of the army rations, and mer-
chandise of nearly all kinds may now
be purchased in France through the
huge general store established by the
quartermaster corps at lower prices
than charged by retailers here.
The dental requirements of an army
of more than 100000 men can now be
met by the present force of the dental
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aminations have been closed and no
further additions will be made to the |
corps for some time. The number of |
dental officers has expanded since war
was declared from SO to $50. Com
missions were offered to 5,467 dentists
In all parts Of the country, and all but
271 were accepted.
The average number of tooth fill
Ings in the army ranges from 225,0O0
to 250,OOO month. Special dental
|nfirmaries have been established in
the camps and cantonments, to which
newly indicted soldiers are sent for
shortly after arrival in
the camps.
A school for dental instruction has
been established, where IS officers are
assigned each month to take the two
months course.
The box-car situation is better at
present than it has been at any time
turing the last three years, according
70 advice received by the department
If agriculture from the railroad adj
On May ] box cars began to move
nto wheat territory. and wheat-carry-
ng roads are expected to have on
heir lines more than the normal
mount of cars owned by them. Cars
ire being parked in wheat-loading ter
.itory, which was impossible last year.
rhe railroad administration will con-
inue to move cars into wheat dis
riots as long as there is any indca-
ion that additional cars will be
leeded.
An advertisement In a Berlin news
paper, reported by the Information
8elges, shows some Of the many uses
o which paper is being put in Ger /
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