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Rations are the food issued daily to a member of the military.

Small Rations
Small rations (not to be confused with short rations or reduced rations) are items issued in small amounts in addition to the standard food ration. Such items may be allocated on a per day basis but issued to the soldiers weekly (such as an ounce of peas per day that are issued as a once a week pea soup containing seven ounces of peas); they may also be issued to a group of men such as rations of soap or candles provided for guards at nights.

"The essential part of a ration is meat and bread; whatever else is issued is called the small ration, though no such name is known to the law."