hardtacks

That afternoon we had just enough to allow each man for his supper two hardtacks, and one hardtack extra for every four men.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

He wouldn't go hungry, as he still had his last three or four hardtacks from Washington.

The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

Soldiers gathered round the fires, boiling coffee, toasting hardtacks, cooking up stews with salt pork and desiccated vegetables.

The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

Lieutenant E.D. Anderson (10th Cavalry) gave me two and one-half hardtacks from his supply, which he carried in his bosom.

The Colored Regulars in the United States Army T. G. Steward

He rode his horse across and was in the act of leaning over to get a couple of hardtacks the cook was handing him, when a splinter of a shell that had exploded at his horse's feet, struck him in the neck, killing him instantly, slightly wounding his horse and destroying the rations and vessels in the cookhouse.

S.O.S. Stand to! Reginald Grant

As long as I had nothing but two hardtacks, which was the allowance to each man on the morning after the San Juan fight, no one could complain; but if I had had any private little luxuries the men would very naturally have realized keenly their own shortages.

VII. The War of America the Unready 1913

As long as I had nothing but two hardtacks, which was the allowance to each man on the morning after the San Juan fight, no one could complain; but if I had had any private little luxuries the men would very naturally have realized keenly their own shortages.

An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

_Or_, having fried bacon, pour the tomatoes into the mess pan, the grease remaining, and add, if desired, two broken hardtacks.

Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition 1906

_ Pour into the mess pan one man's allowance of tomatoes, add about two large hardtacks broken into small pieces, and let come to a boil.

Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition 1906

That afternoon we had just enough to allow each man for his supper two hardtacks, and one hardtack extra for every four men.

V. In the Trenches 1899