Executive Order 1686

In accordance with the provisions of section 40 of the act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the permanent military establishment of the United States", approved February 2, 1901, which authorizes the President to "prescribe the kinds and quantities of the component articles of the Army ration, and to direct the issue of substitutive equivalent articles in place of any such components whenever, in his opinion, economy and a due regard to the health and comfort of the troops may so require," the Executive Order of January 11, 1911, is amended in the following particulars:

garrison ration.

Lard compound is added as a substitutive article for lard, at the rate of .64 oz. to the ration.

The note at the foot of the garrison ration is revoked, and the following is substituted therefor:

Note.—Food for troops traveling on United States Army transports 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, the total daily cost per man of the food consumed not to exceed 20 per cent more than the current cost of the garrison ration, except on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, when 60 per cent increase over the same current cost is authorized.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

January 21, 1913.