SOLDIERS' FISH RATIONS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2944, 2 December 1916, Page 8

SOLDIERS' FISH RATIONS

CANADA'S INNOVATION. It is the proud boast of the British Army that its soldiers are the best fed fighting men in the world, and few there aro who will be found to- contradict this assertion. But tho British Tommy, while admitting that in quantity he has all that he requires, admits that in the matter of variety thero is still room for improvement. In this conneotion ho looks with envy on 'his Canadian cousin, who, while he is training at homo and in Britain, rejoices in tho pleasant change of a fish ration for his breakfast twice a week and for his lunch on Fridays. Sample lots of fish diet have also been sent to the Canadians in France, and havo met with unqualified praise. Tho fish comes direct from Canada's famous inland lakes, the Fraser River, and theDominion's sea fisheries. It 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 almost as fresh a condition as when it leaves its native waters. Each soldier has smoked haddock for the breakfast ration two'days a week, and on Fridays for his lunch receives -Jib. of any of tho above-named fish free from bone. It is estimated that durinc fivo months 1,750,000 of Canadian fish wero distributed amongst the Dominion's soldiers, at a saving, as ncainst 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 earlv date British soldiers may be able to hnvo tho same advantage as their Canadian hrothers-in-nrms. :