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Definition of Field ration
1. Noun. Rations issued for United States troops in the field.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Ration
Literary usage of Field ration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Army Regulations by Confederate States of America War Dept, United States War Dept (1908)
"it, there may be issued to him in kind one garrison or field ration per day,
according to the exigencies of tlie case. Civilian employees traveling with ..."
2. Elements of Field Hygiene and Sanitation by Joseph Herbert Ford (1918)
"Components of these rations are given, with substitutes, in the Army Regulations,
except the field ration which is prescribed by the commander of the field ..."
3. A Text-book of Military Hygiene and Sanitation by Frank R. Keefer (1917)
"The reserve ration is made up of bacon, hard bread, coffee, sugar, and salt, and
is to be used when the field ration is not obtainable and then only upon ..."
4. Military Education in the United States by Ira Louis Reeves (1914)
"rison or in permanent camps; the field ration is for troops in the field with
... The handling of the field ration is also gone into very thoroughly ..."
5. A Complete Handbook for the Sanitary Troops of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1917)
"Ia ounces. Substitutive articles and quantities. 4. field ration. ... field ration
is the ration prescribed in orders by the commander of the field forces. ..."
6. The Provisioning of the Modern Army in the Field by Henry Granville Sharpe, Frank Atwood Cook (1909)
"It will be noted that it is proposed to substitute the new haversack ration for
the field ration as the ration for campaigns. The desirability or necessity ..."
7. The Mess Sergeant's Handbook by Lucius Roy Holbrook, Patrick Dunne (1916)
"Although the field ration as such is no longer supplied, the following bills of
fare are ... They were based on the field ration as formerly issued. ..."
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