Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-03-28

The corporal borrowed jackknife
(corporals are always borrowing), and
sliced the cheese-each slicing bring
Ing forth q pert remark from the on.
lockers as to the corporars eyesight.
"Raisfns, ounces, eight"
By this time the corporals nerves
had gone west, and in despair he said
that the raislns were to be turned over
to the cook for dur Opium pudding).
This decision elected little "grous.
Ing" but quiet was finally restored.
biscuits. tins, one."
With his borrowed jackknife, the
corporal opened the tin Of biscuits, and
told everyone to help themselves-no-
body responded to this invitation.
Tommy Is fed up" with biscuits.
Butter. tins. two"
mine In one, ten In the other"
Another rumpus.
"Pickles, mustard, bottles, one"
Nineteen names were put In steel
helmet. the last one out winning the
pickles. On the next issue there were
only IS names. as the winner is elimi-
mated until every man in the section
has won bottle.
The raffle is closely watched, because
Tommy Is suspicious when 1t comes to
gambling with his rations.
At the different French estaminets
in the village and at the canteens Tom
my buys fresh eggs, milk, bread and
pastry. Occasionally when he is flush,
he invests in tin Of pears or april
cots. His pny Is only shilling a day,
"a cents, or q cent an hour. Just imag-
Inc, a cent IN hour for being under
fire-not much chance Of getting rich
out there.
When he goes into the fire trench
(front line). Tommy's menu takes q
tumble. He carries In his haversack
what the government calls emergency
or iron rations. They are not supposed
to be opened until Tommy dies OF star
walton. They consist Of one tin Of
bully beef, four biscuits, little tin
which contains tea, sugar and Oxo
cubes concentrated beef tablets.
These are only to be used when the
enemy establishes curtain Of shell
fire on the communication trenches,
thus preventing the carrying In" Of
rations, or when In an attack body
of troops has been cut OF from its base
Of supplies.
The rations are brought up at night
by the company transport. This Is
section Of the company in charge Of
the Quartermaster sergeant, composed
OF men, mules and limbers (two-
wheeled wagons), which supplies Tom
my's wants while In the front line.
They are constantly under shell fire.
The rations are unloaded at the en-
trance to the communication trenches
and are carried In" by men detailed
for that purpose. The quartermaster
sergeant never goes into the front-line
trench. He doesn't have to, and have
never heard Of one volunteering to
do 20. ~
The company sergeant major sorts
the rations and sends them In.
Tommy's trench rations consist Of all
the bully beef he can eat, biscuits,
cheese, timed butter (sometimes II
men to q tiny. jam or marmalade, and
occasionally fresh bread (ten to q
loaf). When It Is possible he gets tea
ana stew.
When things are quiet. and Fritz 10
behaving Hike gentleman. which sell
dom happens, Tommy has the opportu-
nifty Of making dessert. This II
''trench pudding" 1t Ii made from
broken biscuits. condensed milk, jam
Z little water added. slightly favored
win mud put into 1 canteen and
cooked over little spirit stove known
~ 'T0mmy's cooker"
"A arm in Brightly widely advertises
These cookers - . necessity for the
men in the trenches. sGullible people
buy them ship them to the Tommies,
who, Immediately upon receipt Of same
throw them over the parapet. Some
times Z Tommy falls for the id. and
nses the cooker In I dugout to. the dis 4
gust and discomfort Of the other oc-s
cupants.3 IA
This mess II stirred mp in q tin and
allowed to simmer over the flames
from the cooker until Tommy decides
that It has reached sunicient (gluelike)
consistency. He takes his bay0net and
By means Of the handle carries the
mess up In the front trench to cool.
After Il has cooled on he tries to eat It,
Generally one or two Tommies In q
section have cast-iron stomachs and
the tin Is soon emptied. Once tasted
trench pudding. but only once.
/ Ia addition to the regular ration -
$50 HSnannn,r 49, .AoAhnng Skannal a