Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-08
COOKS on D. s. TRANSPORTS
SERVE $50 KINDS OF GRUB


yFAnsDoRt on . recent voyage. Onel
handred and eighty varieties OF food
we're used ~ making mp the menus,
and this ship carried $50, Ooo pounds
- .T6o tons-of food.
An aecount OF how the soldiers are
fed ~ given in the ships daily news
pnper. The vessel has Its own iour-l
nai. printed aboard, containing fhel
AeNs % the day received by wirelesal
tnrough the Navy Press. !" which
1ezps the men On the seas in toueh
MzIn the events Of the outside world
lie ships reporter, describing how
N9 almost unending lines Of khaki
ME by for their meals SAYS:
thousands Fed I'm Short Time
An spaces no larger than q private
alning room at Sherry's they come
Dy thousands upon thousands. and
yet In such perfect order that in iess
than 80 minutes the last man had
been served.
The khaki line seems limitless
must seem longer than that 10
nose In the rear. But the coffee IN
the pig pots remains hot, the stew
esntlnues to steam, and I'm less than
neVen seconds each man has an e0uip-
meng repiete with food. It takes
omly two details to accomplish this
miracle perfect system and vast
Qoanf1ties OF things that one can eat.
4nae's about all 1t takea.
Flour, potatoes and beef are the
Aag Three that rule the realm below 4
yet there are $4,000 pounds Of
fresh vegetables waiting to be ab-
eorbed, providing the sea doesn't eet|
too rough.
AFRnmge Their Own NRemms
After receiving their Toad fhe
zen arrange their own menus. For
ample. one takes gravy on his rice
- Jam on his bread. The next
sakes gravy on his bread and Jam on
qls rice, using the comhinati0n toI
Nruduce crfms0n-tinted mixture Of
sl.rtiing effect. American ingenuity
Is hard to stop.
Outside of providing 10000
meals at sea the mess ofFicer of the
ehlp has very little to do. Very little.
tae IL only called upon to provide
~ the regulations, 1S0 different va
Kleties Of food. That's all. Ever try
g order $50 different things to eat?
Ket this-is the authentic list.
Over 1000 Loayes Baked IN q Day
The foed needed to feed several
t1QNsana men Ct sea ranges beyond
- Mlutf0n,s dream You can get
4e answer In the ship Down below
80 waller Hs1s where 2 .290 lOaves OF
NEeea have been baked in one day,
sd eaten. and where you stumble
0veE every variety from e0,ooO1
pounds Of best TO 132, eco eggs, or q
compartment Of brick ice cream in a
- degrees above zero vault.
And II this doesn't suit you, you
can bump along into 1924 pounds
0f potatoes. 7,10O pounds Of ham and
bacon, 1900 pounds OF butter, 5000
ponnda OF sugar and $1,000 pounds
sof nour.
Lf you can't get meal out OF
thia You can still fall hack on $500
Nqands OF sausage, 3,4O0 pounds of
aa1aerkTaut, $4,000 pounds OF apples.
IL 500 pounds Of oranges and 400
pounds Of onions.
And this leaves out 1000 pounds
Of jam and 9,400 pounds OF lima and
navy beans.
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The sea brings on an appetite
6 times. So does wearing khaki.
The combination develops a cyclone
Yet this ship not only yields many
thousands Of meals day, hut will
deposit 100000 pounds Of food atl
1fs next port. No wonder Mr.. Hoover
wanted AL food conserved. He must
have Thought OF these men In khaki
waiting their turn. one thousand
upon another thousand through Al
nnaea 50 by 80 feet, each man armed
with mess equipment in either flet,
ready to 90 over the top and break
the bread line. Breaking the bread
me . the proper phrase. On this
trip alone they will consume rs. 600
loayee and use up 2.ooe Icaves more
Tor sandwiches when they leave the
ship.
an Dose SFstemAEieally
There ID no vast space for an this
but perfect organisation, four
clean kitehens, and O mesa foRce of !
Is mem turn the trick without al
1Mng1s. Prom potatoes to piee. from
lee cream to satferkrauf, from grape
fruit to onions. from Jam to sardines.
tna allotment Ia drawn from itsl
nhmdOw0d hiding place below, where
o. removal Of several pounds hardly
eeggg d Dent. And handing 1sOl
Naf1stiea OF food IN quantities that
range from SEQ pounds to 10 tens
MDeaka almost for itself.