The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24

killed in battle and died from wounds.
Those killed I'm battle numbered 6I.05s
and those who died OF wounds 45.0l2.
The total was 1000. The number
who died OF diseases was 1893. go. Add
To the total of battle casualties the
30.150 who died in confederate prisons
and those who died as a result OF acci-
dent, murder and other causes. a total
of 4o,154. and the number Is still $4,000
short of the army of disease victims.
Notwithstanding this fact. the health
officers of the United States. the med
ical board of the navy and the Red
Cross nurses have arranged IL so that
they can keep sickness out Of Cuba IL
the boys In brown will follow their d.
rections. They must follow them ac-
curately. ~painstakingly and with the
most scrupulous care. but the soldier
who follows directions can come home
well.
The first thing to do when he gets
to Cuba is to take a bath. This IL not
an everyday bath. it is a medicated
one. A bath in the fresh water of
Cuba means sure sickness to the per-
son who takes IL. The water Is pol
luted with all the malaria Of the soil.
and typhoid and cholera are in every
drop. not to mention typhus and other
harmful influences.
When the boys In brown reach Cuba
the Red Cross nurses will give them
the material for taking a bath 1t
consists of a little tablet which Is to
be dissolved in water. 1t makes the
water medicinal. The tablet is an in
significant little thing. and one nurse
carries enough to supply 300 soldiers
with water for "A bath.
The question Of diet comes up next.
The boy in brown. after he comes out
of the water. is hungry. and he sees
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spite of the famine, Cuba keeps on
growing fruit. Nothing can rid the
little island of its marvellous supply Of
nuts and fruits. But he must not eat
them. The first day on the island the
soldier must abstain from everything
except coffee and bread If he is to keep
his health. The bread is the hard
army bread and the coffee may be
only a supply of the ships coffee, but
he must be contented with it, other
wise he will certainly be III.
The second day he can look around
and take a further chance, but let him
only eat that to which he is accus-
tomed-canned goods. potatoes, dried
fish, crackers and such simple food as
he has seen upon his own table every
day at home. are the only ones which
he must venture upon. He may the
next day taste a very little fruit, not
more than an orange or two figs. The
next day he "a increase the quantity
of fruit "A little n the next day he
can eat still more. Within a week he
Will he able to take anything that
comes within his reach. without harm.
The matter Of keeping cool and keep
ing warm will worry him considerably.
The DAYS are scorching hot and he
finds that the government uniforms of
linen and canvas suit him admirably.
He wears his thin clothes all day and
at night he sleeps in them. Toward
morning he feels a little chilly, and
then the first symptoms of chills and
fever are upon him. ON going to bed
at night he should throw over him his
light overcoat. If he has not taken an
overcoat. let him throw his army
blanket over him. Fatigue soon brings
sleep and he will not notice the army
blanket.
Wooden is not healthy. 1t keeps the
pores open and irritates the skin. He
is in a country now that Is warm and
the motion keeps the pores open n
they secrete the germs of disease. 1t
is the same way with baths and mas
sage. During the rainy season the Gu
ban insurgents make IL a rule to battle
as little as possible. and then never in
cold water. This is owing To the fact
that rubbing opens the pores and hot
water also auses them to expand. The
pores must be kept closed. even at the
risk of forcing the internal organs to
throw of tho poisons usually repealed
by the skin. The skin of course has
it's functions. but i'm Cuba during the
rainy season IL is best to let the skin
lie as dormant As possible.
Shoes trouble the soldier boy short
~ after his arrival. He finds that HE
feet are swollen and that his shoes
are painful. He has not been accus-
toned to being on his feet so much nor
is he used to the dampness and mud
of the wet ground. To use his shoes
let him soak them in cold water until
they are thoroughly wet: then let him
put them on and march i'm them until
they are dry upon his feet. He will
not take cold on the march. When the
shoes have dried they will have formed
themselves to the feet and will be en-
tirely comfortable.
Water is something the soldier boy
must not drink. This III must put
down i'm his notebook as an absolute
rule. If he drinks water he will die
of cuban fever. He can be positive of
this. for not one water drinker out of
fifty has ever escaped the fever i'm
cuba during the rainy season unless
he he a native.
Instead of plain water a medicated
water must he taken. This is boiled
water with a drop of acid in it. Boil
ln' water, ltl II 'ooi anu squeeze IN "A
dash of lemon. orange or other tart
fruit. 1t Is not necessary to over
three drops. Only just enough to give
acidity To the water. At first this
warm water will be unbearable, but in
"A few days IL will taste as good as ice
water.
No soldier during the rainy season
In Cubs can eat a heavy breakfast and
march after II. He must eat lightly
and often. IL will also be necessary Ia
take a siesta after lunch. Even the
rough and tumble insurgents do this
and they are men who fight to the
death. They find il necessary to sleer
two hours in the afternoon even
though they march at night.
If the night be very misty or the ali
green in Napor II is a good thing tC
sleep with "A handkerchief wet with
some anfiSpptig oNar the mouth. This