. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. e efficiencyof the Armv Service Corps were immediatelydrafted to positions which enabled them togive their best to tiie service. Yet, however good a man might be inhis own trade, he was to learn that therewas a special Army way of doing things,and it was necessai-y for those who had todeal with the supplv of foodstuf!s to learnmany new lessons. In the field there areno giant bakehouses where bread can beprepared under the most hygienic con- taught me something. I think, when 1 havefinished my training, I sh
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. e efficiencyof the Armv Service Corps were immediatelydrafted to positions which enabled them togive their best to tiie service. Yet, however good a man might be inhis own trade, he was to learn that therewas a special Army way of doing things,and it was necessai-y for those who had todeal with the supplv of foodstuf!s to learnmany new lessons. In the field there areno giant bakehouses where bread can beprepared under the most hygienic con- taught me something. I think, when 1 havefinished my training, I shall start a fieldbakery to supply old soldiers with the kindof bread they are familiar with. The dough which is mixed and kneadedin the open field must be well protectedagainst infection; the water must be care-fully examined, and, if possible, filtered;most elaborate precautions must be takenagainst contamination from the air. Making Army Service Corps bread,said an officer, is more a ritual than anoperation. Tiie methods by which the rations areprepared bv the regimental cook were. nor ON MARCH.—ONE OF THE FIELD KlICHENS WIIUll 1 HE ARMYS WANTS. diiions. The Army must create not only itsfood but the conditions under which it isprepared. Steam and electric bakeries are,of course, replaced by roughly-made butefficacious field ovens, and the baker mustlearn to build these, and not only buildthem, but keep them in such repair as wouldenable the best results to be secured. Ihave seen these improvised bakeries incourse of construction, and have beenamazed alike hy the thoroughness of thetraining and by the perfection of the fieldovens. I thought 1 knew all about baking,said a recruit ruefulK-, lint the Armv has strange to most of the men. There are twomethods in particular which the cooks haveto be trained to follow. The men weretaught to perform the work under the con-ditions which they would experience at theFront. Inder war conditions, much of thefood is cooked
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