The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-15

served in the Cuban war; having l charge of the killed and wounded.
 | As the author says in his preface: | Save a small collection of sanitary | precepts, intended for the use of officers of the line, no book exclusively devoted l to the preservation of the health oi 1 troops has been published in the Eng | fish language in more than a genera tion. The more complete works on general hygiene contain much materi- al which has no applicability to the military service, and, on the other hand, they have unnoticed a large number of subjects, a knowledge of which is of the highest importance to the military sanitarian. For these req sons, many of the lessons learned by
 bitter experience in camp and garrison, during a period in which sanitary sci
 ence has made it's greatest progress, have been practically lost to medical
 officers of the present day, and the ex- perience of the past few years has de-
 monstrated the need of a textbook dealing directly with the sanitary pro- bems peculiar to the military service. eitS author to supply in the present vol
 ume, which it is hoped will be found available not only as book of refer
 ence for medical officers in connection
 with their sanitary duties, but also as
 a practical guide to officers of the line,
 with respect to the care of troops over
 whom they have control. In view of
 the fact that this book is intended for
 use under conditions in which re-
 course to a library of reference will
 rarely be practicable, it has been
 thought best not to increase the size of
 an already large volume by including
 a bibliographical index of the authori-
 ties, some 2,700 in number, referred to
 in the text or consulted in it's prepara-
 ton. A list of these authorities has,
 however, been prepared, and may De
 placed at the disposal of those who de-
 sire to go more fully into the vast sub-
 ject of military hygiene. The DOCK IS
 dedicated to rigadier-General George
 M. Sternberg, surgeon general Unltea
 States army. The general toplcs or
 the work are: The Selection of the Re-
 cruit The Development of the Recruit;
 The March in Campaign; Water; The
 Ration; Military Clothing and Equip ment; Camp Sites and Camps; The
 Sanitary Administration of the Camp; Posts, Barracks, Quarters and Hospl- tals; Ventilation; Heating and Light ing; Disposal of Excreta, Sewage ana Refuse; The Personal Cleanliness of the Soldier; Military Mortality and Morbidity; Diseases of the Soldiers; Disinfection; The Habits of the Soldier as Affecting his Efficiency; The Fly giene of Hot and Cold Climates The Hygiene of the Troop Ship; The Dis posal of the Dead; Sanitary Inspection of the Military Establishment. The work is one of great and enduring value and the author is to be congratulated upon this notable achievement.
 The memory of Nathan Hale, the pa triot martyr of the Revolution, has been honored of late years with bronze statues, memorials and tablets, but by a singular omission there is no satis- factory life of him available to the public His biography by stuart has long been out of print. It is gratifying to know that the gap is to be filled dur- ing the coming season. Professor Il. r. Johnston, of New York, whose contr1- buttons to the literature of the ReVo- Iutionary period are we'll known, has a Hale biography in press, which prom
 ses to be of an authentic character, | based on researches made by himself | and others in recent years The vol | lme will contain not only a fuller ac- count of Hale's career than has yet ap- | 1eared. but also copies of all his letters hat can be found, and of those of his | many of which are en-
 irely new. Some of the best tributes Q his memory, both in prose and poe .ry. will also be inserted. A specially valuable and attractive feature of the work will be it's illustrations Nine cen full-page artotypes, finely eXecu- ed, will enrich the book, all of them Of l, historical character and taken from original sources, thus making unique ,ollection Some of Hale's letters will lppear in reduced facsimile, with rel cs of his camp outfit. his commission
 igned by John Hancock, his school ,ouses (now restored), the several tatues and memorials in his honor, as yell as portraits and maps showing his oute into the enemys lines and the
 lace of his execution. The volume
 promises to be a permanent memorial n type. It will appear as privately rinted'' work, in limited edition, roy 1 octave, printed from type on hand 1ade paper by the De Vinne Press, 12 Place, New York city.