...Is. Id. When at home and in barracks, 6d. a day is deducted from this, for which the soldier receives three quarters of a pound of meat, and one pound of bread. The principal part of his clothes and accoutrements is furnished at the public expense ; his pay, however,...

...SOLDIERS. — Dr. LyonPlayfairread a paper on the food of soldiers in war and peace. In this country, three quarters of a pound of meat and one pound of bread are issued daily to the troops, the rest of their food being furnished from their own pay. On investigating...

...which is quite equivalent to a pound and a half of soft bread ; in the Army, on the other hand, only three quarters of a pound of meat and one pound of bread is allowed, in addition to vegetables ; the meat, when freed from bone, rarely amounts to more than...

...they had no such powers of endurance as the maize-fed Turks. In this country a soldier's ration is three quarters of a pound of meat and one pound of bread, which is supplemented in war time by a quarter of a pound of cheese, together with cocoa or tea. sugar,...

...quality, the price of one penny halfpenny per pound, such extra price shall be a.llowe'd by the' Public, upon a quantity not exceeding three quarters of a pound of meat, and one pound of bread per day, for each man. . . That when any soldier shall, with the appro| bation-Dfhii Commantfrjfr Offleer,...

...Quar- Bread and teis, shall be supplied with Bread and Meat after the rate of Meat, three-quarters of a pound of Meat and one pound of Bread a day for each Man, the cost thereof being paid by a stoppage not exceeding six-pence a day from the Soldier's Pay ; but...

...they had no §uch powers of endurance as the maize-fed Turk?. In this country a soldier's ration is three quarters of a pound of meat and one pound of bread, which is supplemented in war time by a quarter of a pound of cheese, together with cocoa or tea, sugar,...