The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley.

  • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Date:
1886
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Credit: The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    96] TO CALCULATE GROSS WEIGHT OF RATIONS, [part : The longer the time that elapses between the operation and drinking, tlx better. I do not think it has been proved that growing vegetable substance are always injurious, although dead vegetable matter is so without doubt. . Table for calculating the Number of Cases, &c. in which any give Number of Rations are contained, with the Bulk, Gross Weight, &c. Nature of Ration. Daily Ration. Net Weight ofIOOO Rations in lbs. Gross Weight of IOOO Rations, in lbs. No of Cases &c., &c., holding IOOO Rations. Cubic Measure, ment in F eet of IOOO Rations’ Biscuit in bags.... i lb. IOOO 1020 10 50-8 ,, 85 lb. cases . 1 1000 1700 20 86-6 Cheese $ OZ. 46-875 52-3437 0-78125 1 * 2968^ Coffee in 81 lb. cases . . i „ 20*83 30-859 0-3857 0•8679 4 Erbswurst in 73 lbs. cases 2 ,, 125 253-456 3*472 6*076 Flour in 80 lb. cases . 1 lb. IOOO 1428 >7-85 41*59 Lime Juice in 125 lb. cask 4 OZ. 31-25 41-118375 0*32894 1 *I513 • Meat, beef in 75 lb. case. I lb. IOOO 1604 20*83 34-5778 3 ,, mutton, in 79 lb. ,, . IOOO 1645-57 20-83 46*867 Pepper in 73 lb. case . sV oz- 1-736 2-534 0*03472 0*0781:1 Rice in 77 lb. case. I 62-5 80*203 1*0416 1 *906 Rum in gi Gall, cask . I gill. 146-44 195-8 1-6454 5-7589 < Salt in 77 lb. case . £ OZ. 31-25 40*1039 0*5208 0-953 Sugar in 77 lb. ,, . . . 3 187-5 240*625 3-125 32-665 1 ea in 72 lb. case . * „ 20*83 37*44 0*52 1 * 9032: Tobacco in 80 lb. case 1 „ 31*25 41'6 0*52 0-8632 -■ Vegetables in 73 lb. case. 1 >> 62-5 94-9 i3 2-275 The gross wt. of provisions that are made up in bales or other packaget may be roughly calculated by adding 15 p. c. to the net wt. 1000 fiek rations on the simple scale described at beginning of following article 11 men's ratio. will therefore weigh 2876-6329 lbs. gross, and occux:; 110-00342 cubic ft., the biscuit being in bags. If the biscuit is in 85 1 cases, those figures will be 3556-6329 lbs., and 145-80342 cub. ft. Rations.—Provisions.—All offrs. and other soldiers when in the fie 1 draw the following field rations daily: lb. of bread or x lb. of biscu fresh or salt or preserved meat 1 lb.’, coffee j oz., tea 's oz., sugar 2 o. 1 salt £ oz., pepper oz. When troops are marching or doing hard woi a lb. more should be added to the fresh meat ration. It is usual to add gall. (5 gill) of rum, and instead of issuing both tea and coffee, to on 1 the latter and double the former. As a rule 2 oz. of compressed vef 4 tables, or 4 oz. preserved potatoes, are added to the foregoing ratic 1
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