The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-30
RUSHING TANKS
 THROUGH BRITAIN More Than Half of A. E. F. Was Handled Through
 England's Ports
px GEO. 1T. BYE.

News Service At the time Of the
 armistice 1105,O0O American soidlers had landed on the shores of Great orl'
 ain and had been carried by train anu
 boat to the theater of war m f.ance.
 So efficient had become the dispatch ;, of these troops that frequently the
 first columns from convoy or trans norts would have reached the shores ol France while the last columns were
 marching down the gangplank at LhN erpool docks rr,.,d
 Ione trains were run across Eng iano
 an one hours headway. At tnls tiiis !.
 was imposible to avert brief de.ays. lne
 cross channel transports "hicn
 ot night might have to be put pack III
 +o Southampton because of reports or
 ,,nusual submarine activity. It was tbarefore necessary to proV1de srea. res+ camps to act as reservoirs to hoiu troo,s until i. was possible to inoSe them. ..s Ky +he huge camp was provioeo py IT
 British at Liverpool known as No'ey
 Ash camp Many an American resi'no..'
 stayed at Notty Ash unul conJest na
 southern England was reheveu any
 tha, wight move on either to the boat
 r to one of the numerous rest camps sround Southampton, among them .ne largest camp at Winchester,
 Morn Hill camp, and Middledown, Cou
 ford Hursley Park, Ramsey, Aoplnelon
 Park and others ..s
 Iiverpool received more U. ,: troops a;rac+ than any other port in Europe Glasgow. Plymouth, and Poftsiiou.n
 American disembarkations
 All food for Tanks in Great britain
 r,,.s nrovided by< the American pase
 section in London, excepting .n .ith
 contineents. They came suppheu "s
 five davis rations, doled out 10 them on decentralization but split up ano ,iS aigh+ men. For instance, one man carry the timed beef for the elsn., @ othar inc can-opener. If those eisn' oene' a,x,e rnixed up on the train one ~. ,,,ora of ther went hungry or oioi .ornnlate meal unless other com rades divied up. Aar;cau Canteans were run by the Amerieaa army at all camps so that no ina.. ,;sbr bour Of arrival at a camp. oas and the men would be given not con.e thsv sandwiches. It was not true tbe were immediately depenoen. ashment British for this temporary @ a.-a-d,v l A i.,, -,o,, as if was seen that the lSe-ua'
 rations scheme did not work ou, ;,ad
 a,, tha hase section in London opta' ,,,a eiH, h,t,, from Washington to aiter ens
 aur,ngament, and individual 100! thereafter distributed on ooaIu n,s The food supplied to the uoop in bought from the Britlsn so, avon. ,,1, orders to be proportioneo ai'vnS tha men For example, when the 4,or, Stotas navy gave notice to pase ot hot certain convoy would pc u"e ;s,o.nool m or about certain oas' a for the known number or men .,a oorns ared from the British army sei .- s,s oS,ar
 at inc same time that teh.au.s .aye for trains was made. The ,iaN' enIire of os bonrs notice before the oooN cor
 hours pa oraers were confirmed TOT ships, and the oroeis
 irornediate delivery. yr E in
 iir,, r,as r.tions supplied the A. E. r. in m
 c. in. pr;tain were exactly the same 1T,
 ,orttv as supplied in Amerlca
 france This daily ration per so sarvice ohtained from the British army corps i, ounces. su-
 Rread is ounces: meat, lz oun'.s AZ gar, ounces; coffee, ounee'
 ounce; salt A ounce. ,rteans
 Eno,, local navy and army canteens
 the following was obtained daily Tor eaen | soldier: -, ounces.
 Bacon. ounces; fried fish ou"oss
 potatoes, 12 ounces; drlea l ounces; butter or marsarine' ar;ad
 fresh vegetables, 5 ounces; ]a nor | fruit ounces: milk, ounce; cheese' , ounces: pepper 1-30 ounce mustaro' A-'
 ounce (when availablel. l Construction gangs working at harn labor for eight hours were gwen o ounces of meat and the same iie'e was allowed troops at various tunes so emnloyed. if authority were obtained The British Tommy received only ID ounces of meat and other daily supplies
 in equally lesser proportion. British coat was supplied to American camps in al most unlimited quantities, while the Tom mics shivered over few bucketfuls, be- cause Of knowledge that the Americans required much more warmth. There was many an instance of Tanks smuggling
 coal and food to Tommies in adjacent camps