FEEDING AN ARMY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 83, 5 October 1914, Page 7

FEEDING AN ARMY

THE FRENCH SYSTEM. MAGNIFICENT ORGANISATION. LONDON, 2nd October. The feeding of the_ army in France is magnificently organised. Supplies of food and forage which reach the base from oversea are forwarded thence by rail to the railhead station sufficiently advanced for the motor transport to carry the stuff to the lines of communication, where the horse-vehicles receive and distribute. The supply column of thirty-eight lorries carry sufficient for seventeen thousand men and four thousand horses. In addition to his ordinary ration, each soldier carries in his haversack a reserve of biscuits and tinned meat. In the recent fighting the enemy's shell fire was so accurate that the roads were impassable by daylight, and the tiansport was only possible at night. Even then the roads were shelled periodically. ATHLETES AT THE FRONT. LONDON, 3rd October. Three hundred actors and one hundred and fifty county cricketers, including Douglas, Warner, Sevvell, Blythe, and Spooner, are serving with the colours. COMMISSION FOR ANTHONY WILDING. (Received October 5, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 4th October. Anthony Wilding, the well-known New Zealand tennis player, has been appointed second lieutenant in the Iloyal Marines. KAID MACLEAN'S SON KILLED. (Received October 5, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 4th October. General Sir Harry Kaid Maclean's only son was killed in the fighting in France. Prince Franz, third son of the King of Bavaria is amongst the wounded. [General Sir Harry Aubrey de Maclean, Kaid of the Moorish Army, was at one time in the 69th Foot; In 1907 he was captured by the brigand chief, Raisuli, and held for ransom for several months. For services rendered to the British Government, the Kaid, who lives in Tangier, Morocco, was decorated.] INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE ALL PLANS ABANDONED. (Received October 5, 10.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 4th October. The State Department announces that all the plans for holding the interna* tional Peace Conference at the Hague in 1915, have been abandoned. TURKEY'S FLEET GERMAN COMMANDER APPOINTED. (Received October 5, 8.30 a.m.)' ROME, 4th October. It is reported that an Irade has been issued at Constantinople appointing a German admiral (Admiral Suhon) to the command of the Turkish fleet, together with thirty German commanders.