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Camp and
Garrison Rations for the Federal Army |
CAMP AND GARRISON RATION:
Meat:
12 ounces of pork or bacon, or
1 pound and 4 ounces of salt or fresh beef
Bread:
1 pound and 6 ounces of soft bread or flour, or
1 pound of hard bread [hardtack] or
1 pound and 4 ounces of corn meal
To every 100 rations:
15 pounds of beans or peas, and
10 pounds of rice or hominy
10 pounds of green coffee, or
8 pounds of roasted (Or roasted and ground) coffee,
1 pound and 8 ounces of tea
15 pounds of sugar
4 quarts of vinegar
1 pound and 4 ounces of adamantine, or star candles
4 pounds of soap
3 pounds and 12 ounces of salt
4 ounces of pepper
30 pounds of potatoes. when practicable. and
1 quart of molasses
Paragraph 1191: "Desiccated [dehydrated] compressed
potatoes, or desiccated compressed mixed vegetables, at the
rate
of 1 ounce and ½ of the former, and I ounce of the latter.
to the ration, may be substituted for beans, peas, rice,
hominy, or fresh potatoes.
MARCHING RATION:
Meat and Bread; same as above
Coffee, Sugar, and Salt; same as above
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