The Army's Jam.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 17 January 1918, Page 4

The Army's Jam.

2,000,00011) A WEEK FOR FRANCE.

Very nearly 2,000,000 of jam in papiermaehe containers are sent to France every week, and in April this year the Contracts Department has ordered 260,000,0001b. Twelve varieties are issued, among which strawberry, it is stated, largely preponderates. The soft fruit crop of 1914: was already on the market when the war began, and the jam manufacturers had to rely entirely on apple and stone fruit crops to meet the Government contracts. Hcnce the "plum and apple," of war notoriety. Last year Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa supplied 41,0001b of jam, and it was thus possible to supply fresh-fruit jam at seasons when it could not be obtained at home. The daily ration at the front includes 3oz of cheese. To enable this issue to be made the Army Contracts Department had, up to the beginning of this year, purchased 167,000,0001b of cheese and between one and two million pounds are being sent every week to the army in France alone. More than half a million pounds of tea are sent weekly to the army in Fiance. Before the War Office became its own tea merchant single orders for a million pounds were no uncommon thing. The daily ration is just over half an ounce.