Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — Emergency Rations. [ARTICLE]

Emergency Rations.

Washington, July s.—Not the least important part of a fighting man’s equipment to be used by the U. S. Marines on the firing line, is the emergency ration. It will enable the sea-soldier to stick to his guns and keep up his physical strength when cut off from the base of supplies by the enemy barrage or other causes. Every marine on expeditionary duty is supplied with a half-pound tin case containing a two days’ supply of food, consisting of chocolate and a condensed meat and vegetable compound that may be made into soup, or eaten raw if there is no opportunity to prepare it.