Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-17
Painful Foot Tortures---How Soldiers on
ActiUe Service in the French Trenches
and Prevent COn CaNouse Bis AbraOn eA NOO Way
Quickly SoOthe and Comfort SOre Tired TENDER Aching Feet That
Burn Smart Itch, Chae, Swell and Pespre

Told by Corporal Jim Sulli-
van in an interesting interview
accorded an American writer
recently returned from Europe.
Officers of the British Royal Army
Medical Corps also explain Why Ihe
same method is so successful at Ihc
Front.
NJ, resders who suffer from pain
fui foot afflictions will be interested
10 learn how medical officers OF the
EngIish Army deal with and promptly
sto6 the various forms OF loot misery y
inSepsrable from hard military serV-
ice. New recruits are often TOO lame
and footsore to walk after their nrst
long hike" and even d the me y, IoGisneSs eisneSs
frenuently succumb to trench feet
and the crippling rheumatic or other
Tortures SO common in the Wet damp
tbev nut their feet in fine condition
and kept them that way. Any reader
can. of course, adopt the same meas
ure, since the foot troubles whlcn Lar ar
aiIy Tar more serious than any which
civilians ever suffer and soldiers op-
nortunities for proper rest and med
ical treatment are, naturally, few
Torporal Jim sullivan, probably the
best known and most popular Of i.
English Army tralngifdsii tradrid IN mi his N boS She N
SrI'ida ia,l davs recently said. to the
ing wEgiteT: I' THE first requisite of
a boxer or soldier is a good.
ao,ind pair of feet. AS ooN- <
er INV feet were unusually ~
corny' calloused, tender and
sops}tiye, After numerous nd
treatments by ehir0PediiSiIsi G0ts iiiniments men and
oa,,SSers oo had only increased my ms
prv was advised. as a last resort; "a
70 visit a famous contlneHIHi Spa, 9stu aer
try foot baths sniRnagements IN enT % made the
a. AS b9Gimg {5mr1ev impossible just then.
NV doctor said the next nest tnlns ,lia
was TO rest my III feef edIssolving so Wing small
han ter, AMI of common Rodell bath sal
trates in a gallon or nis SO adSice Sf waTm and
water. I followed ms. ms o,, foat in
nav nave e,GItrsted water ever since. From
NAT day to this l have never knoWn
Srhst IL is to experience Ioot Touples
OF any snre see TO it that the soldiers
tr DE nv charge get their feet into sal
trated water the minute there is any
Complaint of foot fatigue, eorns, DIS rs
tsrs; tsTfrafes aeniesi eesmipound @ by the hundred:
%eight around the camp here, ana
svery time a draft leaves Tor the
nscking a few ounces OF the saltrates
nowder away in their kit bags"
At this point sergt. C. S. Turner
and Corp. t. S. wilburn, both of the
British Royal Army Medical Corps.
and Just then back in England on
leave of absence, Joined us. When
asked TO tell about their experiences
with foot troubles at the Front. Sergt
Turner replied: I'm my opinion sal
trated water offers the quickest. safest
and most convenient way to get rid
of them. Every one with trouble
some feet should know about II.
discovered the effects years ago when
widely used in the army as It Is now.
One day I was advised to rest my feet
in Saturated water to obtain perma-
nent results in relieving rheuma tic
e~hes. pains and stiffness, also to
kM@ehs q bothersome skin affection