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Domestic News
March 10, 1944
The Apache Sentinel
Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, Arizona
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Ninth Service Command's Food Conservation program advises Army Mess Sergeants on counting personnel at meals to manage rations, recommending head count method with locked doors. Signed by SGT. LEROY BLACK.
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The proper method of estimating and counting men present at meals in the Mess Hall is the subject this week on the Food Conservation program being conducted by the Ninth Service Command and it is an important one. Every Mess Sergeant in the Army is confronted with this problem and we hope this will aid him in some way or another.
We have found it wise to lecture to EM of your Mess so that they will understand some of the difficulties you face at meal time. Not only in waste but, checking the correct number you are feeding to keep the ration records straight.
Below are some of the most successful methods we have tried. each has its own problems and you are the one to untangle them.
THE PLATE COUNT: This One will fool many Mess Sergeants. Men will often make sandwiches at the table and never touch their plate, also the menu may contain something to their liking and a cup is very handy. The hands can hold pie, cake or certain things on the menu, it has been done many times in many Mess Halls. So there is problem No. 1.
The second system is the TABLE PLACE COUNT. We like this System, too. but here again lies trouble. A non-com is in charge of each table, he reports all absentees to the Mess Sergeant but the non-coms are apt to be absent-too, especially around payday.
THE HEAD COUNT: Every try it? Well, we think a lot of this one, but you are still heading for trouble unless you lock that back door during meal time. Cooks, cooks helpers, and KPs have a habit of using this entrance, in some cases they carry food out in their hands, eating while doing light chores, etc.
Our very best advice to you Sergeant, is the HEAD COUNT. Lock all but one door when the men enter. no matter what portion of food is eaten, whether in forms of sandwiches or otherwise, COUNT it, it is a ration.
SGT. LEROY BLACK.
We have found it wise to lecture to EM of your Mess so that they will understand some of the difficulties you face at meal time. Not only in waste but, checking the correct number you are feeding to keep the ration records straight.
Below are some of the most successful methods we have tried. each has its own problems and you are the one to untangle them.
THE PLATE COUNT: This One will fool many Mess Sergeants. Men will often make sandwiches at the table and never touch their plate, also the menu may contain something to their liking and a cup is very handy. The hands can hold pie, cake or certain things on the menu, it has been done many times in many Mess Halls. So there is problem No. 1.
The second system is the TABLE PLACE COUNT. We like this System, too. but here again lies trouble. A non-com is in charge of each table, he reports all absentees to the Mess Sergeant but the non-coms are apt to be absent-too, especially around payday.
THE HEAD COUNT: Every try it? Well, we think a lot of this one, but you are still heading for trouble unless you lock that back door during meal time. Cooks, cooks helpers, and KPs have a habit of using this entrance, in some cases they carry food out in their hands, eating while doing light chores, etc.
Our very best advice to you Sergeant, is the HEAD COUNT. Lock all but one door when the men enter. no matter what portion of food is eaten, whether in forms of sandwiches or otherwise, COUNT it, it is a ration.
SGT. LEROY BLACK.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
What keywords are associated?
Food Conservation
Mess Hall
Army Rations
Head Count
Mess Sergeant
What entities or persons were involved?
Sgt. Leroy Black
Where did it happen?
Ninth Service Command
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Ninth Service Command
Event Date
This Week
Key Persons
Sgt. Leroy Black
Event Details
The Food Conservation program by the Ninth Service Command addresses estimating and counting men at meals in the Mess Hall. Advice for Mess Sergeants includes lecturing enlisted men on difficulties, and methods like plate count, table place count, and head count, with head count recommended while locking doors.