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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Ration List. 



100 

 Article Unit Rations 



Fresh meat (a) pounds 100 



Cured meat, canned meat, 



or cheese (b) pounds 50 



Lard pounds 15 



Flour, bread or cracliers. .pounds 80 

 Corn meal, cereals, maca- 

 roni, sago or corn 



starch pounds 15 



Baking powder or yeast 



cakes pounds 5 



Sugar ..' pounds 40 



Molasses gallon 1 



Coffee pounds 12 



Tea, chocolate or cocoa. . . .pounds 2 



Milk condensed (c) cans 10 



Butter pounds 10 



Dried fruit (d) pounds 20 



Rice or beans pounds 20 



Potatoes or other fresh 



vegetables (e) pounds 100 



Canned vegetables cans 30 



Spices ounces 4 



Flavoring extracts ounces 4 



Pepper or mustard ounces 8 



Pickles quarts 3 



vinegar quarts 1 



Salt pounds 4 



(a) Eggs may be substituted for fresh 

 meat in the ration of 8 eggs for one pound 

 of meat. 



(b) Fresh meat and cured meat may be 

 interchanged on the basis of 5 pounds of 

 fi-esh for 2 pounds of cured. 



(c) Fresh milk may be substituted for 

 condensed milk in the ratio of quarts of 

 fresh milk for 1 can of condensed. 



The above ration list has been drawn up 

 to cover the supplies found necessary for a 

 crew of men permanently in the field. In 

 case of fire fighters, however, it will not 

 usually be necessary to maintain the crew 

 long in the field. Therefore, so far as pos- 

 sible, rations should be supplied which do 

 not require much cooking and which may 

 be carried easily on the fire line. With this 

 object in view, you will probably not, in 

 most cases, need to order any flour, substi- 

 tuting in place of it bread already baked; 

 while canned vegetables will probably be 

 used more largely than appears on the list. 

 You will also probably need more canned 

 milk than 1-10 of a can per ration. 



The following list gives the equipment as 

 nearly as can be estimated which will be 

 needed to handle a crew of ten men at a 

 fire: 



Equipment 10 Men. 



No. of pieces and article. 

 2 5-gal. W. Bags. 

 2 2yo-gal. W. Bags.. 



2 Canvas buckets. 



3 12" Files. 

 14 Knives. 

 14 Forks. 



14 Tea spoons. 



16 Tin or granite plates. 

 16 Mush bowls. 



15 Cups. 



2 Milk pans. 



1 Dish pan. 



4 Fry pans. 

 10 Table spoons. 



4 Stew kettles. 



1 Meat fork. 



1 Galv. water bucket. 



1 Wash basin. 

 12 Wash towels. 

 12 Dish towels. 



1 S-qt. coffee pot. 



1 D. B. axe. 



1 Tent, 7x9. 



2 Butcher knives. 

 1 Can opener. 



1 Granite stew pan. 

 1 Large stirring spoon. 



As you will note, no means of baking, 

 such as a dutch oven reflector or stove is 

 covered on the list. In very exceptional 

 cases where a fire is burning for a long 

 time, it will probably be desirable to fur- 

 nish some means for baking. 



The following is a list of tools for the use 

 of 10 men. 



List of Tools for 10 Fire Fighters. 



Article. 

 Axes. 

 Shovels. 

 Mattocks. 

 CC Saw. 



No. 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 1 



For supplying fire crews of more than 

 10 men it will probably be well to adhere 

 fairly closely to the ratio here given be- 

 tween the different kinds of tools, although 

 It should of course be varied to meet the 

 needs of the situation in each particular 

 case. 



In order to secure the best possible use 

 of fire patrol forces, a definite plan of 

 permanent improvement work should be 

 laid out in each district so that at times 

 when weather conditions permit, the rang- 

 or may utilize the time of such patrol- 

 men in doing this work. 



Each district ranger should bear in mind 

 that he may be instructed at any time by 

 the Supervisor to put on an additional pa- 

 trolman. For this purpose you should have 

 in mind a number of good men in the 

 vicinity who can be secured for the pur- 

 pose at short notice. Furthermore, each 

 district ranger should get as many persons 

 as possible in his district to agree to re- 

 spond to calls to assist in putting out fire 

 and, still better, he should, whenever pos- 

 sible, get them to agree to go with tools 

 and food to put out fires without being 

 summoned. 



Tentative arrangements should also be 

 made to secure pack horses, wagons, etc., 

 for use in case of fire so that we may not 

 be forced into a position to be held up as 



