The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-03-07

Every evening. from each platoon or
mncftBe-gun section. a lance corporal
and private go to the quartermaster
sergeant at the company stores and
draw rations for the following day.
The quarter" as the quartermaster
sergeant is called, receives daily from
the orderly room Captains .ofice) a
slip showing the number of men en-
Hfled to rntions. SO there is no chnnce
1f putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
-qunrter" and the platoon noncom. but
the former always wins out. Tommy
<ays the quarter" got his Job because
he was a burglar in civil life.
Then spread the waterproof sheet
on the ground. while the quartermas-
ter's batman dumped the rations on It,
The corporal was smoking. fag.
carried the rations back to the billet.
The corporal was still smoking fag.
How envied him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died. and real
lied that the first requisite of nom
commissioned officer on active service
Is diplomacy There were 10 men in
our section, and they soon formed
-tttftiA-lt Us tit
had called out. -Rations up"
The quartermaster sergeant had
given a slip to the corporal on which
was written a list of the rations. Sit
ting on the floor. using a wooden box
as a table. the issue commenced On
the left OF the corporal the raf1ons
we're piled. They consisted of the fol-
lowing:
Six loaves of fresh bread. each loaf
Of different size, perhaps one out of
the six i,eing as fat as a pancake. the
result of an army service corps man
placing box OF bully beef on It dur
ing transportation
Three tins of jam, enc appse and the
I other two plum.
Seventeen Bermuda onions. all diff
ferenf sizes-
A piece Of cheese in the shane of n
wedge.
Two one pound tins Of butter.
A handful of raisins.
A tin of biscuits. or as Tommy calls
them Jaw breakers"
A bottle Of mustard pickles
The "buily beef spuds. condensed
milk. fresh meat. bacon and "Aiacono-
chic rattons" Ia can filed with meat.
vegetables and greasy waters. had been
turned over to the company cook to
mike stew for next days dinner. He
also received the tea sugar, salt. pep
per ard fiour.
Scratching his head. the corporal
| studied the slip issued to him by the
quarter Then in n slow. mlystined
, vo,ce ne read OUT. NO. settion,,-1s
men. Bread. loaves. six He looked
puzzled and soliloquized in a musing
voice:
-Six loayes, nineteen men Let's see,
that's three In loaf for fifteen men
well. to make It even, four Of you'll
have to Ihpck In on one loaf"
The fer that got stuck made howl
hut to no avail. The bread was dished
out. Pretty soon from a far corner Of
the billet. three indignant Tomnies ac-
costed the corporal with:
"what do ycu call this. a loaf of
breadl Looks more like a sniping
plate.-
The corporal answered:
swell. don't blame me. l didn't bake
! II; somebody's got to get IL. 50 shut
up until dish out these biinkin' ra-
| TONS
Then the corporal started on the
JAM
"Jam. three tins-appie one. plum
two. Nineteen men. three tins. Six
in tin makes twelve men for two tins,
seven in the remaining tin"
He passed around the Jam. and
there was another riot Some didn't
like apple, while others who received
plum were partial to apple After a
while differences were adjusted and
the issue went on.
Bermuda onions. seventeen"
The corporal avoided a row by say
ing that he did not want an onion. and
Issaid they make your breath smell. 20
I guessed would do without one too.
The corporal looked his gratitude.
Cheese. pounds. two"
The corporal borrowed a tackknife
(corporals are always borrowing). and
sliced the cheese-each slicing bring
ing forth pert remark from the on
! 'cekers rs to the corporars eyesight.
-Raisins. ounces. eight"
BY this time the corporars nerves
had gone west, and In despair he said
that the raisins were to be turned over
to the cook for dur Opium pudding).
This decision elected O little ~Rrous-
Ing" but quiet wns 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 Ii "fed up with biscuits.