Letter from Serst Ivan L Mease About Army Allowances
sergeant Mease writes from Camp Pike Arkansas on March 6 1918 to W W Leibfried Hershey Pa thanking for letters and describing daily life. He notes every man in the U S Army receives an adequate allowance despite occasional shortages and highlights training drill entertainment religious activities Y M C A support and community efforts for soldiers.
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W. W. Leibfried
Hershey
Walt
Hershey Press
Old Town
George C. Hench
Q. M. Corps
Liberty Theatre
Presbyterians of
Little Rock
U. S. Army
Regular
National Army
National Guard
Mr. Snavely
Flour Card Delays and National Ration Guidelines
The Food Administrator reports eighteen thousand two hundred seven flour reports to date, up 2006 in 24 hours. Of these, 3402 hold excess supply totaling 140 615 pounds. A dietitian provides weekly intake guidelines: two pounds flour, half pound oatmeal, one pound corn meal, half pound rice, ten pounds potatoes, 5 8 ounce sugar, one and a half pounds beans, plus meat per need.
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Serst
Ivan L. Mease
Camp Pike
Ark
Hershey Department Store