. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. MOTOR CSEI) AS A REPAIR SHOP. Kitchener s A nny 141. THE KOAD DlKING AN ADVANCE. hours, a squad ^\ill kill and dress 20 bul-locks or 120 sheep. It is calculated thatone butcher is recjuired for every 1,000 immense quantities Of meat requiredfor the Army in the field were procuredeither through open buying in the marketor through contractors. Large quantitieswere bought and shipped by Governmentagents, and here a special branch of theRoyal Army Medical Corps, a branch ofthat Sanitarv
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. MOTOR CSEI) AS A REPAIR SHOP. Kitchener s A nny 141. THE KOAD DlKING AN ADVANCE. hours, a squad ^\ill kill and dress 20 bul-locks or 120 sheep. It is calculated thatone butcher is recjuired for every 1,000 immense quantities Of meat requiredfor the Army in the field were procuredeither through open buying in the marketor through contractors. Large quantitieswere bought and shipped by Governmentagents, and here a special branch of theRoyal Army Medical Corps, a branch ofthat Sanitarv Corps which is a sort ofMedical-Army-Service-Royal-Engineer de-partment rolled into one, tested every scrapof meat for signs of disease before it waspassed for the troops. It may be said thatcontractors supplying what is popularlyknown as bad meat are very often innocent agents. liie meat, which is frozen and sentto England, may arrive fresh and soimdand be handed o\er to the military authori-ties, who, if they delay issuing it for asingle day, may find the beef obviate this danger, not only on behalfof the Army but on behalf of
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