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| | Scale A. | Scale B. |
| |For voyages not |For voyages |
| | exceeding 84 days | exceeding 84 days |
| | for sailing ships | for sailing ships |
| | or 50 days | or 50 days |
| | for steamships. | for steamships. |
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| | lb. oz. | lb. oz. |
| Bread or biscuit, not | | |
| inferior to navy biscuit | 3 8 | 3 8 |
| Wheaten flour | 1 0 | 2 0 |
| Oatmeal | 1 8 | 1 0 |
| Rice | 1 8 | 0 8 |
| Peas | 1 8 | 1 8 |
| Beef | 1 4 | 1 4 |
| Pork | 1 0 | 1 0 |
| Butter | .. | 0 4 |
| Potatoes | 2 0 | 2 0 |
| Sugar | 1 0 | 1 0 |
| Tea | 0 2 | 0 2 |
| Salt | 0 2 | 0 2 |
| Pepper (white or | | |
| black), ground | 0 0-1/2 | 0 0-1/2 |
| Vinegar | 1 gill | 1 gill |
| Preserved meat | .. | 1 0 |
| Suet | | 0 6 |
| Raisins | | 0 8 |
| Lime juice | | 0 6 |
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the conscription system it is reckoned that he will be able to make up
the deficiency out of his own private means, or obtain charitable
contributions from his friends. In the French infantry of the line
each man during peace gets weekly 15 lb. of bread, 3-3/10 lb. of meat,
2-1/2 lb. of haricot beans or other vegetables, with salt and pepper, and
1-3/4 oz. of brandy.
An Austrian under the same circumstances receives 13.9 lb. of bread, 1/2
lb. of flour and 3.3 lb. of meat.