Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-05
FEEDING [: Ed NlG 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
YBe Sent to the Troops In France
Dental Corps Can Care for 100000
Men.

Dental Corps Can Care for 5000, ooe
Men.
An account of how soldiers are fed
at sea Is given in the daily newspaper
published on transport:
"Outside Of providing 10000 meals
at sea, the mess officer Of the ship has
very little to do. Very little.
HE Is only called upon to provide
by the regulations, $50 different vari.
cites Of food. That's all. Every try
to order $50 different things to eat7
Yet this is the authentic list.
1.-THE food needed to feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
the elutton's dreams. You get the an
over 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.
900 pounds Of beef to $4,000 eggs, or
/ compartment of brick ice cream In
i ten-degree-above-zero vault.
"And If this doesn't suit, you can
bump along into 1924 pounds Of po-
tatoes, 400 pounds Of ham and bacon.
1900 pounds Of butter, 1900 pounds Of
sugar, and 81, 500 pounds Of flour.
IT you can't get a meal out of this
you can fall back on 1900 pounds Of
sausage, 5000 pounds Of sauerkraut,
ee000 pounds Of apples, 1880 pounds
pf oranges, and 400 pounds of onions.
And this leaves out 1000 pounds Of
jam and e.400 pounds Of lima and navy
BEANS"
The original order that the approval
Of a regimental or higher commander
was necessary before packages might
be sent to members Of the expedition
hry forces has been modified so officers
with the rank Of major and higher
may approve shipments. The ap-
prevail of a company commander Is
hot suhhcient.
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
Rry 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 allowed
that the amount Of such mail had
reached a total Of $4,000 pounds a
week. and was steadily increasing.
Relatives and friends, according to
a recent statement by the war depart
ment. will find they often can do a
greater service to soldiers by sending
them money for the purchase Of ar
ticles. Tobacco IL now being supplied
Us 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
corps Of the United States army. Ex-
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 I'LL
ings In the army ranges from 225.0OO
70 100000 . month. Special dental
inhrmaries have been established in
the camps and cantonments, to which
newly indicted soldiers are sent for
examination shortly after arrival in
the camps.
A school for dental instruction has
been eStabliQhed. 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
Auring the last three years, according
10 advice received by the department
Of agriculture from the railroad ad-
ministration.
On May I box cars began to move
into wheat territory, and wheat-carry-
ing roads are expected to have ON
their lines more than the normal
amount Of cars owned by them. Cars
are being parked in wheat-loading ter
ritory, which was impossible last year.
The railroad administration will con-
tinue to move cars into wheat dis
tricts as long as there Is any indica-
ton that additional cars viii be
needed.
An advertisement in a Berlin news
paper, reported by the Information
Belges, shows some Of the many uses
to which pape: is being put in Ger
many:
"Paper stuff for dresses and aprons.
paper stuff for business suits.
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