The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-11-06

NXI( OpSrRtlOOB. TbUUeOV -
ISSs will Get . new mark In
SLES bloOdshed. Already II has
~ established one for the
uumber Of men engaged. But sig
olncant among all Of them towers .
record not OF destruction but OF
preservation This h the record for
disease prevention. And when you
consider that nearly all other wars
durins the last zoo years have shown
four men dead Of disease TO one OF
bullet wounds the importance Of this
last record In the present conflict b.
gins to b appreciated.
0svsrsl things initiate toward max
Tag the war IN Europe devoid Of those
terrible epidemics OF sickness which
In every great conflict from ancient
times have occasionally swept down
and devasteted the armies OF the com.
betantA One Of these u the heaithful
climate II which the iighting h going
o.. But mere Of . factor stiil arc the
aplsalA sanitary measures Tor proven
tion viii which the battling armies
are equippsd
Thess systsus are without sxcep'
- - ostsvuweh Of The Inst nlns
yeass ID looE. WHEN japan west %
var With Russla, she taught lesson
thaG ~ vestssn world Will never i0r.
~. Prlss y that time the medical
corps q - army consisted Of deid
aureeoss az nursss TO care for the
vosnAsA Bot Japan took with her
yslIew aghtsrs lt.o00 men whose sole
Auty II vas 70 guard the nghting army
aeaiast The pssils u disease. u was .
nssaa carefully orgapised SANITARY
cpsvs, ~ arst q IL kiaa aad siss TO
- go. ne enct that three japanese
vees killeA b bullsts 70 every one that
~ q ssskness Instead Of four dying
frou disease 70 oas Of ballets. - In
IN prsvisss wafs. was simple but an
&c tsssinoay - 10 the sinciency Of
thoss Sl.eee sanitary protectors.
Pros tat time oaward The western
cavern wers quick 10 70 take up .
Issssa thsy haA - loag neglsctsd. And
nov ~ nsn who are nghting In
vraacs anl Germany are guarded from
The grin vtsags u disease BY eIao-
orats sapitatioA systens.
NJ isslancs. the German army OF
oavasloa b accompanied BY great mo-
AeeHrivsa stsriliasrs In which avery
Arop q water drunk BY the soldiers
has arse bssa IA Of possible contami-
uaaiea. TAs Preach and English arm
o. have . mlcroscops brigade. whose
duty II 10 70 make meteorological *
aminatioas Of an water supplies before
tapped BY The men. Both sides have
lnspsc(ors vh3 tcst food and sanitary
anspscsors vho 20 ahead 70 arrange
Cor ~ sanitatioa % camp sites and 70
do picket luty against pollution Of
sersams and lakes.
The soldisrs Who have seen . cam.
paisn o. twe know the peril Of die
sase.
Medical Asd sanitary experts Of the
world are sssy spsculatihg. In the sb'
seacs Of real nows. On The number oi
Asaths from disaass II the battling
arules IN Hurooe. Losgmoss,s tables
a var Statistics slow that IN the bat
eIes Of The lAst ~ ysars foar men
have psrishsA q slcknsss 10 every ons
killel 81 bullsla THIS sxospts the hat.
slss n he nnssoJapassss var. where
ne narvslexs 6anitAsy regulations d
TIE Japs . altered he establishes
oeopSrtioa that agures show that foul
Japansss dle1 froo gun wounds "a
every oas that ssccumbsd 10 disease
Rspesss froD ths 0urepsan capitals
indicate that i0e.oee Germans havs
Nsea KILLED h hatels. 10000 EasiisA
le,eoo DslglAns. ard aobody kaovi