El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12
Bly,
Rene Bache

life saving stationsl will make a dis
NAV Of unto date life-saVing appara-
tus. including the %GGern s6not be B
sci II will show the apparatus used
for getting a line to a wrecked vessel
from the beach. and removing the PEG
pie by the breeches buoy; n pIeecuSs
buoy will be rlBBeu 10 suo" '"0 "iOND
of operation
storm and Flood Warnings.
The weather bureau will illustrate
the methods if adopts IN the uISLIl7
button of storm warnings anu IIoou
,rarninps such advance information
is tbe means of saving many thousands
Of lives every year. The intelligent
mariner. if he knows that a storm at
sea is in prospect, holds ms snip IN
PY TIT Lighthouse service, of course, is
maintained chiefly for lie Saving
purposes. It has a new autoIllAtIS
Tight alarm" to call the attenuon OF
the keeper in case Of an accident 10
his lamp. Another novelty recently
adoDted is an automatic device Tor
sv-itcbinr incandescent electric lamps
into the focus of the lens in case the
regular lamp happens 10 De eAIlh-
guished through breakage.
The bureau of navigation depart
ment Of commerce. sees TO II that
every ocean going vessel carrying
more than SO passengers shaH be
eonfnned with a wireless outfit, en-
MINI her 70 send out the S. o. S. signal
of distress in case of trouble. This
is a nrovisfon that has robbed the sea
of much of it's former terrors.
The bureau of standards is studying
ont means whereby safety may be OBJ
tained from electricity, from lllumlnat-
ing gas, and from lightning 1t inves-
tfgates building safety, with special
reference to the strength OF materials
used for structure
Forest Fires Heavy Toll.
More than 5000 lives nave Deen lost
in forest fires in this country during
the last dozen years. me forest ser
show models of fire-lookout stations
(such as are placed on mountain tops)'
and the kind of equipment 1t employs
for fighting fires.
The exhibit for the Children,s bureau
will Illustrate the work It IS doing Tor
the saving Of babies lives rms is
accomplished largely through teachinS
of mothers how to feed and otherwise
care for their offspring. An tmpor-
tant feature of this movement is neces-
sarily the protection OF mix from
adulteratiOn or disease lntecuon-a
branch of government activity In which
the Bureau of Animal Industry, by the
way. takes a very conspicuous part,
chiefly by inspecting cows and. in Co
operation with the States, compelling
the destruction of dairy animals suffer-
ing from tuberculosis.
The Bureau of Animal industry was
recently called upon to inyesugate the
herd of COWS which supplies milk TO
the Naval academy at Annapolis. since
then an effort has been made by the
authorities in. charge Of the academy
to encourage the consumption OF milk,
guaranteed pure, by the midshipmen
Two hundred and fifty gallons or the
fluid are supplied daily. and, as re-
suit, there has been striking improve
ment in tht physique Of the boys, no.
tably in the fourth, or youngest, class
In a few months the boys Of this class
have shown an average increase in
weight of nine pounds, or more than
ton for the class.
The First Aid Department.
The first aid department or the
American Red Cross was established
Jan. ., 1910. It is under the direction
the army, and has a staff of physicians
available for detail as instructors in
mines and lumber camps. at railroad
centers, and in the establishments Of
Gently brOadened its scope to include
water first aid" by the organization
of a life-saving corps.
Two instruction cars are maintained
on the railroads-one in the territory
east of the Mississippi. and the other
west Of that river. These cars in 1915
travelled 22,977 miles, the physicians in
charge Of them giving S1S lectures and
demonstrations to 46,s29 railroad en-
ployees. Fifty-siX life-saving corps
were started, and cash prizes were
given for the best first aid work done
by railroad men.
Makes City Rat Proof.
The Public Health service, Of course,
is organized for life-saving purposes,
and especially for first aid in dealing
with disease Its functions are
manifold. not least important of them
being the business of keeping dan