The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-18

glers may uninterrupted
I'm permanent camni be
done. ut least to a grea Put IN
localities where yellot Al ma
laria abound until n Fare an
initiated the men ~ made to
sleep and If poss hder mos
quito MEETINGS. lous offense'
to sleep on post oldler would
disobedienS orders than to
have an Of f Yellow fever in q
camp, and and officers alike
will realii Things there will be
no fear d&& jack. Fortunately
there Is pw fever anywhere
near the Hnlps on the southern
border.
pr in Files.
1.-THE danger in camp Is
from Il ses which are carried
by file preventive remedy of
course& i've no flies or to kill
Ill itoes, flies must have
place. land their favoritc place
Is hid be. This should be re-
NOV B a place well beyond the
CAM ITS and burned. Since it
TAX days for the larvae to
mai the egg and they are
fou the ground Is moist to a
DEF sht or ten inches, the safe
trt Ms once, week to cover the
plS e the horses stand-hrst re-
No 3g3.e horses--with hay moist
4 NH crude oil and to set fire t'.,
,heat will destroy the larvae
10 break forth into a wicked
Gfien of pestilence carriers.
33e the great purifier and
applied to all other places
mp where any impurities
! ften as the conditions call
toves should be set up over
d with stones, the pits extend
ID eyond the stove at the one
ed fire should never 60 out
ii day. Small scraps, rem
al bage and the like may be
n there and the cooks may
,eS b. dirty water by pouring it
sl0T III the hot stones, where 1t
vi ynporated; but If In their
la slop it around or pour it
onN tkly that it runs over the
sid og into the ground so that
.h6 k16es not quickly dry up the
nd 4AAey have created nuisance
spd eeding place for flies.
HE most dangerous diseases,
espS IN the tropics, Is typhus.
rha by insects-lice this
Ing 3o low fever is trans
'erred BY pes. Cleanliness Of
person. ke e clothes and body
free from ~ yermin, is the pre-
ventive of gion, and If the
,roops do 6 there will be no
Danger FROM nrce.
at is unn1 There to speak Of
he important abundant supply.
If pure watt n in permanent
camp this is ficult of attain.
$1,000 49, S~-~
most pains md len to avoid the
Use of water 1G1 &purpose, espe-
tally for drinl its sources
ave been exai "a it is deter
mined to be safSf erly only wa
err which had ed was con-
,idered safe: bv1S 8Ahe men on
march get their St1 water with
slight delay and heating 1t.
They have CAM ."hlch VIII
,old about 800 POI Enter with
i've spring faucets which
will enter canteenS
sterilizeds@
Unto a bag filed =, spring
" pool is thrown d (hypo-
chloride of calcium) erilizes
he water in from fivea 10 half
IN hour. This is a prd gainst
Uphold, dysenteries an trou-
,les and is one of the bel lives
If sickness and contagi0 can
,e employed. Discipline, bits
he soldier to the use of $er
hat has been sterilized, te -
able to the protection of
"The general direction ofs
measures for the army at II
will be under medical officer
,erience, not only In military H. -
ion In general, but especially f.
With conditions on the border. &{
'The secret of success in NAL Il
amp healthy Is follow up NdaFl
unctory inspection will be permit u
nd every officer will be held resin r.
ible for the enforcement Of TIT
riders, which mean health for
amp. SM
mo amount Of sanitation, superv34
ion or discipline can ward off sicks4
ess, collapse or breakdown and conse-s
uent exposure to contagiOn from
aen who are physically unfit for mill
airy duty. Intelligence and tempera-
nent help, but these qualities alone
re not enough. A man must be con-
sound to stand the strain
f military life, and that is why physi-
al requirements are set so high for
he good of the individual and the
God of the service. Reflections do
ot indicate that man is physical
allure.
"Those men as citizens have right
D the best protection the military au-
horities can give; their families have
personal interest in them; and the
7hole nation has selfish interest in
this, it's last organized
md military force, in such condition
hat those who stay at home may
ave the best service from the few Who !