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, SCIENCE 



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tual consumption of food and the amount 

 of waste. 



to stock during the period, and third, an 

 inventory at the end of the period. The 



VABLE I 



Page from Statisticcd Beport of Food Consumption in the Training Campt. 



Food per MaD per Day 



Nutrients 



Sui>- 

 pUed 



Consumed I 



j Distr. of iWarted, 



waated Con- Fuel Value. P" 

 sumed Per Cent. Cent. 



Per Man per Day 



Camp Travis 



0042 

 90th Div., Caisson No. 1, 

 11/7-13/17 



0043 

 90th Div., Co. A, 357 Inf., 

 11/8-14/17 



0044 

 90th Div., Co. B, 357 Inf., 

 ll/S-14/17 



Protein, gnj. 

 Fat, gm. 



Carbohydrate, gm. 

 Fuel value, cal. 

 Protein, gm. 

 Fat, gm. 



Carbohydrate, gm. 

 Fuel value, cal. 

 Protein, gm. 

 Fat, gm. 



Carbohydrate, gm. 

 Fuel value, cal. 



Consumed cost, 37 c. 

 Waste cost, 5 c. 

 Total waste. .50 lb. 

 Edible waste, .22 lb. 

 Consumed cost, 37 c. 

 Waste co>t, 1 c. 

 Total waste, .50 lb. 

 Edible waste, .15 lb. 

 Consumed cost, 31 c. 

 Waste cost, 1 c. 

 Total waste, .37 lb. 

 Edible waste. .13 lb. 



Ft. Sam Houston 



0040 

 Base Hosp. Det. Mess, 

 11/4-10/17 



Protein, gm. 

 Fat, gm. 



Carbohydrate, gm. 

 Fuel value, cal. 



Consumed cost, 40 c. 

 Waste cost, 2 c. 

 Total waste, .36 lb. 

 Edible waste, .19 lb. 



0068 

 27th Div., Bat. E, 106 FA, 

 12/5-11/17 



00G9 

 27th Div., Co. I, 12 NY ^ 

 Inf., 12/6-13/7 



0070 

 27th Div.. Co. I, 106 Inf., 

 12/6-12/17 



Protein, gm. 

 Fat, gm. 



Carbohydrate, gm. 

 Fuel value, cal. 

 Protein, gm. 

 Fat, gm. 



Carbohydrate, gm. 

 Fuel value, cal. 

 Protein, gm. 

 Fat, gm. 



Carbohydrate, gm. 

 Fuel val ue, cal. 



Consumed cost, 49 c. 

 Waste cost, 2 c. 

 Total waste, .82 lb. 

 Edible waste, .46 lb. 

 Consumed cost, 42 c. 

 Waste cost, 3 c. 

 Total waste, .95 lb. 

 Edible waste, .68 lb. 

 Consumed cost, 36 c. 

 Waste cost, 3 c. 

 Total waste, .90 lb. 

 Edible waste, .58 lb. 



The accompanying table shows one page 

 out of our statistical report of actual feed- 

 ing conditions in individual mess houses 

 (Table I.). As shown on this page, in 

 three messes in Camp Travis, Fort Sam 

 Houston, Texas, and base hospital mess and 

 three messes at Camp "Wadsworth, Spar- 

 tanburg, South Carolina, the food consump- 

 tion is expressed on the man-per-day basis. 

 This is obtained by first making an inven-. 

 tory of the amount of food on hand in the 

 company storehouse, at the beginning of a 

 definite period, second, a list of accessions 



second inventorj' subtracted from the sum 

 of the first, plus accession to stock gives the 

 amount of food used. Concurrently with 

 this, the garbage is separated into several 

 cans, one for spent bone, one for peel and 

 other inedible refuse such as coffee grounds, 

 egg shells and the like, and one for table or 

 edible waste. This last fraction is weighed, 

 sampled and analyzed. The total nutrients 

 contained in the edible waste subtracted 

 from the total nutrients contained in the 

 food as supplied, gives the actual consump- 

 tion of food. This table gives a good idea 



