The Commissary

ID: 609 ~ Source: National Park Service

This file appears in: Food in the Camps

The Commissary provided goods for soldiers.

This file appears in: Food in the Camps

Food in the Camps – What did the U.S. Army and British Royal Marines eat?

U.S. Army soldiers and Royal Marines stationed on San Juan Island found the natural resources teeming with sustenance in the mid 19th century. Deer roamed freely—the depopulation of wolves to protect livestock interests had seen to that—sea life was…