The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-31

quantities of food, in addition to their
own needs.
39o,ooo,0oo Rations of Beans.
In army terms, n ration represents
the quantity of each article each man
Is entitled to daily. 1t is interesting
TO note the supply Of some of the
principal ration c~omponents on hand
today. For instance, the Americans
have 100000 rations of beans
alone, 1873 1000, 900 rations of flour and
flour substitutes, 267, 100000 rations of
milk, 161, 900, 900 rations of sugar, So
100000 rations of meat, 100000 ra-
tons Of rice, hominy and other foods.
There are requisites such Is fayorings,
fruits, candy and potatoes In proper
ton, while for smokers, there are 761,-
100000 ratiOns Of cigarettes and tobac-
co in other forms.
Army authorities point out that
these vast necessary supplies for the
army represent food economies on the
part of the people at home. Without
such economies, the work would have
been virtually impossible, nor would
the Americans have been able to prom
ise certain of the allies great assist
ance in meeting their requirements
during the winter. The Associated
Press is informed that the American
army had engaged to give the French
100000 pounds of meat, 5,500,O00
pounds of beans and rice -four, and
milk in proportion. To the British
S,000,0 900 pounds of meat were prom
ised, while the Belgians were assured
that they would receive 100000
pounds Of rations of all kinds.
Build Steamer Berths.
1t is difficult to describe in exact
figures what the American expedition
airy forces have done in the eonstruc-
tion aud Improvement of dockage and
W warehouses since the first troops land
ed. This work has been proportionate
to the whole effort in other directions.
Ten steamer berths have been built
at Bordeaux, having a total length of
400 feet. At Monitor, near st. NaZ-
aire, eight berths are under construc-
ton, with a total length of over 5000
feet. These, however, do not indicate
The magnitude of the effort of the en-
gineer corps.
In this phase of Improvement to
French ports great labor has been ex-
pended In dredging operations, repair
ing French docks and increasing rail
way terminal facilities. Warehouses
having an aggregate floor area of al
most 100000 square feet have been
constructed. This development Of
French ports increased facilities to
such an extent that even if the Ger
mans had captured Calais and other
channel ports, as they had planned, the
allies loss would have been strategy
cally unimportant.
So largely were facilities increased
that the English armies could have
had their bases at the lower French
ports, if necessary. In other words
American work in port construction
iessened to a material degree the value
to the Germans of their proposed cap
ture of the channel ports. These fig
ures serve in a measure to show the
magnitude of American accomplish
ments and the great machine is in op-
Grafton today as the American third
army moves forward into German ter.
ritory.
During the second stage of the Ar
| genne operation a captured German
major, while in casual conversation
with an American officer. said: "Wt
know defeat is inevitable. We know
your first and second armies are op
Grating and that your third army i:
nearly ready to function. We know
there are more and more armies to fol
low. We can measure your effort. Tit
end must come soon"