Author bill sloane in undefeated, quotes a colonel glen townsend, commander of the eleventh regiment. Rations were reduced from 16 ounces a day to eight, and then to four. Twice a week, we got small amounts of caribau mule or horse meat. There was no flour, vegetables or sugar. Malaria rampant. Almost everyone had dysentery. The soldiers never really complained, but all the time, you could see the question in their eyes, in the world have you done to us?