The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-15
ONE OF THE QUEEREST
JOBS IN ALL FRANCE

FngiSn Fred Anderson. Of the SAL
walton ARM. has returned from four
teen months service at the war 'front.'
with a pair Of much calloused palms,
expert knowledge of elementary cook
cry and the assertion that he had the
| dueerest job Of any man or woman
who went overGcas For more than Il
year Ensign Anderson pushed a steel
whee Ibarrow behind the trenches OF
/ France, pausing very now and then TO
drop a few pints or pancake batter or
to break couple of eggs on the iron
plate which covered the hot Goals
with which his harrow was filled. He'd
serve the result to the soldiers who
were near him, and then roll on his
way to find more hungry doughboys.
Ensign Anderson invented the
wheelharrow field kitchen himself.
For about n month after he reached
France he mad seen tho soldiers com
ing TO the Salvation Army huts for
doughnuts. ries. f'ariacks. coffee and
the other Things the lassies prepared
for them. The though occurred to
him that there must. be other hun
CRY soldiers who couldn't come to the
huts. and he decided that it was up TO
him to carry food TO them. So he
! Communicated a wheelbarrow, filed
! It with hot Goals. laid an iron plate
on it 10 serve as a griddle. mixed
couple of gallons of hapiack batter
according 20 MS w;fe's own recipe
and sailed forth.
The first soldiers he met didn't
know what to make OF his queer
| equipment, hut they soon discovered
! there was nothing the matter with his
fapjaeka. Tia batter he had taken
with him was used up in hurry, so
he bach IA an hie SECOND
trip he found no more hungry soldiers
| to feed, so he wheel ed his barrow
! back to Salvation Army headquarters
and begTen TO make improvements on
1 the vehicle with view To continuing
! his work ;he next day. He divided
| the wheelha~row into compartments.
| one for -four, ono for water, fuel and
| other thincs necessary To the prepare
ton OF pancakes when travelling. and
! constructed an Ingenious CRATE. which
| he placed at the rear end of his bar
| row.
| The next morning he went forth
| again, and found the demand for his
! fapjacks greater than his supply. so
| he added another vehicle to his cara :
van---a baby carriage which he found
| in an abandoned home. This he
loaded with additional supplies. Later
| the baby carriage was used for the
/ transportation of ham and eggs.
! Ensign Anderson's fiapiacks became
so popular that even by travelling from
! place TO place with his wheelbarrow
/ he was unable to serve all who want
J ed them. n. established headquarters
in the cellar of ruined house, press
ed into service couple OF doughboys
who, before joining the army, had
presided at griddles in dairy lunches.
and had them prepare pancakes there
while he roamcd about with his wheel
| barrow.
Anderson's religious meetings were
| always well attended. his flapjack Gus
| toners rallying around him in large
| numbers, He has returned to the
| United States to aid In the Salvation
! Army's 100000 Home Service fund
! campaign. which will take place in
the week OF May 1926. During the
! week OF the drive he hopes to push
| his wheeibarrow along Fifth avenue.
but the ship it is coming on may dock
! too late.