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Commissary Chief Feeds Isthmus Zone With Finest Provisions
The Isthmian Canal Commission runs a vast commissary system on the Panama Route feeding about 76 000 people daily including Panama Canal workers their families and US military personnel. Col Eugene Wilson heads the subsistence office overseeing cold storage bakery coffee plant ice plant and laundry with daily train deliveries from Colon to Cristobal and a global assortment of goods at Cristobal stores.
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Colon
Panama Canal
Department of Sanitation
Commissary Department
Panama Railroad
United States
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
United States Navy
Department
Cristobal
Porto Bello
Fugene Wilson
Wilson
Coffee
Colonel Wilson
Culebra
Pedro Miguel
Ancon Hospital
Mhettwc
Commission
Isthmian Canal