People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1897 — Russian Army Food. [ARTICLE]

Russian Army Food.

In the Russian army two days a week are observed as fasts—Wednesdays and Fridays—on which days all the soldier gets in the way of food is lentil soup and black bread and a drink consisting of water in which rye bread has been soaked.—Spare Moments.