The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-28

IMPROVED sanitation under mili \ tary conditions has so greatly min pnized the danger from disease that there is no cause to fear an epl. Hennic will ever get a start in the kamps, either on the Mexican border Or in Mexico. The American Medical Association Journal says that typhoid
 and smallpox vacci- Keeping Army nations have prac- Free From Fever tically removed the
 menace to life from ghese diseases, but it adds, however, khat the militia has not immunized against typhoid "even approximately to the extent the regular army has been vaccinated."
 As the medical corps is now thor bughly organized and wonderfully eff ficient it is assumed that no time will be lost in vaccinating the guardsmen in the various concentration camps in order that all may be immune when they mobilize under General Funston.
 Typhus fever is peculiarly Mex fcan problem, and the Journal says that this disease has been factor in the European war, but that "the measures instituted abroad show how completely it may be controlled" Off, ficers of the medical corps of the United States army and of the public health service have led the way in disease-prevention science and they may be depended upon to carry out all sanitary measures to the fullest ex- tent.
 In years gone by dysentery was sometimes as fatal as shot and shell, but with proper attention it will be virtually unknown in the American camps of today.
 As appalling as are the horrors of war in the killing and wounding of men on the battlefield there is much comfort in the assurance that sick ness will no longer decimate the ranks. The Medical Journal thinks it hardly likely that the old saying, disease kills more men than bullets," will hold true in the present situation.
 THAT unique profession has been l established in the United States was indicated by the second an- nual convention of the City Managers association held recently. Although the commission-manager form of mu- nicipal government is comparatively new, 50 towns and cities in this coun-
 try have already City Managers adopted it and have Tell Experiences found it highly sat-
 isfactory, particu- larly from business point of view
 The salaries of city managers, most of whom are civil engineers and there fore equipped by practical experience to handle some of the most difficult problems with which municipal gov ernments have to contend, range from $500 year up to $12,50O, according to the size of the cities. Dayton, O., with a population of 14O,00O, is the largest city with manager. Spring field, O., Niagara Falls and Newburg, N. Y., Cadillac, Jackson and Manistee, Mich, Phoenix, Ariz., and Wheeling, w. Va, are others.
 It is interesting to note that "home talent" is rarely drawn on to fill the important place of city manager. All but two of the 50 managers who are now giving a good account of their stewardship, were chosen from out-of- town candidates. In five cases, man. arers have made such a good showing In smaller towns that they have been hired by larger cities with substan- Hal increase in pay.
 At the second convention there was ! roll call and as each manager re- sponded to his name he told what he was doing for the city employing him. Budget systems, accounting, unit costs. purchasing plans, social service md all the intricate details of civic