CAMP WASTE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1812, 11 April 1918, Page 2

CAMP WASTE.

GIVING evidence before the Defence Expenditure Commission at Palmerston North on Tuesday, J. E. Jackson, at present farming, and formerly on active . service in France, made some striking , comments on what he alleged to have been great waste in the camps—at least in. the past. In the Trentham Camp he considered there was waste with the “dry” rations. When they complained about not getting their own “dry” rations back- that were unused, they were recommended to throw them away. There was no supervision over the men, and lie alleged that a third of the potatoes were spoiled. A big proportion of the potatoes were fraudulently packed. At Featherston there was no order at all;' and men preferred to have their meals at tha' canteens instead of having them in the large buildings. ; The cooking at

Featherstoir was such that many of the roasts went into the pig. tub. The porridge sometimes had salt and sometimes not; he was prepared to say that tons ‘of porridge went into the pig tub. He saw better cooking in the trenches than-in Featherston. He saw nine sacks'of bread thrown out in one lot at Featherston. Money could have been saved if a little more common sense was used in the camps. The chair J man pointed out that some of the matters complained of by witness had since been remedied. Witness said that orders were carried out often simply because they were orders, and often without regard to prevailing conditions.