Evening star., 1918-03-28
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ARMY GARBAGE CAN.
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One Holds the Waste Which.
Formerly Filled Three at I
the Camps. q

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Mauch eS-me
Army garbage can formerly had big
NAV, but now a dog would starve IL he
depended on the bones thrown from the
Army kitchen. The plain fact is that bones
don't get into the garbage can: they are
sold According to reports gathered from
Army posts and stations in the Southern.
Department by Col. Daniel E. McCzrthyss
department quarterrnaster. one can holds
the garbage which formerly filed threa
Six gallons is the waste from the average
Army kitchen, and goodly portion OF this
is potato peeling. with mighty little OF ths
potato on the peeling. -
Mess sergeants at all cantonments have
been cautioned about the waste OF food-
and their diligence has to a great extent
brought about the elimination OF much Ok
this waste. The mess sergeants az one
commandments all dealing with food
conservation. These were printed in red
ink on heavy cards and posted in every
mess shack. They read: ~
l. Don't allow man to throw away oea
waste any edible food. -
. Don't make the first helping heavy.t
/ 3. Warn kitchen police to serve food
sparingly.
T. Don't help a man to any food he:
does not ask for
s. Don't give a man more than two
SLICES OF DrSdu at q n6lIdne-
6. Make each man eat all that he puts
on his plate
T. Watch your men while eating ands
see that no food is left on the table.
s. Watch each man as he empties hiss
mess kit at a garbage can
9. Allow no man to take any food OUT
of a mess hall
10 Impress upon the men the impor-
lance of food conservation
soc. to 41c. Day to Feed Soldier.
1t is estimated that IT costs an average
of SO to Al cents day to feed each SOL
der in the department The quarternasT
ter department puts the figure at $12
unprepared. 1t is estimated that ones..
twelfth of a cord Of wood is required for.
each kitchen range each day, otherwise
there is no 'oyerhead expense On q
belt line doesn't swell 1t Is the fault Of,
the meSsman
Col Mccarthy, in discussing the SOLE
diers' food, said: Its remarkable TO,
transformation of the undeveloped boy
into the round soldier. The country.
boy changes expression quickly whens
he gets on Army diet, and the city boy
fattens, too. Then, after they have let
their belts out several notches, they gett
sassy and complain about the Army
chow ,sE
The average soldiers breathing ap-s
Is diHfOSL ptTlcIls dIColUiue ~
Col Mccarthy, and balanced diet and
well prepared food makes men out OF
them" He attributes two causes to the
effectiveness of Army food: First. the
soldier has more time for eating and
takes hts meal more leisurely than doe4
the civilian; second, the food Is cooked
on more scientific standard and the
ration is more evenly balanced, while
the civilian seldom has trained cook.
Two Surveys at Camps.
When the officers reserve training
school was opened at Camp Stanley,
near here, the government allowed rs
cents a day for each mans food. This
was later reduced to so cents day.
This so cents not only feeds the student
officers, but provides them with walters.
1t is estimated that 40 cents goes for
food and 20 cents for help, the pros
spectfve officers preferring to use SONIA
of the appropriation for walters rather
than pass the mess around Their
bill of fare is said to be equal To thar.
of first-class hotels, with plenty of exys
tras on Sundays Ys-
Food surveys have been made at pracI
tically all of the southern camps and
of diet and cleanliness. Mess oficerE
and non-coms have been instructed as
to the food values, nutritional percent.
ages and the caloric units of different
foods. the proper kind of food TO give
men doing certain kinds of work. the.
right kind Of food to serve in hot
weather, and the proper way of prepar-
ing 1t, SO as to make for variety and
reduce waste. n