The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-05-29

varied than those of the enlisted men.
but both are very good, and there is
no complaint anywhere along the line.
The men have meat, sugar and butter
and all the condiments usually found
on chop house table, writes Don Mar
tin in the New York Herald.
Here Is what had the other day nj
an officers mess very close TO the
front: Beef stew, mashed potatoes,
lettuce salad, coffee, cake, canned
peaches. The next day, beans of very
good quality, generously soaked in
/ tomato sauce took the place Of the
beef stew, and rice pudding was sub
stituted for canned peaches.
No one will get thin on fare like
that, and it may be authoritativcly
/ stated that the men are by no means
growing em0ciated. They are the
/ hcalthiest looking lot of men to be
seen anywhere. Thin ones are filling
out and fat ones are thinning out.
! Checks which once were inclined to be
/ chalky now are tanned. Hollows I'M
der check bones have puffod out.
Men Like the Life.
The men with whom I have talked
like the life although it is by no means
an easy one. So long as food condi-
tions remain good there will be no
/ grumbllpg from the mon. The army
has been here long enough now to fur
nish added proof Of The truth Of Napo-
Icons statement that an army fights
con It's stomach"
At luncheon mt an officers casual
moss recently I saw men well known
at the leading hotels in New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston. One
of thnm is considerable of an epicure
and his mcssmntos say he was incln-
ed at first to baiil at the rough army
food. II IS al changed now. He eats
beef stew with the same relish he once
ate tcrrapin, and beans he enjoys us
thoroughly as he once enjoyed q de-
liciouS curry. asked him if he would
like to sit down with Fifth avenue
menu to order from and, pauslng in.
the midst Of a course Of turnips aud
mashed potatoes, he said:
"This will do for me, thank you"
OF course, the matter of appetite
has great deal to do with it. No one
lacks an appetite. When dinner time
comes at noon the men are there ON the
spot, and they are right on the job
again Mt six o'clock in the evening. 1t
might also be said that they are always
hungry. One officer, major, who is Il
very notable figure in the life Of
middle Western city, leaned back from
his dinner the other day, lighted
cigar and said:
"This life here Is doing more for me
than any vacation l ever had"
And he looked 1t. He said he suf-
fered from insomnia and loss of APP
petite at times, but that he has had
neither since he got out in the open
with the army. There are good many
men of great wealth in the various
American divisions and they are shar-
ing equally with all, of course. In an
officers barracks, about five miles from
the front, saw man from Philadel-
phia who was accustomed to every
kind of luxury. Here he was sharing
a tiny room with another man who,
the Philadelphia man said, snores ire
mendously.
"But l don't mind 1t. l don't mind
anything now when lie down for a
nights sleep"
Can Sleep Anywhere.
The boys in the ranks have already
had far more soldering than they ever
got in the training camps at home.
They have tramped ON roads for many
hours or days mt a time, have slept in
motor trucks, on crowded trains. have
been billeted In barns and in barracks,
have slept In fields and by the roadside.
men look In the pink of condition.
They eat regularly and plentifully, and
the only complaint l have heard from
them Is that they would prefer fight
to constant training.
The romance of war as pictured by |
the boylsh mind is said by the soldiers
to be largely a myth. For instance, in |
n muddy roadway | saw brawny pri- |
waite pacing up and down in driving |
rain, rifle In position, guarding some
thing (even he didn't know what IL |
was) which was piled up nearby. He |
had been on guard for ten hours. /
asked him how he liked II and he |
made no reply. The sentries don't |
talk to any one.
In camp on the American sector |
I saw a soldier scrubbing mud of har-
nesses.
"This isn't quite my idea Of what |
war was going to be-" he said, "but |
with touch Of genuine American
humor) l have found In my short but |
varied career that things are seldom
what they SEEM"