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| | COOK HERMAN TIMM
Serial No. 2,026,610
Saginaw, Mich.
Timm was one of many of the civilian soldiers of German descent who helped to make our Battery the admirable crowd they were. He probably knew, not by science, but by intuition, how many calories there should be in a man’s food to make him a good conditioned soldier. Cook Timm was a fine baker, with the knack of making something out of nothing. He could even make “bully beef” tasty when the men were hungry, but like all other cooks in the army, never was quite successful in camouflaging it, though he got up some good aliases.
Timm was conscientious and carried out Napoleon’s theory that “an army moves on its stomach.’’
After a hard day’s work, certain of the men might feel hungry and knowing Timm’s good nature, would even go to his bunk and arouse him from sleep, to ask him for something to eat. Timm, without a grumble, would get up in a matter-of-fact way and if possible would procure or prepare something for them. The boys particularly liked his cake and what pies he made at Custer.
When at Tautecourt the kitchen was camouflaged down the slope of the hill, but constantly under shell-fire like the rest of us in our sacrifice position. He certainly taxed his utmost ingenuity to provide something for us to eat, as well as the boys of Battery A, when provisions failed to come up.
In appearance he was a good soldier, tall of stature and strongly built. None of us can think of our days in the army in France without kind thoughts for Timm.
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