The Washington times., 1919-07-30
PREPARE To
DISTRIBUTE
MORE FOOD
subcommittee Will Be Appoint
ed Tonight to Handle Addi-
tionaI Shipments.

Plans for distribution Of the add.
tional carloads of surplus army food
which will be purchased from the
War Department within the, next few
days will be perfected at a meeting OF
John G. McGrath and his committee
of fifteen in the District building to-
day.
The central committee will appoint
various subcommittee to operate in
the various Government departments
and bureaus, and by the time the next
shipment of food arrives, 1t IL expect
ed the service of supply system will
be in perfect operating order.
Mr.. McGrath stated today that the
individuals on the committees will be
prepared to accept orders for the sur
plus army food, and also attend to the
payments forthcoming for the indi-
vidual orders.
Committee Appointed.
The Treasury Department is pre-
pairing to handle large quantities Of
the surplus army food for distribution
to its employees from Mr.. McGrath's
committee. There are $4,000 employees
in the Treasury, and it Is expected
that orders from that department
alone will amount to more than two
carloads of the food.
Mr.. McGrath today Announced the
appointment OF the members OF the
committee of fifteen as follows: z. D.
Atkinson, Postoffice Department,
chairman; w. z. Love, Government
Printing Office; A. z. Cole, Federal
Employees Union: L. B. Slime, Bureau
OF Pensions; Edward Lycett, steel and
ordnance plant, vice chairman; J. W.
Ginder, Treasury Department; e. j.
Biller, Pension office; B. w. Payne,
Treasury Department; B. T. Ladd,
navy yard; z. H. Willis, Treasury De-
partment; A. J. Driscoll, citizens as
sociations; J. z. BoFlRnd, Bureau of
Engraving and Printing; Federal EN-
ployes' Union, No. 2; Miss Nora v.
James, Girls Union, Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing. Mr.. McGrath
is also a member of the committee.
Commodities Listed.
Mr. McGrath announced today the
list of surplus food commodities
stored in Baltimore, which will be In
cluded in the next shipment to Wash
ington.
The list as follows. was submitted
by Colonel Elliott, chief of the sub
sistence section. surplus property di-
vision Of the War Department:
Baked beans. issue beans, hard
bread, candy, cornioca, corn meal,
corn starch, sweet corn. ginger crack
ers. farina, dried goldfish. barley -four,
corn starch -four Issue -four, rye
-four, ginger, hominy, macaroni, malt,
oatmeal, dehydrated onions, peas, Gu
cumber pickles. dehydrated potatoes,
pumpkin, rice, spaghetti, tapioca, to-
matoes vinegar, and yeast.
Surplus Worth SI2s,ss9, 947.
The director of sales Of the War
Department. announced today that tho
surplus food supplies available are
valued at approximately $125,SS9 ,947.
The surplus stocks consist Of the fol-
lowing commodities: Dried fruits and
$2.47s.22S: smoked and
canned meats, 500, 3s4.326; fresh meat
and poultry, 1881. gu; canned vege-
tables, $12,342, 442; cereals, Sl.OS5, $50;
and hard bread. crackers, and maca-
roni $S1O,719.
SALES Of subsistence officially re-
ported to the director of sales and
informal verbal reports made by the
zone supply offices OF sales, consum--
but not yet officially reported,
show that sales OF subsistence to date
exceed $26 000. 000." states the report
from the office of the director OF
sales.
The committee OF fifteen expects
that eight or ten carloads OF food will
be needed to supply the present de-
mand in Washington,