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The average garrison ration, consisting of fresh beef, soft bread, beans, 
potatoes, and onions, dried fruit, butter, sirup, and sugar (or their 
articles of substitution), weighs 65 ounces and contains about 5.5 
ounces of proteins, 3.5 ounces of fats, and 17.3 ounces of carbohy- 
drates, with a total fuel value of 3,536 calories. This is about 600 
calories less than are usually recommended for men at continued hard 
muscular labor, such as the building of roads. 
The average cost of the garrison ration is now about 27 cents. 
Table 26. — Garrison ration, United States Army . 
[Issued to troops in garrison, in permanent camp, and during maneuvers.] 
Article. 
Quantity. 
Substitute article. 
Quantity. 
Beef,fresh 
Flour 
Baking powder 
Beans 
Potatoes 
Prunes 
Coffee, roasted and 
ground . 
Sugar 
Milk, evaporated, 
unsweetened. 
Vinegar gill. 
Salt 
Pepper, black 
Cinnamon 
Lard 
Butter 
Sirup gill. 
Flavoring extract, 
lemon. 
Ounces. 
20 
18 
2.4 
20 
1.28 
1.12 
3.2 
.5 
.16 
.64 
.04 
.014 
.64 
.5 
.32 
.014 
Mutton, fresh. 
Bacon 
Canned meat, when impracticable to furnish fresh meat 
Hash, corned beef, when impracticable to furnish fresh 
meat. 
Fish, dried 
Fish, pickled 
Fish, canned 
Chicken or turkey, dressed, on national holidays 
Hard bread, to be ordered issued only when impracticable 
to use flour or soft bread. 
Soft bread 
Corn meal 
/Rice 
\Hominy 
Potatoes, canned 
Onions, in place of an equal quantity of potatoes, but not 
exceeding 20 per cent of the total issue of potatoes. 
Tomatoes, canned, in place of an equal quantity of potatoes, 
but not exceeding 20 per cent of the total issue of potatoes. 
Other fresh vegetables (not canned) when tbey can be ob- 
tained in the vicinity or transported in a wholesome con- 
dition from a distance, in place of an equal quantity of 
potatoes, but not exceeding 30 per cent of the total issue 
of potatoes. 
Peaches, dried or evaporated 
Apples, dried or evaporated 
Jam, in place of an equal quantity of prunes, but not to 
exceed 50 per cent of the total issue of prunes. 
Coffee, roasted and ground 
Coffee, green 
Tea, black or green 
[Pickles, cucumber, in place of an equal quantify of vinp- 
gar, but not exceeding 50 per cent of the total issue of 
[ vinegar. 
Cloves . . 
Ginger . . 
Nutmeg. 
Oleomargarine. 
Vanilla 
Oiinres. 
20 
12 
16 
16 
14 
18 
16 
16 
16 
18 
20 
1.6 
1.6 
15 
1.28 
1.28 
1.12 
1.4 
.32 
,014 
,014 
,014 
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The following recipes for the preparation of some of the commonly 
used foods are taken from the Manual for Army Cooks, War Depart- 
ment Document No. 379. The quantities given are based upon those 
prescribed in the Army ration and are intended to be used in combi- 
