[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

I believe it was Napoleon Bonaparte who said that an army marches on its stomach. Of course, he was rather short and round, and may have had hobbit blood, which is why his statement about army catering could have been drawn straight from the Thain's Regulations and Shire Field Manual (Gen. B. "Bullroarer" Took, ret.) Of course, this brings me to the very nub of my gist: Hobbits are indeed excellent scouts and competent archers, but their true field of excellence is catering. Hobbit cuisine is simple, healthy and served in large portions; they can live off the land effectively, and cooking is the most important art in their society. The one problem would be restraining their enthusiasm during a siege or when rations were short.

I suspect that the King's Own Shire Battalion was seconded to the Third Ithilien Division's catering corps in the early Fourth Age, although I have no evidence for this whatsoever.