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your foot viii not be lrritated more
than is necessary.
4. Keep your feet. socks and shoes
clean. When on the ntarch try to
wash your socks at night and put on
a clean pair every morning. Pathe
the feet very evening, or at least wipe
them off with a wet towel
| 5 Keep your feet scrupulously
clean. A foot bath can be taken.
when other facilities are not at hand
by scraping a small depression in the
ground, throwing ponch over it and
pouring water into this from your
canteen. Even pint Of water will do
for foot bath. You can bathe all
over by making or finding a depres-
sion of suitable size and using your
ponchO as for foot bath
8. Keep your toe nails trimmed
closely and cut them square across the
ends This will tend to prevent in
growing nails. BY all means avoid
the common error Of rounding the
corners Of the nail and cutting it to
a point in the center.
:. In case a blister is formed while
on the march open the edge Of the
blister with the point Of a knife or
needle that has been heated in
fuHlCh tlalIe. lJt sure 10 Eiutt-Lt All
the fIuid out of the blisted To leave
any in 1t may make il worse. Do not
pun off the loose skin but press it
back. Then put on an adhesive plas-
ter covering the skin well beyond the
edges Of the blister. putting it on as
tightly as possible without wrinkles.
In the same way put an adhesive plas-
ter over any red on tender spots.
In
famed or swollen Casually due to FAC
ing the Logging or shoe too tightly or
10 some other unnecessary pressure),
soak the foot in cold water. massage
the tendon. and protect it as much as
possible by strips of adhesive plaster.
You should report TO a medical officer
at your first opportunity TO make
sure that the trouble does not grow
worse.
One sign of green soldier is his |
tendency to drink too much water |
while on a long march. The expert |
cucrd man gargIes mis- mouth and |
throat once in while, but 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. II is, Of I
course. unwise to eat fruit candy. soft |
drinks. ice cream. and the like while
IN the march.
Another sign OF green soldier is
4 carelessly adjusted pack or any
,ther equipment not neatly and Sc
;urelH fastened. Your comfort on the
march depends very largely on the
care and Judgment used in getting
ready. All your equipment has been
so designed that it need not interfere
With th,. free movement of your arms
ana legs Your pack should be strap
,ed to Your back in~such a way that
.ou can stand erect and breathe free
y. There should be no pressure on
my of the soft parts of the body. You
Will march most easily if you keep
our body erect and do not permit
'ourself to ouch or sway from side
u side
When the command is given to halt
nd fall out for "a few minutes loosen
our pack and rest back on il in a sit
ing and lying position. If possible.
IL with your feet higher than the
cad. 50 as 10 let the blood flow out
+ the legs into the body and rest your
cart During the first few halts you
lay not feel tired. but rest as com
lete!y as you can anyway. Look for {
ard to the end Of the march and try {
, handle Yourself 50 that you will be
rong and fresh at the finish. e
At the first halt ii is well to read =
lst the pack or any part of the equip !
tent not entirely comfortable. II t
1ur shoes or legginCs are laced too I
ghtly, this is the time to loosen them. !
4 cheerful attitude is one Of the e
est aids To- Il soldier on a trying a
arch. Singing and whistling on the
arch is usually not only allowed hut h
lcoUraFed. They help wonderfully j
make the long road seem shorter. a
These are all very simple rules, but q
me the less important. Keep them il
mind. Some men never learn eN- a
ut from their own hard experience;
1t 1t is expected Of the men in the
ltional Army that they will have the
'od sense to see the value Of these
ggestions and to apply them from
e very beginning.