The Benson signal., 1918-07-06
Feeding; SOLDIERS
On The TRANSPORTS
MEss OFFICER or TIE vEssEL
MysT PROVIDE 21o,oco EiEALs
AT SEA.
SOME Of THE 1870 VARIETIES
Mprey fnstead of Merchandise Shouis
BE Sent to the Troops in France~7
Pcntai Corps Gan Care for 5,oQo,ooQ
Man

Pcnlal EPrPs Gan Care foF o'VVoooQ
Meg.
A account of how soldiers are fed
ut sea IS given iH the daily newspaper
published on a transport:
"fntside of providing 2iQ,000 meals
at seq, the mess officer Of the ship has
Very lite 70 do. Very little,
"He Is only called upon to provide,
by the regulations, 1870 different yari-
eties Of food. That's all. Every try
to order $50 different things to eat?
Vet this is the authentic list.
."4he food needed to feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
Ehe glutton's dreams. You get the an
swer in the ship down below the water
Iiney where 1920 loaves Of bread have
pes, baked in one day. and where yoy
stu,nide oyer every variety, from 6Q,-
900 pounds Of beef to $4,000 eggs, or
a compartment of brick ice cream iH
ten-degree-aboye-zero vault.
"And if this doesn't suit, you can
Aplnp &Iong into A9,324 pounds of po-
tatYes. 7,lGQ pounds of ham and bacDn,
1880 pounds of butter, 9,20Q pounds OF
sugar, and 64,500 pounds OF Roqr.
IF you capt get mead out Of this
you can fall back on 1900 Roqpds Of
saHsage, 1900 pounds Of saueffllraut,
2GoM pounds 9ftapples, l9.Sop pounds
2f ofuleeS, and 4.200 pounds Of onions,
And this leaves out 1900 pounds Of
l;m and 6, 400 pounds Of lima and navy
peans,v
'i'fe original order that the approval
bf q fegme1ta! 4f higher commander..
Sas necessary before packages might
pc sent 10 members Of the expedition
ary ;Arees has been modified so officers
Gfth thc rank Of major and higher
may approve shipments. The ap-
proya Of company commander is
got Sufficient
The question of the shipment of par.
j. cells 10 France first came to the attenr
Hon of the war department when the
commanding general of the expeditions
AIRY forces cabled that congestion Of
such articles had reached such point
that French railroads We're unable to
handle the load. A board appointed
by the secretary Of war and the post
master general examined 5000 sacks
Of parcel-posr mail, and found that the
articles being sent not only, in the
main, were absolutely unnecessary, but
undesirable. The investigation showed
that the amount Of such mail had
reached a total of 100000 pounds a
week, and was steadily increasing.
Relatives and friends, according to
recent statement by the war depart
ment, will find they often can do 9
greater service to soldiers by sending
Them money for the purchase of ar
Eicles. Tobacco is now being supplied
as part Of the army rations. and mer-
rhandise of nearly all kinds may now
Be purchased In FRANCE through the
huge general store established by the
ua~termastef corps at lower prices
Ehan ehargfa by retailers here.
The dental requirements Of an army
Of inone han 100000 men can now be
nact by the present force of the dental
corps of the United States army. Elk
hminations have been closed and NO
further additions will be made to the
tnrps for some time. The number OF
dental officers has expanded since wal
VAS declared from, So to $50 Com
missions were offered to 5,467 dentists
n I'll parts of the country, and all but
a71 were accepted.
The average number of tooth fill.
ing< in the army ranges from 225.OOG
10 100000 a month. Special dental
infi.naries have been established in
The camps and 0antonments, to which
. neNly inducted soldiers are sent for
examination shortly. after arrival in
The camps.
4 school for dental instruction has
been established, where 80 officers are
assigned each month to take the two
nouths' course.
The box-car situation is better at
present than it has been at any time
during the last three years. according
10 advice received by the department
Of agriculture from the railroad adj
miuistration.
On May box cars began to move
into wheat territory, and wheat-carry-
ing roads are expected to have on
thrr lines more than the normal
amount of cars owned by them. Cars
hre being parked in Understanding ter
ritory. which was Impossible last year.
The railroad administration will COM
time to move cars into wheat dis
friets as long as there is any indica-
tion that additional cars will be-
needed.
, IAN advertisement in Berlin news
paper, reported by the Informal ton
Bclges, shows some Of the many uses
H. which pape.: is being put III Ger
many:
Paper stuff for dresses and aprons.
Paper stuff for business suits.
Paper stuff for manufacture Of
suits. ..