ration strength

He's got to do something with us, we're on his ration strength.

I'd like to see those ration strengths, perhaps it would go well.

In addition, he is also on the ration strength and draws his own rations like any other soldier.

I will be on pay as you go ration strength for the meals that I have checked below: required.

Can't get anywhere without knowing your ration strength," he said, in a fair imitation of the Colonel's manner. "

The ration strengths?'

Nadelashin shuffled his feet awkwardly and replied sympathetically: 'I'm sorry, but you've been taken off the ration strength... as from this morning...' 'Taken off?'

By the time the offensive was ready in late October, Eighth Army had 231,000 men on its ration strength including British, Australian, South African, Indian, New Zealand, Greek and Free French units.

While initial G2 estimates of enemy troops was approximately 5000, an intercepted message at the end of April gave the ration strength as 10,800, though it was thought this was a figure based upon projected, rather than, current strength.

After Cameron had knocked him out with an SOE truncheon, Popski found the complete ration strength of the First Parachute Division and attached troops, revealing that the forces opposing 1st Airborne were much weaker than thought by HQ.

Reinforcements and local recruitment had increased the British force to 13,000 South Africans British and Rhodesians and 7,000 Indian and African troops, from a ration strength of 73,300 men which included the Carrier Corps of African civilians.

By mid-January Amery and Lloyd George were arranging for the Permanent Military Representatives at Versailles to discuss Palestine (they thought Turkish ration strength was 250,000 "at most" whereas the General Staff put it at 425,000, of whom around half were combatants).