El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13
IS
WAR WEAPON
Is One of Three Domestic
Utensils That Save
for Victory.

new weapons or way nave recently
come into use I'm the American army
weapons as formidable as any yet
turned out by muuition plants. They
are the sharp bread knife. the sharp
meat knife and the ordinary teaspoon.
The Germans would be particularly
/ worried by the sharp bread knife, II
they knew about 10. IL is being used
{ 10 cut very thin slices Of bread. Be
fore the war bread in the army was
cut Iu huge thick slices with any
kind OF knife al ALL The soldier ate
as many slices as he wanted and
plate. Vow he does the same thing.
but the waste IS miuimized because
. The slices are so much thinner.
saves 80 Tons In One Camp.
in one camp alone the sharp bread
knife saved 90 600 pounds OF bread
during q period Of IS days. Every
man was stili permitted TO eat his
/ I'M OF bread he was simply prevented
from wasting 50 tons that would
olnerW Use have been cast INTO the
garbage pail Forty five tons of
bread would be the approximate all
LotmeuL Tor 5000 men And this Is the
result or the saving In only one camp
IL is estimated that the total saving
in all the camps was sufficient 20 rl-
ton several bartalions or French and
British infantry.
The sharp meat knife has been
found equally efiicacious- Hardly
any meat Is wasted now, and The full
Importance Of this may be realized
when 70 Is stated that one SD Of each
man FOOD left on his plate represents
q loss OF Ouc-haf cent I'm an army
Of 100000 men THIS would mean an
annual waste or 45,5en.lNo-a sum
that would buy food Tor more than
Results With Teaspoon.
Since the war the American soldier
has also learned now 10 set amazing
results with his teaspoon. BY stirring
his coffee vigorously for several Sec
ouds he has found that one lump
Of sugar viii do the work OF two.
Stirring is now part OF the mili-
Food conservation has been reduced
20 O. science ir the army. From the
-ime the food is bought by the Sub
sistence division Of che Quarter
sumed by the soldier the smallest
scrap IS watched with tender care
That scrap. 10 is realized, may vet
prove the needed surplus iu defeating
the Germans The food Is purchased
on the contract system That is.
every month the subsistence division
sends out a. request for bids on yari-
Gus foods for the army for that par
tcular month. and the lowest bidder
Tor the highest quality food is given
The contract
Some months food prices are higher
than at others. which causes fluctu-
alton iu the cost OF the soldiers ra-
tior. This cost also varies according
10 different sections Of the country
in some places 10 IS only as cents q
day; On others as high as As cents
Saves Up Tor sunday Dinner.
The soldiers ration is iu the hands .
or the mess sergeant Of his COMPANY .
II is the mess sergeant who makes I
HH .HrnHH
them 20 the company commander. 4
nd he also keeDs account Of the I
daily cost II the food Tor one day I.
ISIS less than the amount allotted I
is placed ON the books 90 be used a. Z
some other time Sometimes the mess /
sergeant saves enough during the 4
week 20 buy chickens for Sunday din 4
uer.
There are now over 10000 cooks I'm .
the American army, and over 10000 J
bakers, all Of whom have received q /
course OF training az army kitchens .
and Bakeries
Army Cooks Versatile.
Army cooks these days are men Of I
versatile talents They must be able .
TO cook anywhere AT ali-iu kitchen.
in the field and I'm trench or dug
out II is part OF their training. In I
the backyard OF the training school .
al Washington there are several /
types OF wagon kitchens which are
being used I'm Europe They contain I
ovens and large aluminium compart-
ments such as are found in fireless
COOKERS, but one can see tlar cooking Z
on them is an entirely different
proposition from using the good old
fashioned range.
army cooks also know how 20
bake The bread that they make
lent Their pies and pastries are
also delicious. although these are
served olly AT rare intervals now. i
owing 20 the scarcity iu wheat In
stead the men are learning 20 Ike
desserts Of fresh or s-ewed fruit,
served with light gingerbread The
am eric1u soldier IS the best led SOL
der In the world. His daily ration
contains over 500 calories-. But he
Is learning 20 be economical OF food.
Army Saves on Everything.
Furthermore. food is not the only
thing that Is conserved in the army.
Every training camp has a reclama-
ton division consisting OF one off
-er and 500 men. which saves everv-
thing that 10 can lay its hands on. il
makes daily inspection o. the camp
garbage cans 70 keep @ check on the
camp waste; 90 collects tin cans and
waste paper, and it even saves the
camp stable manure 20 be used as
fertilizer on the camp vegetable gar
1ens. Every camp is 20 have veEe-
table garden this Tear--also a meas
lre Of economy. Last year the French
and British had gardens on vacant
and near their camps, and succeeded .
100 raising $3.50 worth OF food TO the
acre 1t is estimated that similar
gardens. farmed By American soldiers.
viii supply enough vegetables 20 the
lcre TO ration so men
Tin Cans Conserved.
Before the war the army destroyed ,
rs empty tomato cans Now these .
sans are carefully saved. for $50
pounds OF old tin cans will make one Z
pound Of pure tin and also one ounce Z
- stannic acid. from which is made Z
he deadly gas used by the Germans. +
Millions OF Tin cans are emptied at
alone the daily consumptior is over
10000 cans. Tn view Of the ever .
Tin shortage. this work ~ .
he reclamation division is especially
Important y
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