SOLDIERS’ FISH RATIONS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17329, 18 November 1916, Page 13

SOLDIERS’ FISH RATIONS.

CANADA’S INNOVATION.' It is tlie proud boast, of the- British. Army that its soldiers are the best fed fighting men in the world, and few there are who will he found to contradict this assertion. But the British Tommy, while admitting that in quantity he, has all that he requires, ad-, mits that in the matter of variety tlier ) i<s still room for improvement. ■ In this connection lie looks with envy on his Canadian cousin, who, while he is training at home and in Britain, rejoices in tho pleasant change of a fish ration for liis breakfast twice a weejc and for his lunch on Fridays. Sample lots of fish diet'lmve also been sent to the Canadians in France, and have met with unqualified praise. The fish conics direct 'from Canada’s famous inland lakes, the Fraser River, and the Dominion’s sea fisheries. .ft consists of salmon, halibut, cod, haddock and plaice, and is shipped to England in a frozen state, and, when, defrosted, reaches the soldier’s table in alhiost as fresh' a • condition as when it leaves its native waters. Each soldier has snfoked haddock for tho breakfast ration two days a week, and on Fridays for his lunch receives, Jib of any of the above-named fish free from bone. It is estimated that during five months 1,750,0001 b of Canadian fish were distributed amongst the Dominion’s soldiers, at a saving, ‘as against the meat ration,' of about £150,000. The War Office has been making inquiries with a view to introducing this fish into the diet of the British forces at home, and it is thought that perhaps at- an early date British soldiers may' bo able to have the same advan*tage as their Canadian brothers-in-arms. !