NO SCROUNGING HERE!

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 11, 21 August 1943, Page 4

NO SCROUNGING HERE!

SAUERKRAUT POPULAR.

if abandon rank all ye who enter here.** within these walls the q»m# is king; but he sometimes stoops, as monarchs do? to x conduct Humble subjects around the kingdom* such was our privilege one day this week when qsnu johnnie Sutherland took us into the holy of holiesbut not before he had warned us not to expect preferential treatment in tho future in tho way of shorts that sometimes fit and • longs that are not very long., on that understanding we were admitted* # R now you understand that we are the . keystone Of tho army/ said johnnie? which made us feel very humble. R how io that?” we asked o ’’well? where would you .be without rations” we wuro asked, wo admitted that we would bo very uncomfortable where ever we. were# thus mollified, johnnio went on to give us the low down for tho public fi ho saw we were interested -in tho question of rations so ho continued by pointing out that every ten.days ho had to send in a ’’ration state”. this sounded very like buying a pig in a poke to us* we were foolish enough to say so* 9 so you think ths same as the rest of the blokes? you DOZERDUSTERS” wo' protested© ”let mo toll you our Nation state 1 is what we send*in*♦,>.that gives us enough to last for ten day 5............ . ...” ■ $• wo interrupted by asking if it was possible to obtain more canned butter in.stead of that fresh stuff* he quickly' pointed out that ho could do so only if he . had more frosh butter on hand than . . was needed# '’docs thathappon very often?” much too often# and wo have to got tho cooks to mix chicken with corn beef, or wo would never get , id of it# the chaps dont care for fresh meat when they can get m & v. but we have'‘take tho frosh meat. $ from rations to cooks was ar, easy step for our and we wore surprised to learn that M is the o.Ce of tho cookhouse and sanitation of tho camp# ' while • on the subject of camp ho dropped a hint that there were scraps of paper? card - board boxes, straw, string end rubbish outside our door# wo took tho hint. 7r we were introduced to the chief st or -eman whom at least one w 4 a»ajO. adopted as a mascot at -the dance on Saturday night ht. 7 gill b'rucc was out? but we wore given a look at the voucher file which was moro than enough for us, spparont'ly gill and johnnie carry on a paper warfare with those ’■blessed vouchers:* every night® hammering at the other end of the store led us to cock cur ears. " that,-a our rations storemanCharlie goffin—at work; he has to make up rations for as many as 15 working parties.... (cont. col 2)

..and he has to be on call at any time s remember, one of us have to be call 24 hours of tho day t wo commiserated with the q*m® and his staffs ”what. from your wide experience ( ho liked that ), do you find TOCS SERVICE HEEPS -enjoy most?s .«/., he brightened and almost shouted.... SAUERKRAUT»® * -».&wo slunk avzay*