Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 8, 2023 21:47:55 GMT 12
THE ARMY'S DIET
BALANCED RATIONS
TRENTHAM CAMP
SUPPLIES GOOD
BUSINESS AT CANTEEN
[BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] WELLINGTON, Sunday
The army authorities aim to make Trentham a well-fed camp. The amount of food made available daily is more than the men can consume under normal conditions, and the ration for each is not based on a bare margin but on ample sufficiency. With good conditions, regular hours and exercise, the men are expected to develop considerably.
The camp got through 815lb. of fish on Friday. The daily average of main foods allows for 2000lb. of bread, 1500lb. of meat, 123 gallons of milk, 250lb. of butter, 350lb. of cheese, 300lb. of flour, 50lb. of tea, 216lb. of jam and 500lb. of vegetables.
The daily meat ration for a man is 1½lb. Other daily allowances are 1¼b. of bread, ¼lb. of butter, three-quarters of a pint of milk, ¼lb. of jam and ½lb. of potatoes.
The diet is balanced. The medical officer goes through the menu at intervals to see that the proper balance is observed and that the calorific content is correct. The vegetables come straight from the market gardens to the camp, with the result that the soldier probably gets fresher vegetables than the civilian, who buys after they have passed from garden to market to retailer.
Supplies of other foodstuffs are drawn from the Internal Marketing Department and city merchants. All purchases are made by contract under Government control to ensure a fair price and the feeding of the camp with the best available.
The daily milk allowance to each soldier is as much as that now permitted German civilians weekly under the national rationing scheme there.
Profits from the camp canteen being run by the Internal Marketing Department at Trentham will go to the soldiers in the form of material for recreation. The canteen has being doing a tremendous business. Soft drinks and non-intoxicating ales have been swallowed up in great quantities — 150 dozen bottles on the second night of the camp. The takings that day were more than £100, and this is being maintained.
The average of daily sales is 2000, and most of these are made between noon and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. The canteen is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The lowest ordinary retail price is charged for all goods — cigarettes, soft drinks, fruit, books, stationery, toilet goods, mercery, uniform polishing gear, newspapers and most of the small things a soldier needs.
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 9 OCTOBER 1939
BALANCED RATIONS
TRENTHAM CAMP
SUPPLIES GOOD
BUSINESS AT CANTEEN
[BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] WELLINGTON, Sunday
The army authorities aim to make Trentham a well-fed camp. The amount of food made available daily is more than the men can consume under normal conditions, and the ration for each is not based on a bare margin but on ample sufficiency. With good conditions, regular hours and exercise, the men are expected to develop considerably.
The camp got through 815lb. of fish on Friday. The daily average of main foods allows for 2000lb. of bread, 1500lb. of meat, 123 gallons of milk, 250lb. of butter, 350lb. of cheese, 300lb. of flour, 50lb. of tea, 216lb. of jam and 500lb. of vegetables.
The daily meat ration for a man is 1½lb. Other daily allowances are 1¼b. of bread, ¼lb. of butter, three-quarters of a pint of milk, ¼lb. of jam and ½lb. of potatoes.
The diet is balanced. The medical officer goes through the menu at intervals to see that the proper balance is observed and that the calorific content is correct. The vegetables come straight from the market gardens to the camp, with the result that the soldier probably gets fresher vegetables than the civilian, who buys after they have passed from garden to market to retailer.
Supplies of other foodstuffs are drawn from the Internal Marketing Department and city merchants. All purchases are made by contract under Government control to ensure a fair price and the feeding of the camp with the best available.
The daily milk allowance to each soldier is as much as that now permitted German civilians weekly under the national rationing scheme there.
Profits from the camp canteen being run by the Internal Marketing Department at Trentham will go to the soldiers in the form of material for recreation. The canteen has being doing a tremendous business. Soft drinks and non-intoxicating ales have been swallowed up in great quantities — 150 dozen bottles on the second night of the camp. The takings that day were more than £100, and this is being maintained.
The average of daily sales is 2000, and most of these are made between noon and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. The canteen is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The lowest ordinary retail price is charged for all goods — cigarettes, soft drinks, fruit, books, stationery, toilet goods, mercery, uniform polishing gear, newspapers and most of the small things a soldier needs.
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 9 OCTOBER 1939
