Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-16
FOOD OF SOLDIERS
GIVEN GREAT CARE
NUTRITION OFFICERS WHO ARE
EXPERTS BEING STATIONED
IN THE ARMY CAMPS.
EDIBLE WASTE IS REDUCED

Navy Department Sends Uniformed
Desk Men to Active serviee-An-
eient Armor Supplies Models for
Modern American War Equipment.
Nutrition officers are to be stationed
In every National army cantOnment
and in every National Guard camp. as
well as In every camp where 10000 or
more soldiers are In training, the war
department announces. These men are
food specialists. Before they Joined
the army as members of the division
Of food and nutrition of the medical
department they were connected with
colleges and public bodies as physiOlo-
gists, chemists. economists. food in
spectors and experts in other special
lied work relating to food.
Since last October these officers
have gone from camp to camp. studied
the food served. how 1t was inspected.
stored and prepared. and made recon-
mendations resulting In many advan-
tageous changes. They gave instruc-
lions In the principles Of nutrition. the
proper selection of foods and the con-
struction of dietaries to mess officers,
medical officers and others interested.
They told how to avoid waste. gave
methods for judging and storing food.
and emphasized the importance Of
keeping kitchens and mess halls clean
and orderly.
| At one camp seven companies were
selected from various organizations
totaling LBS men with which to try
out an anti-waste plan. The average
edible waste was found to be LIP
pounds per man per day. The nutri-
tion officer gave the mess sergeants
and cooks instructions in food and
mess economy with the result the aver
age edible waste was reduced to O.43
pounds per man per day, saving Of
0.60 pounds. This saving amounted to
$61.75 per day for the seven messes, or
$22,542 per year.
Sixty new officers are to be commits
stoned In the division of food and nu-
triton to handle the additional work.
All will be food specialists similar to
those already in the service. They
will advise about the composition and
nutritive values of all dietaries. make
inspections for authorizations. spoilage
and deterioration and cooperate with
the mess officials.
Armor for the American soldiers,
helmets, shields and breastplates. is
being modelled In the workshops Of the
Metropolitan Museum. Of Art. New
York. the war department announces.
The best Of the types used by the SOL
diers Of former days IL being wrought
into shapes for present warfare. some
pieces on ancient anvils and BY ham
mers that were actually used centuries
ago.
In direct charge Of the workshop
where the work is being done is q
French artisan whose skin has been
known to armor collectors the world
over, and whose forbears for genera
lions back have kept alive the dying
trade Of the armorer.
This war In Europe has brough,
hack into use many discarded weapons
and practices Of medieval warfare
There has been the adoption Of stee
helmets by all the warning powers
breAstplates, armored waistcoats and
trench shields. This necessitated al
overhauling and new study Of ancien
armor. with the result that experts de
clare that scarcely technical idea hal
been brought forward which was no
worked out In elaborate detail By tn
old-time armor makers.
The Metropolitan museum collection
Is among the seven great collections o
ancient armor. 1t IL an incident to thi
collection that there was established
at the museum an armorer's workshop
So far as known 1t IL unique. In
were cleaned. repaired and restore'
pieces that were defective. DAME
Tachaux, q French artist. was Il
charge. He is working now under tn
: direction Of Major Bashf0rd Dean o
the ordnance department.
Armor models are being turned on
there in accordance with the sugges
lions Of General Pershing and the ord
.. nance department. twenty-five dii
ferent types Of armor defenses hav
'. been made In various factories In q
detrimental lots, several In many thou
sands of pieces. which have won ia
! vor at army headquarters. The Ell
, cacy Of armor protection for the 80
|. diers is indicated BY reports that NOR
, than 40 per cent Of the hospital cal
ualties suffered were leg wounds an
: about 80 per cent arm wounds. the leg
.. and arms Of the fighters being FIRE
from armor cover.
While Y. NC. A. workers In ba
tle-torn region of France were carr!
ing delicacies to American soldiers
+ the front line trenches they left the
; storehouse deserted. French soldier
9 entered the storehouse to guard tn
, supplies. They found chewing gun
I thought 1t food. stuffed whole pacl
+ ages into their mouths, masticated
{ for a time and then tried to swallo
It. Some succeeded In getting 1t dow
There were no casualties, but tn
French soldiers were inspired with
q A,~S, -ovo "a Fop A vnorfcon dtOosfivo nj