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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
3
Veteran columnist notes Napoleon’s idea of provisioning an army with the field bakery supplying bread for a division of 20,000 troops. Sixty to 75 bakers operate 12 movable ovens producing hard field bread lasting 20 days, with crusted loaves punctured before baking to improve heat distribution.
The excerpt outlines daily ration components for troops including meat, beans, jam, and staples with weights up to 75,000 pounds of beans and 1,300,000 pounds total daily supply. It notes logistics from U S main depots to field bases and the need to guard lines of communication.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe all vegetable alternative to calomel mercury. It claims to energize the liver ease constipation and avoid pain or griping with a money back guarantee from Owl drug stores.
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