Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-22

| Heen constructed out TO the field
/ from the city over these tracks
whole carloads of bread leave each
morning and afternoon for the
( training camps and the front
Each baking company. though
supposed only TO have an output Of
thirty thousand pounds day has
for some time been exceeding this
limit and has been turning out from
1000 TO 30. 900 pounds The men,
| l0i to a ompHny. work in two ls-
? hour shifts. alternating week hy
week IN dav and night work. Their
product. chiefly great round. hard
CrustCd lOaNeS. constitutes ooOut
/ forty separate shipments that are
made daily--by train. motor truck
and horcs- drawn vehicles + IA .
[ loavcs are yer, hard on the outside,
/ to protect the bread ms It Is trans
I ported but are soft inside No so,-
dicrs bread is moro than -. I'm rare
/ instances So, hours old when he gets
J IT,
Tho bread Is supplemented bv bis
cults and rolls To vary the monotony
AZ breakfast and supper, rolls That
please the taste OF one who has been
e few months or years In Europe
without his favorite white bread
All tho produce Of the bakery II
made as IN ordinary times at home
quarter pounds To 100 pounds Of
flour--ls now omitted The ingrel-
tents here are flour. water. salt and
: yeast
shipments OF these ingredients are
arriving very regularly and satisfac-
torily. the Commnndant of the bak-
cry told the correspondent as he
opened tho door ot reserve mag
! azine or shack where considerably
more than II half million pounds of
flour, most OF II the high grade
I product that quality and clever al
yertlsing have made popular. Is
stored.
In the city itself the Americans
| found one OF the largest refriger-
ating and meat storage warehouses
/ In France. and absorbed II last July
/ even though It was then many times
| larger than their needs Its capac-
! ity is close TO two million pounds
and while II has at times been full
/ or nearly full, the supply is never
permitted to fall below half n mil
/ lion pounds. There are more than
| 10000 pounds there now.
! Direct railroad lines lead not only
| from the bakery and tho refrigerat-
/ Ing plant to the camps. but also
/ from che seaports and the city 80
/ that there IL constant and uninter-
/ rupted flow OF material into town
as well as out,
Several miles westward Mt the
/ lower apex Of the triangle, lies an
/ -shlgh ha
all hut bodily taken over by the
! Americans as storage center, Here
/ everything that comes under the
| head OF non -perishable foods -'
canned goods. salt, sugar. vegetables
/ other than those bought fresh from
/ the French peasants-ia stored In
! huge quantities against the time OF
need
I one OF the largest buildings which
/ the Americans have taken over Is
/ devoted to equipment Here are
| stored thousa sands upon thousands Of
uniforms and every article OF cloth
| ing from shoes and caps down to
| buttons and handkerchiefs. The sup
ply is not only large enough 90 meet
/ all the re- equipment needs OF the
| troops. estimated at several pairs Of
shoes year and at least three. or
four uniforms, but also to outfit all
the newcomers who may arrive.
The bakery and cold storage
plants at one apex OF the triangle
and the storage houses for clothing
and non .perisha BILE goods at another
apex are all permanent sources OF
! supply. whereto materials and goods
come in huge quantities and whence
they leave In bulk. Az the third and
upper apex is the separator" into
which everything flows. where It ia
split up and parcelled out and from
which II is sent In large and small
lots according to tho needs OF this
or that camn
Here complicated organization
has grown up which. with endless
freight cars. motor trucks and
horse drawn vehicles at It's disposal,
seizes the bulk goods as they arrive,
divides II into the requisite ship
ments. and is responsible for their
arrival at camp behind the front
The men who are doing all this
work have long hours s-none OF
them Is on duty less than l2 hours
and most OF them work longer--and
what they do lacks the Eest OF the.
spectacular without being entirely
free from the dangerous features "
warfare, Minus the popular sac-
claim which the fighting soldier
gets, they are steadily and earnestly
making the lutter's task possible.
ana In their own way doing their
share to win the war