• - DIET- IN-11IE NAVY - • [To the' Edithi. of
thi Sr:EcrArOn.] Sat,—With reference to the letter recently published in the Bpikator on the subject of " Diet in the Navy," no thinking.'
naval officer will agree with your correspondent " F. W. D." As one who has (not for a matter of a month, but for a
Matter of _years) been compelled by climatic conditions and diffieultie.s of transport and communication, to live largely on tinned foods, I most heartily disagree with him. Under- the stringent conditions at pretent obtaining in a certain- small branch of H.M. Service on certain stations abroad, I and my brother officers have had no difficulty whatsoever in keeping fit on these foods. . -
Apart froin the well-knoWn fact that the ship's company of almost any naval ship in any part of the world can land at the least an average of twice a week, I would recommend- to your correspondent- a little ordinary walking exercise ashore for his own good and pleasure, such as -is usually
indulged in by our officers who have no time to think about the good or evil effects of tinned food—I am, Sir, &c., SEXTANT.
[The diet-sheet issued by the War Office for troops at home
stations shows a well-balanced and generous diet, adequate in quantity and calorie value. Here, for instance, is a typical day's meali : breakfast—tea, bread, bacon, beans, and tomato sauce ; dinner—roast meat, potatoes, peas, rice pudding ; supper—tea, bread, margarine; soused herrings. We doubt Whether the soldier or sailor of to-day would appreciate the salads and • brovin bread of food reformers, however excellent such fare may be.—En. Spectator.]
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