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WHAT A TRANSPORT IS LIKE 863
THE ANIMALS HAVE THEIR OWN VESSELS
rried on the troop transports, as the space on the carefully guarded steamers is too valuable
about 200, are berthed separately, in the
after part of the ship.
The bunks are arranged in tiers of
three, built of iron stanchions, which are
connected by iron pipes. The pipes form
the sides of the berths, and sheets of
canvas are laced across to furnish the
equivalent of a mattress or hammock.
The soldiers' dining-room is a large
space, forward of the middle of the main
deck, reserved for that purpose. Their
meals are cooked in galleys (the nautical
term for kitchens) on the same deck.
For convenience, all the tables are made
collapsible, so as to be stacked in small
compass when not in use. and the
benches used in lieu of chairs are folded
up.
The crew mess by themselves. For the
officers there is a "dining saloon" on the
upper deck, which is immediately above
the main deck.
Suppose that the Logan, for instance,
were to carry to France -.000 troops.
They would take with them all of their
equipments, including the "packs" they
must shoulder in the field, their rifles,
tents, wagons, and field-artillery. But
no mules or other animals. To transport
horses and mules there must be other
vessels, specially fitted up for the purpose.
Xo ammunition for the field guns or
other munitions (barring the cartridges
in the soldiers' belts) are carried on the
transport. They will go separately, in
cheaper and less important ships, so that
if the latter are sunk by submarines, the
loss will be minimized.
Rut how about the food supplies for
the voyage ?
The food, for the troops, will be the
regular army "travel ration." For two
thousand men, it would be for each day
2.000 pounds of hard-bread, 1,500
pounds of corned beef, 500 pounds of
baked beans, 1.000 pounds of canned
tomatoes, 175 pounds of jam, 140 pounds
of coffee. 300 pounds of sugar, and 62
pounds of evaporated milk.
Of course, great additional quantities
of food supplies might be carried as