. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. iNiOAmNc, I : loi; iiii- ni)i;sh 140 Kitcheners Army. kitcliens had to be built on a much moreextensive scale—often preparino- food for800 to 1,000 men. By a system of shallowtrenches, covered in with roofs converj^inf^into one chimney, the inside of these kitchentrenches would be plastered with clay, and,as a rule, they would be roofed in. When-ever possible, bread is baked in the im-provised field ovens once a day, generallvshortly after sunrise. This baking isserved for breakfast, and during the d
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. iNiOAmNc, I : loi; iiii- ni)i;sh 140 Kitcheners Army. kitcliens had to be built on a much moreextensive scale—often preparino- food for800 to 1,000 men. By a system of shallowtrenches, covered in with roofs converj^inf^into one chimney, the inside of these kitchentrenches would be plastered with clay, and,as a rule, they would be roofed in. When-ever possible, bread is baked in the im-provised field ovens once a day, generallvshortly after sunrise. This baking isserved for breakfast, and during the day fordinner and tea. As evidence of the in-genuity of soldiers, it may be mentionedthat when in the field, beer-barrels are oftenconverted into serviceable ovens. All that WITH IIIK ARMY SERVICE CORPS.—A TUANSPOKl is necessary is to set a beer-barrel uprightin a trench and knock out one end. Theinterior is then filled with fuel, and the topand sides are thickly covered with cla\.\Micn the fire is lit the woodwork of thebarrel burns away, leaving the clay, w-hichis held together by the iron bands, in theform of a shell, which thus forms t
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