3. For troops when traveling otherwise than by marching or when for short periods they are separated from cooking facilities (Travel ration). 4. For troops traveling on vessels of the U. S. Army Transport Service. Food on transports for troops traveling will be prepared from the articles of subsistence stores which compose the ration for troops in garrison, varied by the substitution of other articles of authorized subsistence stores of equal money value when required. No savings will be allowed to troops on transports. 5. For use of troops on emergent occasions in active campaign (Emergency ration). An emergency ration, prepared under direction of the War Department, will be issued to troops on active campaign, but will not be used at any time or place where regular rations are obtainable. It will be packed in a conveniently shaped package, and will be carried in the haversack or saddlebags and accounted for at inspection, etc., by the soldier. 6. Proportions of meat issues. Fresh meats will ordinarily be issued seven days in ten and salt meats three days in ten. If fish (dried, pickled, or canned) is issued it will be in substitution of salt meat. The proportions of the meat issues may be varied at the discretion of department commanders, not, however, without due consideration being given to the equitable rights of contractors engaged in furnishing fresh meats to the troops under their commands. 7. Substitute when the issue of both fresh meat and vegetables is impracticable. Whenever the issue of both the fresh meat and vegetable components is impracticable, there may be issued in lieu of them canned fresh-beef-and-vegetable stew, at the rate of 284 ounces to the ration. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. II. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraphs 1251, 1252 as amended by G. O. No. 106 of 1898 from this office, 1253 as amended by G. O. No. 78 of 1899 from this office, 1254, 1255, and 1256 as amended by G. O. No. 6, January 12, 1900, from this office, of the Regulations are revoked, and the following paragraphs, numbered 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, . 1256a, 1256b, 1256c, and 1256d, are inserted in place thereof: THE RATION. 1251. A ration is the allowance for the subsistence of one person for one day, and varies in components according to the station of the troops or the nature of the duty performed, being severally known as the garrison ration, the field ration, the travel ration, and the emergency ration. The garrison ration is issued to troops in garrison or in permanent camps, the field ration to troops in the field in active campaign, the travel ration to troops traveling otherwise than by marching or when for short periods they are separated from cooking facilities, and the emergency ration to troops in active campaign for use on emergent occasions. 1252. Enlisted men, hospital matrons, nurses in the Nurse Corps (female), general prisoners of war, and military prisoners at posts are each entitled to one ration in kind per day according to the station or the nature of the service, except that nurses are not entitled to rations while traveling; and when the rate of pay of a civilian employed with the Army does not exceed $60 per month, and the circumstances of his service make it necessary, and the terms of his engagement provide for it, there may be issued to him one garrison or field ration in kind per day according to the exigencies of the case. 1253. The kinds and quantities of articles composing the garrison ration, the field ration, and the travel ration, and the quantities computed for 100 rations, are as follows: 1. Garrison ration. 1 In Alaska, 16 ounces bacon, or, when desired, 16 ounces salt pork or 22 ounces salt beef. 1254. Food on transports for troops traveling will be prepared from the articles of subsistence stores which compose the ration for troops in garrison, varied by the substitution of other articles of authorized subsistence stores of equal money value when required. No savings will be allowed to troops on transports. 1255. Troops in active campaign will be supplied with an emergency ration prepared under direction of the War Department, which will not be used at any time or place where regular rations are obtainable. It will be carried in the haversack or saddlebags and accounted for at inspection, etc., by the soldier. It will not be opened except by order of an officer or in extremity. If improperly opened or lost, the money value will be charged against the soldier. 1256. Fresh meats will ordinarily be issued seven days in ten and salt meats three days in ten. If fish (dried, pickled, or canned) is issued it will be in substitution of salt meat. The proportion of the meat issues to troops may be varied at the discretion of department commanders, not, however, without due consideration being given to the equitable rights of contractors engaged in furnishing fresh meats to the troops under their commands. Whenever the issue of both the fresh meat and vegetable components is impracticable, there may be issued in lieu of them canned fresh-beef-and-vegetable stew, at the rate of 28 ounces to the ration. The meat component to which the sick in hospital drawing rations in kind are entitled may, at the discretion of the medical officer, be called for and issued wholly in fresh beef, or partly in fresh beef and partly in salt meats. 1256a. When troops are not supplied with fresh or desiccated vegetables in kind by the commissary, or when, under paragraph 314, the troops raise vegetables for their own use in |