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/ Barley, 10000 pounds.
Dehydrated eggs, 100000 pounds.
Cornmeal, 10000 pounds.
| Lard 100000 pounds.
| Condensed milk, approximately
! 100000 pounds. 1r
Oatmeal, 117OOO pounds.
! Rice, 254,OOO pounds.
\ Dried vegetables, $4,000 pounds.
Will Not Go Hungry.
That modest little menu looks as II
! the Yankee soldiers We're not going to
have any difficulty keeping the Rus
sian wolves away from the barracks.
Additional foOdstuffs that We're shipped
/ from Great Britain included 10000
| pounds of dried fruits, 1000 pounds Of
milk chocolate, 1000 pounds Of pow
dered milk, 1000 pounds Of sweetened
chocolate for cooking, 200 cases of
canned fruit and 500 pounds of cocoa.
After slowing away all that food the
! soldiers should have no difficulty in
! keeping warm. But the American Red
/ Cross. deciding tONbe on the safe side,
sent along the following articles
/ Blankets, 1000.
Sweaters, 5000.
| WriStletS. 5000.
Mufflers, 5000
MittenS, 5000.
Helmets, 5000.
Other items on the list were wash
cloths, safety razorS, tooth paste,
toothbrushes, tobacco, soap and shaw
ing brushes. At this juncture some
one puts the question: But how are
kthey ever going to get through the
bitter cold days and long winter nights
without any amusement? The follow
| ing items on the list provide the am
swer:
Playing cards, accordeons, ukuleles,
mandolins, jew's-harps, monographs,
cameras, skates, snowshoes, footballs.
hockey outfits, indoor baseballs NOV
ing picture outfits, boxing gloves,
games of all kinds, books, candy, wigs,
whiskers, grease paints, Bibles.
Have Weekly Newspaper.
The home service branch of the Red
Cross will enable the American SOL
diers to keep in touch with their fami-
lies over here. But they will not be
dependent upon letters from home as
to what is going on in their native
land. The Red Cross, in cooperation
with one of the big gathering as
sociations, is providing American SOL
diers in Archangel with The Sentinel.
weekly newspaper dealing with hap
penings in the United States.
A letter from one of the American
soldiers in Archangel has recently
reached his family in Wisconsin. Brief
and to the point, confirming other IA
vorable reports along the same line,
the message says:
"Au o. K. Plenty to eat, sleep.
Have had plenty of shell and all the
rest for the short time. Men behave
wonderfully, considering"
Maj. G. T. Williams of Baltimore is
head of the American Red Cross mis-
sion to Archangel. Major Kirkpatrick.
recently attached to the Army Medi.
cal corps, is looking after the medical
end of the work Other members OF
the mission are Capt. r. l. Barr, Capt.
d. O. Lively, Lieuts. w. FL. Dudley.
N. r. Clifton, FL. M. Wyckoffs, ]. A.
Stalinski, r. l.. Lewis, H. c. Hibbard,
Mrs. Aurora B. Merriam, Miss Bea-
trice N. Gosling and Miss Alma e.
Forester.
So abundant were the supplies car
ried to Archangel by the Red Cross
that a relief ship was sent from that
port to isolated parts of the district
with supplies for the needy civilians.
In addition to this food distribution
the Red Cross is providing lunches for
2,2OO Archangel school children every
day.
All of which proves there is no scar
city of food in Archangel
"After dressing his wounds after he