Pocahontas star herald., 1914-07-17

.'NuiAelFes N tns held ana eamP'
among the volunteers some consider
aple experie~ce exists as result oi
manenYer camps and the Spanish war
many veterans OF that war being IN
ene militia, The proportion OF re-
oruits viii, however, be atty TO sev
eh'yhye per cent OF the tota'
strength, as FAR as experience In N"
neia Is concerned orhere win BE-
therefore, considerable proportion
ot green men 10 be taught camp san''
'auon, as well as given military IN
atrueuon, Much OF this viii be glv
IN In concentration camps. Fortu'
nately, most OF the oficers OF the vol
uhteers will be men who are I'm
pressed with the value OF sanitation
in the held, They and the regular Of
noers and older soldiers will quickly
instruct the new men Ia the habits
40 essential TO health IN camp.
Progressive military hygiene.
There exists. then. a yeast 10 leav'
en- the whole that vas absent in 1893
since that eyentfui year the Officers
OF the medical department OF III"
army have been studying and practis-
ing military hygiene aud sanitation
with brilliant results, "a demonstrated
In the two large camps In Texas
Here 10000 men lived for a year at a
ume With sick rate lower than thai
Al the average post. Better yet, th"
ofheers OF the line. impressed with
the value OF the lessons In camp SAM
tation. have been enthusiastic support
ters OF these advances and are hardly
second TO medical oficers In their
knowledge and experience in such
matters. The army, than. is in an
entirely different position than at thu
outbreak OF the Spanish war, The 90
600 cases OF typhoid that then puS-
zled aud distressed the people OF this
country will not appear as specters
In our camps as a sign OF sanitary in
competence.
Anti'typhoid incubation. which haa
been In vogue IN the army since 1909.
and which so efficiently protected u
In 1918 that there vas but one case
among the inoculated In the army oF
$4,000, is 10 be trusted to keep our
camps free OF this disease 40 fatal to
armies In the past
The dysenterlss will be held 10 abey.
anee by many OF the precautions that
prevent typhoid. particularly the safe
guarding OF water and the early exclu-
sion OF such cases from the camps.
Yellow fever Is robbed OF much Of
It's terror by the fact learned 10 1898
by Reed and HIS devoted band. which
taught Us the means Of transmission
and, consequently. the manner of
avoiding e. The soldier carries In
the Geld q mosquito bar weighing IL
ounces that enables him to sleep In
comfort and safety The sentry on
duty Is protected with lead net that
serves the same purpose. These src
the diseases that. II avoided. will make
any campaign In the tropics unique In
history
Typhus an Ancient EnNg
One other disease there Is thss mar
be a possible cause OF alarm-that an
,il recently might have been difieuit
10 prevent. II Is a disease that has
played a tremendous part In all gres,
European wars IN the past and haa
even determined the fate OF cam
paigns since the Peloponnessian war
typhus fever. Fortunately and thanks
to officers OF the public service. Az
well as TO a brilliant Frenchman. We
have learned that Il is spread by the
bite Of the louse and In consequence,
We are enabled 10 limit its rayages
| have not mentioned smallpox, m
II is not peculiar to armies. and tn
preventive measure OF vaccination In
70 we'll known as to require no further
mention.
Thus, forewarned. we are forearmed
and enter any campaign confident Of
our ability and IN the sanitary train
ing Of the line feel that We can exist
In the campaign in such state Of
"hygienlc competence" that the diss'
bilItles OF the war will be limited, for
the first time 10 the history OF the
new world. to wounds. and that dis
ease will not XIII more than bullets
The American people will have what
they should have for the generous
support given every year-the most
efficient army OF its size Ia the world.
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