Evening star., 1926-10-03
BY GEORGE II. DACY.

lem which has worried enough gray
hairs on the heads of Army quarter
masters and Navy supply officers to
carpet the Elysian fields.
Napoleon, war strategist and bril-
liant leaders knew of what he spoke
when he said that the strength Of an
army rests in its stomach. Uncle
Sam, indorsing Napoleon's statement.
has gone about the business of max
ing the food supply of our national
defenders the best that science and
practice can provide. This means
that our national relative in red,
white and blue Is grooming our Army
and Navy to be the best that marches
on land or sails the sea.
The World War brought into the
limelight certain mistakes in manage
ment and errors Of execution. Quietly
and efficiently the Army and Navy
have gone about the task Of remedy
ing them. Weak spots have been
fortified. Strong points have been
made stronger. Leaks have been
plugged. Losses have been checked.
Today our Federal fighting forces
are in better condition than ever be-
fore in American history. Why? Be
cause their rations are the best that
science can compound. Their quarters,
ashore or afioat, are as sanitary and
comfortable as living accommodations
for large bodies of men can be. Sick
ness and disease have been controlled
or put to fight.
Maybe you think that the science
Of food supply ia the back.way en-
france for bolstertng our national de-
fense. II SO. you are as wrong as was
the colonial tea tax. Ask any house
wife the key to her husbands content
ment. She Will tell you that we'll
cooked meals, served piping hot under
tanftary conditions and in comfortable
environment. will unlock the doors OF
mans satisfaction. Our Army and
Navy authorities have plumbed the
depths OF mans sentiments. The re-
suits were conclusive. They are now
Improving our national defense by bet
tering It's food.
Inspection which inspects. not cur
eorily but riGidly, eliminates possible
disease carriers from the foods eaten
by our soldiers and sailors. Purchase
Of food supplies on strict specifications,
laboratory tests and check ups to see
that the products are satisfactory as
Is, care in transporting and storing
the materials, more care in their dis
tributioa and much more care in their
preparation for the table-aN aid in
6tandardizing the system.
Purchasing officers no longer grope
in the dark They know what they
buy Losses and wastes in transit and
storage have been minimiZed. The
opportunities for the standardized sup
piles to spoil have been checked. The
hood officers OF the Army and Navy
nowadays are trained specialists. They
are intimately familiar with their
Duties from A to lizard. Generally.
they know more about the products
which they buy than do the dealers
who purvey the goods.
Sailors as farmers? Soldiers as
stockmen? No, not exactly this, but
the Army and Navy are keeping tao
on crop and fruit and live stock pro-
duction as never before. They watch
market conditions. They are familiar
with the floods and famines in GER
tain producing sections. They keep in
close touch with the United States
Department of Agriculture, which sur
veys farming as thoroughly as the as
SCISSOR appralses your personal assets
20 back to the dawn days OF Amer
~ ica's jump into the World War.
Recall how the officers of sailoring
and soldering were sent helter skelter
about the country purchasing vast
stores Of food. gathering enormous
herds of horses and muleS-buElns,
buying and buying. And many or the
buyers knew no more about what thdv
We're purcha sing than infants in arms.
Ignorance may have been bliss dur
ing these business deals. But later
on, when stores and supplies were
delivered, foods were found to be short
OF specification and standard. Great
amounts Of supplies spoiled because
of unsatisfactory transportation. Law
suits which entangled Uncle sam
multiplied like rats. From doughboy
TO general. from COB to admiral
kicks came IN torrents. This was not
right and that was not right. Chaos,
confusion. CONSERVATION were bred.
After the armistice. the war fans"
began fireside discussions. Laymen
and officers. civilians and fighters had
this and that to say about what
might have been done" The Quarter
master Corps Subsistence Division.
gathered a the round table. The off
spring of it's deliberations is the most
extraordinary school In creation II
a. an exclusive college, with Il faculty
of four and a student enrolment OF
rs, located In Chicago and designed
TO send ont food experts and special
lists as It's alumni. Its students are
supply and procurement officers from
the United States Army, the Navy
and the Marine Corps. For nine
months each year. these carefully
eelected otticers-thev rank from lieu
tenants to matOrs-study and expert
1n6nl WIN All ludl has ~ w NNH
meals. menus and the makeup Of ra-
tions.
Lieut. Col Sherrard Coleman, who
maintains a residence in Washington.
Is in active charge Of the school. and
serves Is une Of Its outstanding pro
fesSors The school uses some 80 diff
ferent textbooks which Col. Coleman
end his assistants have written. Our
american photography Of food litera-
ture did not present facts and figures
in form satisfactory for Army and
Navy use. Hence the officer instruc-
tors had 10 get busy and write books
which would serve their requirements
The school is in the Sixth Corps
area Of the Quartermaster Corps at
Chicago. only a short distance from
leading American packing plants. IT
equipment is complete and unusual.
II includes ordinary classrooms. lab
cratories and such novelties as a
miniature -four mill, a complete coffee
roasting and grinding plant, cheese
making apparatus, electrical ranges,
electric ovens, Army field oven
bread mixing appliances. an electric
incubator milk. cream and butter
testing equipment. a centrifuge, ma
chimes to cut meat. apparatus 10 test
the leavening qualities Of baking
powder and many other tools OF
modern cooking science"
Chicago was selected as the home
Of The school because Of its central
location. its packing plants, grain
markets. Board OF Trade. expansive
fruit and vegetable markets. food can
neries and its accessibility to leading
dairy and meat production sections.
The officers use the educational factli-
Ges Of this great metropolis for lab
oratory practice. They study indus.