L rctisn lint like any of those above is e b&lenoed 

 affair, that ia; the different kindo of foofi mentioned cie sup- 

 roeed ta be noarly fill inoluood in tha bill of fp.re over any 

 cnnaiclflisble period anc thus give a man rlenty ana a good 

 variety of neurisMng food, the rifrht kind ?f fuel for him 

 when he IB ('oinv? hero work. Although a balanoec ration list 

 la thus aur.^tatd to be used ccraplet* this is really true 

 only \r. the sense th&t moat of the articles mentioned in the 

 list should be included in the bill if fare when the occas- 

 ion, -either a considerable number of men to be fed or a few 

 cpn to be fed f :r a considerable length of time - makes tho 

 use of theoe ration lists desirable. 



In the case of the Trinity timber reconnaissance 

 orew of seven men with six consecutive months of field tori:, 

 th* yroyosed Trinity list osmrlete furnishes c vtried oiet 

 olesome food fit to meet* every reasonable requirement 

 of r>;n doing herd rork. A rttion list, however, is never 

 ^ne that nniat be ordered absolutely oomylete from beginning 

 tc enfi every time it is uaed. Take the -rocsed Trinity 

 list for exair^le. The leter iteirs of laisins, chocolate, 

 Jelly anc rroearves, need not be considered In ordering 

 for a fira fi^ting crew. T> ea itemo are in ti; general 

 list tc } rtlr balance it for the reoonnaiesar.ne crews who 

 oust necessarily >ve corraot food of ii^nt reight for the 

 lunches tho individual men cp.rry out fr^m cwrf. A very 

 useful Tuivose of any good ration list is both to furnish 

 a mcrr.orcnduia cf things to get and a single ^Isn for ceter- 



ing vhat qucntities to jet in different ocaea. In 

 figuring quantitiea one vould , of course, take the nearest 

 amount that ia convenient to ordor. TV.us if a calculation 



UT-Q out 48 Ibs. of flour one vvould orier a 50 Ib. sack. 



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