![]() Regimental, Battalion, and other Unit Studies (1775-1783) 13. 1941), two soldiers from Solebury Township (Civil War and WW2), Solebury artist’s WW2 letter, and an early settler’s description of the area. Marine’s letters from Parris Island to the occupation of Japan, Solebury Township oral history (life before and during WW2 and service in the U.S. ![]() Family and Local History Including Miscellaneous Subjects Not Related to the War for Independence U.S. Enlistment and Conscription (1775-1783) 9. General George Washington’s Military Household, Headquarters Tents, and the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard 6. Women Following the Army and the Civilian Experience (83) 5. Campaign, Battle, Combat, and Operational Studies (1775-1783) 4. African Americans in the Armies of the Revolution 2. First we will examine light-weight kettles, then equipment less often used, as well as eating utensils.4 p Order Col Shreve of 2d Jersey Regmt." According to Continental Army usage, thirty-five kettles were enough for two hundred and ten men, at six men per mess squad.3 Contrary to widespread conceptions, from as early as the French and Indian War, on into the late-19th century, tin or sheet-iron kettles were the cooking equipment most often issued to soldiers to prepare their meals. thirty five Camp Kettles two Hundred Twenty nine Canteens fifty Knapsacks, forty Iron Cups. ![]() While items such as pans and broilers (the latter sometimes made by soldiers from iron barrel hoops) were occasionally used, a 1779 American equipment receipt shows the extent of the usual issue: "Recd. " Light-Weight Military Kettles, and Cast-Iron Cooking Gear, 1759-1782 Cooking equipment for soldiers in the Continental and British armies was relatively simple. "All the tin Camp-kettles they can procure. In this the first of several articles examining the various elements necessary for feeding soldiers during the American War for Independence (1775-1783), we will discuss cooking equipment, with an emphasis on the most important item, camp kettles. Experience has often convinced us of the truth of this assertion, and some times at too dear a rate."2 Soldiers' rations and food preparation stand at the most elemental level of an army's daily existence. For the moment an expedition is to take place, the troops may be said to have wanted provisions for one, two, or more days, and that it will be impossible to begin a march until they shall be supplied. Unless an Army is properly fed, all calculations and schemes of enterprize are in vain. ![]() "To subsist an Army well, requires the utmost attention and exertion. Henry Knox (former bookseller and amateur military scholar) noted his appreciation of the crucial need to provide fuel for soldiers' bellies. After six years hard-won experience in the war with Great Britain, Maj.
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