The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-29

ing 4 depression of Suftabl size and
using your poncho as for a foot bath.
&. Keep your toe nails trimmed
closely and cut them square across
the ends. This will tend 10 prevent
ingrowing nails. BY all means avoid
the common error OF rounding the
corners of the nail and cutting it to
point in the center.
I. In case a blister is formed
while on the march, open the edge
Of the blister with the point of a
knife or d needle that has been heat
ed in a match flame. Be sure to
squeeze all the fluid out of the Bills
ter. To leave any in it may make it
worse. Do not pull off the loose skin
but press it back. Then put on an
adhesive plaster, covering the skin
well beyond the edges of the blister,
putting it on as tightly as possible
without wrinkles. In the same way
put the adhesive plaster over any req
or tender spots.
s. In case any tendons become in
famed or swollen usually due to
lacing the Logging or shoe too tight
ly or to some other unnecessary
pressureD soak the foot in cold wa
ter, massage the tendon, and protect
it as much as possible by strips OF
adhesive plaster. You should report
to d medical officer at your first OPP
portunity to make sure that the trou-
BILE does not grow worse.
One sign of a green soldier is his
tendency to drink too much water
while on a long march. The expert
enced man gargles his mouth and
throat once in while, put drinks
only in sips and does not overload
his stomach with either water or
food
After you have arrived in camp
and have cooled off you can drink
slowly as much as you desire 1t is,
of course, unwise to eat fruits, can
dy, soft drinks, ice cream, and the
like while on the march.
Another sign of a green soldier
is d carelessly adjusted pack or any
other equipment not neatly and Sc
curely fastened. our comfort on
the march depends very largely on
the care and judgment used in get
ting ready. All your equipment has
been so designed that it need not in
terfere with the free movement OF
should be strapped to your back in
such way that you can stand erect
and breathe freely There should be
no pressure on any of the soft parts
of the body. You will march most
easily if you keep your body erect
and do not permit yourself to SLOUGH
or sway from side to side.
When the command is given to
halt and fall out for a few minutes,
loosen your pack and rest back on
it in sitting and lying position. If
possible, lie with your feet higher
than your head, so as to let the blood
flow out of the legs into the body and
rest your heart. During the first few
halts YOU may not feel tired, but rest
as completely as you can anyway
Look foIwardto the end of the march
and try to handle yourself so that
you will be strong and fresh at the
finish.
At the first halt it is well to read
just the pack or any part of the
equipment not entirely comfortable
If your shoes or leggings are laced
too tightly. this is the time to loosen
them.
A cheerful attitude is one of the
best aids to a soldier on a trying
march. Singing and whistling on the
march is usually not only allowed.
but encouraged. They help wonder
fully to make the long read seem
shorter.
These are all very simple rules, bur
none the less important. Keep them
in mind. Some men never learn ex-
cept from their own hard experience;
but it is expected of the men in the
National Army that they will have
the good sense to see the value OF
these suggestions and to apply them
from the very beginning.