Four ounces of Oatmeal to be issued for each Child's breakfast, which will give the allowance of Stirabout as above specified.

Pure milk should not at any time be reduced more than by the addition of one-third of water, and if a scarcity of that article of food should at any time occur, oatmeal gruel, well prepared and boiled (with a proportion of one-fifth of pure milk and a sparing quantity of salt, will be found a wholesome substitute for the Children’s supper.

The Beef is estimated including bone; the parts of the Beef contracted for, should be Laps, Haunches, and Sticking pieces.
The small and delicate Children may probably required only five or fix ounces of meat, therefore, the over plus arising from that circumstance, may be given to those Children who from quick growth shall appear to require a greater quantity of food; this, however, Serjeants and Companies should report to the Commanding Officer at the hour of Dinner, who will cause the food to be carefully divided.

The Soup is to be made from the Liquor in which the Beef has been boiled, with the addition of three Ox Heads (most strictly furnished and soaked over night in water) and the bones of the meat issued the previous day, together with Oatmeal, Leeks and (word missing). The quantity of Oatmeal for Soup for each Child, to be half an ounce.

The Calecannon is composed of an equal quantity of Potatoes and Greens, and to every four pounds required, three ounces of butter, and half a pint of milk, to be seasoned with leeks and salt.