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A Short Account of Canteens in the British Army

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  • Date Published: November 2015
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  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781107585713

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  • Originally published in 1928, this book presents a concise account regarding the nature and development of food provision in the British Army from 1645 onwards. The text was written by the renowned British military historian Sir John William Fortescue (1859–1933). Illustrative figures are included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development of canteens, military history and the writings of Fortescue.

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    • Date Published: November 2015
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781107585713
    • length: 94 pages
    • dimensions: 203 x 132 x 6 mm
    • weight: 0.12kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Prefatory note
    1. The sutlers of early times
    2. A sutler in the eighteenth century
    3. A great sutleress
    4. The eighteenth century
    5. The campaigns of the eighteenth century
    6. The wars of the French Revolution and Empire
    7. The soldier's condition after Waterloo
    8. The beginning of barrack canteens
    9. The soldier's diet
    10. Good work of regimental officers
    11. The state adopts the officers' improvements
    12. Beginning of canteen reform
    13. The establishment of soldiers' schools
    14. The Crimean war and its lessons
    15. Administrative changes
    16. Changes in the canteens
    17. New canteen regulations of 1863
    18. Short service and its influence on the soldier
    19. Measures of regimental officers to improve canteens
    20. The founding of the Canteen and Mess Co-operative society
    21. The South African war 1899–1902. New canteen regulations
    22. The Canteen and Mess Society in South Africa
    23. The Natal field force canteen
    24. Difficulties of the Canteen and Mess Society
    25. The Society's recovery
    26. Lord Grey's canteen committee
    27. The tenancy system continued
    28. The Canteen and Mess Society's modification thereof
    29. The canteen scandal of 1914
    30. The German war 1914–18
    31. Foundation of the Expeditionary Force canteen
    32. The Canteen and Mess Society takes the lead
    33. The Board of Control of Regimental Institutes
    34. The Army Canteen Committee
    35. The Navy and Army Canteen Board
    36. The Expeditionary Force canteen
    37. Behind the lines
    38. The E.F.C. in Italy
    39. The E.F.C. at Gallipoli
    40. The E.F.C. at Salonika
    41. The E.F.C. in Egypt and Palestine
    42. The E.F.C. in Mesopotamia
    43. The N.A.C.B. within the Arctic Circle
    44. The ubiquity of the canteens
    45. The higher ranks of the E.F.C.
    46. The lower ranks of the E.F.C.
    47. Good work of the W.A.A.C.
    48. The E.F.C. self supporting
    49. The founding of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
    50. The Co-operative principle finally accepted
    51. The 'canteen millions'
    52. The present N.A.A.F.I.
    53. The future of the N.A.A.F.I.

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    John Fortescue

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