Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1919 — THIS WAS SURELY SOME DINNER [ARTICLE]

THIS WAS SURELY SOME DINNER

Sergt. A. E. Ixmgstreth Gives Christmas Menu at Camp Beauergard Instructor Sergeant Alfred E. 'Longstreth of Parr, who is stationed at Camp Beauerguard, In the baking and school, writes The - Democrat under date of December 25, and gives the menu served to the soldiers of Co. I, 8.3 d Inf., on Christmas day—as we take it, < although he doesn’t say specifically that it was served Christmas, merely saying "one meal that the soldiers of this camp, or Company, got”’: ;j f Roast turkey, giblet gravy/ oyster » dressing, mashed pqtatoes, candled sweet potatoes, scalloped corn, cranberry sauce, lettuce salad, sliced tomatoes, plum pudding, lemon sauce, lemon meringue pie, cocoanut cake, chocolate cake, •bread and butter, hot cocoa, hot coffee, candy, apples, oranges, mixed nuts, cigars, cigarettes. Total cost of dinner *195.64, feeding 157 soldiers.