Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1897 — The German Soldier's Rations. [ARTICLE]

The German Soldier's Rations.

The German soldier dOes not geit enough ‘to eat, so ‘the Berlin officials have dtoeovwed, due, ’?t is represented, to the avarice of the army butcher#, wlto are not only reaping a big profit on the contract price, but harvesting a second one also by skimping the volume aind weight of meat Ju <kflllve’’y. The German sOaHer gets a meat allowance of two and a half ounces for bls noonday meal, and after that h« is given very little substantial food during the rest of the day. The Ber Ln officials have suggested as a remedy a revision of the army supi/.ies contracts, to cut (town the profits of the butchers and devote the savings io paying for an Increase In the per cuiiita rations of 'the soldier.