The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail gives in Tuesday's
issue a very curious account of some experi- ments made during the last German manoeuvres, on the value of sugar as food. Ten men were subjected to the sugar diet, while another ten received exactly the same rations as the rest of the army. The men chosen for the special diet were weak corporeally. Accord- ing to the official report, the weight of the sugar men increased during the manoeuvres more than that of the men on the ordinary ration. " It was proved that during long marches the feelings of hunger could be kept down for a longer time by the use of sugar, that the sugar people suffered less from thirst than the others, and that a few pieces of sugar sufficed to still thirst for a considerable time. It was also observed that symptoms of exhaustion or of sunstroke were quickly overcome by a small ration of sugar." The authorities now recommend that sugar be considered a regular article of soldiers' food, and that, above all, soldiers on the march should have a supply of it. All schoolboys will be delighted with this vindication of their favourite food, but it will be no surprise to the medical profession here, who recognise what cheap sugar has done for our poorer classes.
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