Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-05-30
s727,oOo,oOo to December /, 1918, the

|'N ''"oV,ooo W DeceinDer L, 1918, the
per capita cost having risen from 4
cents in 1897 TO 48 cents in 1918.
AT the time of tn armisticc, Amer
lean soldiers in France were consum-
ing 100000 pounds of food daily.
Moving this stupcndous quantity ov-
or the 3,00O-milc line of tommun ca
ton was the principle obstcaic to be
overcome. This and the necessity for
conserving cargo space led directly
IN the later months to TIE shipment
OF dehyrdated vegetables to the
American Expeditionary Force.
The problems were solved only by
the assistance of the American food
industry" the report says, and while
instances were found of food speoi-
hcatlons being violated, these are de
; clared to have been very few and in
most instances not intentional.
The emergency ration of the Amer
I ican soldier, designed to be used on
~ IN cases Of extremity, was perfect
ed during the war to consist of three
cakes Of beef, prepared with bread
| compound of ground cooked wheat.
each cake weighing three ounces
three one-ounce cakes of chocolate
three-fourth ounces fine salt, and one
dram black pepper.
a special ration was designed for
the use of invalid soldiers, Including
pottcd chicken, dried ggcs, puddinps.
etc.
Importance attached to the supply
OF fresh coffee for the men is evil
denced by the decision to shin the
I bean in the green form and have il
roasted near the front. This led to
the invention of portable roasters.
capable of handling several tons a
day.
Noting that tobacco has establish
ca It's claim to Il recognized place in
the soldiers life" the report SAYS
probably 80 per cent of the American
EHpeditionary Force used the weed in
one form of another. Monthly ship
menlS averaged 20,000,000 cigars,
425,0OO,000 cigarettes.
The soldiers sweet tooth was salts
fled by a monthly shipment of 300 900
pounds of candy during the carly
part Of the war. but this was increns.
cd IN November, 1918. to BIB 900
pounds, and in the following month
the war Department made candy n
part oil the regulation issue to each
man every month. y close compan-
ION In popularity was chewing rum.
more than 3,O0O,00 packages Il month
being consumed.
More than half of the Fifth Lib
erty Loan would be required to nav
for the clothing and uniform cuuipnre
of the American Army. One chipter
OF the report gives Il Shcri his, nv of
the events which led the Government
iinaily to take over the domestic wool
cup and to commanders the ouptu
practically of every factory.
| Interesting statistics arc given of
economies effected by changes in de
sign. For instance, elimination of
laclnEs and eyclets in trousers saved
lf,ooo,OOO and the rcdesgning of
the coat cut the cots of this garment
$o,OO0,00O. Expert cutting reduced
the consumption of cloth 23-l00 of a
yard, and saved 100000 yards on
the total order Cotton textiles pro-
duccd for the army would furnish n
strip 3 feet wide and of sufficient
| length to wrap eighteen layers around
| the equator.
Innovations resulting from the
shortages in material included the
! substitution Of American dyes for.
the German product and the use of
vegetable ivory" in button making.
| Inc activities of the Quartermnstcr
| Corps afterwards taken over lnrre-
~ by the Bureau of Purchase. Stor-
age and Supply, included also the
furnishing of hats, shoes, boots, fue,
oil, paints, tools, harness, and har,
ness equipment and even music. The
| pfoninent composers volunteered for
me work of selecting balanced ra
ton of jazz and more restrained
DEMONSTRATIONS for the army bands.
10 give the American aviator the
surest luel possible, the department