Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-29
FOOD SOL O|El|s
GIVEN ! GREAT CARE
NUTRITION OFFICERS WHO ARE
EXPERTS BEING STATIONED
IN sTHE ARMY CAMPS.
EDIBLE WASTE IS REDUCED


Navy Department sends Uniformed
Desk Men 60 Active ssrvies-An
cient Armor supplles Models for
Modern American War Equipment.
Nutrition officers are tpsbe stationed
in every National army cantOnment
and In every National Guard camp. as
well as in every camp where 10. 600 or
more soldiers are in training. the war
department announces. These men are
food specialists. Before. they Joined
the army asImembers Of the division
Of food and nutrition Of the medical
department they were connected with
colleges and public bodies as physiolo-
gists, chemists, economists, food In
spectors and experts In other special
lied work relating to food.
Since last October these officers
have gone from camp to camp. studied
the food served. how It was inspected,
stored and prepared, and made recon-.
mendations resulting In many advan-
tageous changes. They gave instruc-
tions In the principles Of nutrition, the
proper selection of foods and the con-
structi0n of dietaries to mess officers.
medical officers and others Interested.
They told how to avoid waste. gave
methods for Judging and storing food.
and emphasized the Importance Of
keeping Kitchens and mess halls clean
and orderly.
At one camp seven companies were
selected from various organizations
totaling l,135 men with which to try
out an anti-waste plan. The average
edible waste was found to be LIZ
pounds per man per day. The nutri-
tion officer gave the mess sergeants
and cooks Instructions In food and
mess economy with the result the aver
age edible waste was reduced to O.43
pounds per man per day, a saving Of
lO.69 pounds. This saving amounted to
$61.75 per day for the seven messes. or
2,542 per year.
Sixty new officers are to be commits
stoned in the division Of food and nu-
triton to handle the additional work.
All will be food specialists similar to
those already In the service. They
will advise about the composition and
nutritive values of all dietaries. make
inspections for authorizations. spoilage
and deterioration and cooperate with
the mess officials,
Armor for the American soldiers
helmets, shields and breastplates, Is
being modelled in the workshops of the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. New
York, the war department announces
The best of the types used by the sol
diers of former days is being wrough,
into shapes for present warfare. some
pieces on ancient anvils and by ham
mers that were actually used centuries
ago.
In direct charge Of the workshop
where the work is being done Is 9
French artisan whose skill has beer
known to armor collectors the worlC
over, and whose forbears for genera
tons back have kept alive the dyins
trade of the armnrer
This war In 40 has brough,
back into use s'rded weapons
and practices eval warfare
There has been option Of stee
helmets by all tl.v warning powers
breastplates, armored waistcoats ant
trench shields: This necessitated al
overhauling and new study of ancien
armor. with the result that experts de
clare that scarcely a technical idea ha.
been brought forward which was no
worked out In elaborate detail by thu
0ld-time armor Makers
The Metropolitan museum collection
is among the seven great collections O
ancient armor. It Is an incident to THU
collection that there was established
at the museum an armorer's workshop
So far as known it is unique. In /
were cleaned, repaired and restored
pieces that were defective, DAME
Tachaux, a French artist, was II
charge. He is working now under tn,
direction Of Major Bashford Dean o
the ordnance department.
Armor models are being turned on
there In accordance with the sugges
tons of General Pershing and the ord
nance department. Twenty-Five dit
ferent types Of armor defenses hav'
been made in various factories in Ell
perimental lots, several In many thou
sands of pieces. which have won "a
vor at army headquarters. The ef1
cacy Of armor protection for the sol
diers 10 indicated by reports that NOR
than 40 per cent Of the hospital cas-
ualties suffered were leg wounds an,
about 33 per cent arm wounds, the leg
and arms Of the fighters being fire.
from armors cover.
While 7. M. g. "A. workers In bal
tle-torn region OF France were carry
+ ing lelicacies TO American soldiers Il
the front line trenches they left thei
storehouse deserted. French soldier
entered the storehouse to guard tn
supplies. They found chewing gun
thought II food, stuffed whole pack
ages into their mouths. masticated
for time and then tried to swallo,
1t. Some succeeded in getting It down
There were no casualties. but tn
French soldiers were inspired with
high regard for American digestive ar
paratnses