4. SCALES OF RATIONS FOR A.T.S. The new system of messing was, for administrative convenience, also applied to the A.T.S., who receive four-fifths of the soldiers' scale. This represents, in admissible quantities of "rationed" items:- Meat 8 ounces Sugar 2 12/35 " 1 " Bacon Butter 2/5 " Bread 9 3/5 " (not rationed) Examination of the messing account of selected A.T.S. units indicates that, prior to the introduction of a fixed ration scale, units of the A.T.S. habitually underdrew in:- Meat Bacon Tea and devoted the monetary savings so accruing to the purchase of other items.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB74
- Document Reference
- CAB 74/4/32
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 74/4
- Former Department Reference
- FP(M)(40) 99
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab74.000004.032
- Keywords
- Bacon Bread Butter Cereals Cocoa Dairy Flour Food Preparation Food Supplies Fruit Meat Military Rations Pork Preserves Rationing Sugar Tea Women's Auxiliary Services
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Auxiliary Territorial Service British Army Food Policy Committee War Office Women's Royal Naval Service
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Series
- Papers 70(40) - 182(40)
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Licensing Price Control Eating Cooking
