Food Waste Feeds Mexican Army During Mexican Conflict
The article argues the commissary is crucial to an army's effectiveness and discusses supply lines, waste, and feeding practices. It notes Villa's ability to keep lines open, estimates cost to feed a half million, and claims U S troops feed Mexican forces outside Veracruz as mediation moves forward.
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Perron
Villa
Huerta
Barues
United States
Philippines
Vers Crux
Early American Army Food and Supply Line Details
General Sharpe outlines one day’s subsistence for five hundred thousand men, detailing bread, sugar, bacon, coffee, beans, tomatoes, salt, pepper, vinegar, and vegetables. Rail depots, field bakeries, and transport by trains and wagons support meals, with care to pay locals for food and to maintain sanitation to prevent disease.
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Trme
Henry G. Sharpe
United States Army
Department of War
Mexico
Vera Crow
Fupaton
Vera Crux
United States
Audi
Mederdls
Kobele
Hla
Milltveon
Maude
Jin
Colonel Maude
United Staten Army
Inn
Uncle Sam to Build Alaska Railroad After Taft Plan
The article argues the United States should fund and build a 1000 mile Alaska railroad linking the coast to the interior to promote settlement, development of agriculture and minerals, and access to coal fields. It notes routes via Cordova to Mattbanks and Seward to Iditarod, with two lines expected and future branching.
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Ncle Sam
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Panama
Tropics
Arctic
United States
Congress
Isthmus
Taft
Rch
Uncle Bam
West
Stephen A. Douglas
U. S
Uno
Sam
Uncle San
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Monster Peninsula
Alsaka
Hagard
Cnober
Inter
Vachetlle Cacce
Ubeine
Bresi
British Columbia
Great Interior
Shotia
Afreka
oMlelal Circlea
Yukon
Tidewater
Kuskokwim
Sua Tna
Drs
Cordova
Chitinin
Mattbanks
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Oureta
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Sweden
Poland
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