The internment camps were overcrowded with bad sanitation and meagre food rations. Cottonseed hulls can be added to dairy cattle rations for roughage. The supply of rations, ammunition and equipment was meager. The unhygienic conditions and the supplies of food rations became disastrous. The soldiers were soon reduced to partial rations. Many children were removed from their families forcibly or under threat of withholding food rations. Even the army had to cut the rations for soldiers. He rations his food and water to survive the ordeal. They were allocated the largest rations of food and the warmest clothes. The larger P-51s are included with United States military "Tray Rations" (canned bulk meals). They are, however, included with United States military "Tray Rations" (canned bulk meals). He also provided the prisoners with cigarettes, newspapers, extra rations and a radio. Gibbon rode down to Manassas where he encountered Porter's troops resting and drawing rations. Food can be obtained from many sources, including coconuts, fishing, and rations. This imbalance occurs when servicemembers fail to consume full portions of their rations.