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Feeding the Nations Army: Vast Subsistence System
Washington reports the subsistence division of the quartermaster corps feeds the US Army daily across France camps Philippines Hawaii and Panama with three meals per soldier. Maj. Gen. Goethals heads the corps. Col. Grove leads subsistence. The operation centralizes purchasing, inspects every item, and uses 60 civilian experts to manage 250 items from beef and potatoes to bread and soup. A sample daily menu shows broad rations and hot meals served at multiple camps worldwide.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
France
Philippines
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
George W. Goethals
Col
W. R. Grove
Atlantic
Quartermaster’s Department
Grove
Army
Congress
United States
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
America
Commissariat