When the small species are not issued, 1¹⁄₂ lbs. of flour or bread, with 1¹⁄₂ lbs. of beef, or 10 oz. of pork, forms a complete ration: or 3 lbs. of beef; or 2 lbs. of cheese; or half a pound of rice, forms a complete ration.
At sea the ration is different. The following table contains the allowance for six soldiers, or four seamen on board of ship, for each day in the week. Women are provisioned at a half and children at one fourth of a soldier’s allowance, but receive no rum.
| Days of the Week. | Bread. | Beer, gallons, or half pints of spirits, or pints of wine. | Beef, pieces of 8 lbs. | Pork, pieces 4 lb. | Pints of peas. | Do. oat- meal. | lbs. of butter. | lbs. of cheese. | Vinegar. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lb. | |||||||||
| Sunday, | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 quart per week. |
| Monday, | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | ¹⁄₂ | 1 | |
| Tuesday, | 4 | 4 | 1 or 6lbs. of flour or ¹⁄₂lb. of suet and 1lb. of raisins. | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wednesday, | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | ¹⁄₂ | 1 | ||
| Thursday, | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| Friday, | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | ¹⁄₂ | 1 | ||
| Saturday, | 4 | 4 | 1 or as above. | — | — | — | — | — |
The above are served out by full weights and measures.
When flour, suet and raisins are put on board, they are to be served out in equal proportions with beef, viz. half in beef; the other half in flour, suet, and raisins, on each beef day.
4 lbs. of flour, or 3 lbs. of flour with ¹⁄₂ lb. of raisins, (or ¹⁄₄ lb. of currants) and ¹⁄₄ lb. of suet, are equal to 4 lbs. of beef, or 2 lbs. of pork with peas, but are not to be issued in lieu of the latter, except unavoidable, and then the quantities must be certified.
¹⁄₂ lb. of rice is equal to a pint of oatmeal; ¹⁄₂ lb. of sugar is equal to ¹⁄₂ lb. of butter; and 1 lb. of rice is equal to 1 lb. of cheese; 1 pint of oil is equal to 1 lb. of butter, or 2 lbs. of cheese, that is, a pint of oil for the proportion of butter and cheese.
A pint of wine, or half a pint of brandy, rum, or arrack, is equal to a gallon of beer; 1 lb. of fresh beef is equal to 1 lb. of salt beef; and 1¹⁄₂ lb. of fresh beef is equal to 1 lb. of pork.
No wine or spirits are to be issued to the troops while in port, nor at sea, till after all the beer is expended.
The masters of transports are to produce a certificate from the commanding officer of the troops on board, of the quantity expended. If any doubt be entertained of the provisions being full weight, a cask must be weighed in the presence of the commanding officer, the master, and the mate, and the master may upon the certificate of the commanding officer, and the oath of the mate, issue as much beef and pork as will make up the deficiency.