Of Food. 437 



The ammunition bread is delivered to the soldiers 

 every fourth day, in loaves, each loaf being equal to 

 two rations ; and it is a rule generally established in 

 the messes for each soldier to furnish one loaf for the 

 use of the mess every twelfth day, so that he has five 

 sixths of his allowance of bread, which remains at his 

 disposal. 



The foregoing account of the manner in which 

 the Bavarian soldiers are fed will, I think, show most 

 clearly the great importance of making soldiers live 

 together in messes. It may likewise furnish some use- 

 ful hints to those who may be engaged in feeding the 

 poor, or in providing food for ships' companies, or 

 other bodies of men who are fed in common. 



With regard to the expense of fuel in these experi- 

 ments, as the victuals were cooked in earthen pots 

 over an open fire, the consumption of fire-wood was 

 very great. 



On the loth of June, when 9 lbs. 3O2- loths of soup, 



1 lb. 28 loths of meat, and 5 lbs. 24 loths of bread 

 dumplings, in all 1 7 lbs. 1 8 j loths of food, were prepared, 

 and the process of cooking, from the time the fire was 

 lighted till the victuals were done, lasted two hours 

 and forty-five minutes, twenty-nine pounds, Bavarian 

 weight, of fire-wood were consumed. 



On the nth of June, when 11 lbs. 26 loths of bread 

 soup, and 8 lbs. 8 loths of bread dumplings, in all 20 lbs. 



2 loths of food, were prepared, the process of cooking 

 lasted one hour and thirty minutes; and seventeen 

 pounds of wood were consumed. 



On the 20th of June, in Serjeant Kein's mess, 15 lbs. 

 of soup, I lb. 22 loths of meat, and 8 lbs. of liver 

 dumplings, in all 24 lbs. 22 loths of food, were prepared ; 



