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CHAMBERLAIN. 



Table II. — Filipino ration, General Orders, No. 24, War Department, 1910." 



Component articles. 



Beef, fresh 



Flour 



Baking powder, when in field and 



ovens are not available. 

 Rice, Filipino No. 2 



Camotes'- 



Mongos 



Coffee, roasted and ground. 



Ginger root 



Sugar 



Vinegar 



Salt 



Pepper, black 



Quantities. 



12 ounces.. 



8 ounces 



0.32 ounce - 



16 ounces... 



8 ounces... 



4 ounces 



0.5 ounce „ 

 0.5 ounce .- 

 2 ounces... 

 0.08 gill...- 

 0.64 ounce. 

 0.02 ounce . 



Substitutive 

 articles. 



Bacon 



Canned meat- 

 Fish, canned. 



[Fish, fresh 



Hard bread _. 



Mice, Saigon 

 (when Filipino 

 No. 2 can not be 

 obtained) . 



Quantities. 



8 ounces. 

 8 ounces. 

 12 ounces. 

 12 ounces. 

 8 ounces. 



a The camote is a vegetable allied to the sweet potato. The mango (Phaseolus radiatus 

 Linn.) is allied to the bean. "Filipino No. 2" rice as the term is used in this ration 

 means an undermilled rice. 



The Board had no knowledge of this new ration prior to the pro- 

 mulgation of the order in the Philippine Islands. It will be seen^ 

 however, that the order carried out in spirit the three most important 

 recommendations of the Board in that an undermilled rice (Filipino 

 No. 2) is prescribed in the amount of 16 ounces daily and mongos 

 (equivalent to beans) are added to the ration in lieu of the 4 ounces of 

 rice taken away. 



DATES ON WHICH THE COMPONENTS OF THE NEW RATION WENT INTO USE. 



The subsistence department at once proceeded to obtain mongos and 

 camotes, but in order to use up the large supply of Saigon rice on hand 

 a delay occurred in the issue of the Filipino number 2 rice. In deter- 

 mining the dates on which the Scouts would actually begin to subsist 

 on these new articles one must consider the date the article was delivered 

 to the quartermaster's department in Manila for shipment to posts, the 

 time of sailing of the transports, the time spent on the voyage, the 

 time spent in unloading and the delays (due to rations being drawn 



' Since July 1, 1910, Scout companies have been authorized to make money 

 savings on the entire ration and purchase therewith such articles as they need, 

 but the purchases must be made from the subsistence department, provided it 

 has the desired articles in stock. This new system does not materially affect the 

 feeding of the Scouts. The money value of the ration at the present time is 

 about 14 cents United States currency. 



