42 MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 



*' The commanding officer may, in his discretion, vary the 

 proportions of the components of the ration (1 pound of grain, 

 1^ pounds of liay, and 2 pounds of straw being tal^en as equiva- 

 lents), and in the field may substitute other recognized articles 

 of forage obtained locally, the variation or the substitution 

 not to exceed the money value of the components of the ration 

 at the contract rates in effect at the time of change. 



" 1078, Army Regulations. — Vv^here grazing is practicable, or 

 when little work is required of tlie animals, commanding offi- 

 cers will reduce the forage ration". AVhen, on the other hand, 

 conditions demand it, they are authorized to increase the 

 ration, not in excess, however, of savings made," 



In the field the authorized allowances must often be reduced 

 and supplemented by grazing and other kinds of food, such as 

 green forage, beans, peas, rice, palay, wheat, and rye. Wheat 

 and rye should be crushed and fed sparingly (about one- 

 fourth of tlie allovrance). For uushelled corn, add about one- 

 quarter weight. 



On the march the grain ration is the only forage carried. It 

 consists of 12 pounds of grain for each horse and 9 pounds of 

 grain for each nmle. Recourse must be had to grazing if it is 

 not possible to procure long forage in the country traversed. 



In cami)aign a command carries as a part of its normal 

 equipment the following forage : 



{a) For each di'aft animal : On each vehicle a reserve of one 

 day's gi-jiin ration for its draft animals. 



(6) On animals and vehicles: A portion of their grain ra- 

 tion issued the night before, for a noonday feed. 



(c) In the ration section of the field train, for each animal, 

 two days' gi-ain rations. 



id) In supply train of an Infantry division two days' grain 

 rations, and of a Cavalry division one day's grain ration. 



