Williams news., 1917-11-15
Guarai4n3f!ealf 43fftalf
 ofMen inNavZ
Go0ernaert has most careful provision for sailors 1T or qvounded.:Serzace afzot very desirable for yonth of coantry from standpoint of physical zveH bei1g-no cause for zvorv

\ map resembles those used W to show the movements of the N belligerent armies. It is, in-
 deed, map of an invasion of A the United States, but it is
 not a military invasion.
 The colored pins show the
 invasion of armies of disease
 throughout the various states, and each color denotes a different contagious disease, such as measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, meningitis and the like, as these diseases come first from the foci in the civilian population.
 Every day come reports from officers of the United States public health de partment, and the pins are moved about as the germ armies advance or retreat.
 At a single glance it can be told just what diseases are prevalent or pres ent in any part of the country.
 4et us say, for instance, that this map shows a number of cases of meningitis in Kansas. The examining officers are informed through the pub lie health reports, and all applicants for enlistment in the navy from the
 
 toms of prevailing diseases. The same is true of every disease which can be carried or conveyed in any manner from one person or place to another. At the training stations the men are kept under observation for days until it is practically certain that they are not carriers of infection.
 The conditions under which the men live once they are in the navy are con- ducive to health, and it is not easy for a disease to start and gain a foot hold, but transmittable diseases do not get into the navy from the outside. Wherever great numbers of young men live together they are liable to cpl denies, but these diseases are quickly isolated and taken care of.
 It should be remembered that in peace times epidemicS of disease are extremely rare in the navy, and the deaths are too few to attract atten- tion. When, however, at the outbreak of war hundreds of young civilians, as newly enlisted recruits, are brought together from all parts of the country and intimately associated, epidemics do occur. The boy from a home where
 
 tions," from a town where the author ities think it unnecessary to quaran- tine a contagious case, etc. Thus a youth whose little sister or brother has measles or scarlet fever and who may carry the disease is allowed to go away and enlist and in time he endan- gers hundreds of others.
 In great many ways the men them selves can better their health and maintain it. These ways are shown to them, and many are required by the discipline of the navy.
 In the first place, the bulk of the navy is at sea. Nothing certainly could be better to breathe than the pure sea air. The quarters in which the men live are scrupulously clean. The is good and the food plain but wholesome.
 Expert dietitianS have agreed upon the navy rations, and the men are as- sured of enough to eat to maintain their strength and health. Cold Stor age facilities and the great quantities of food which can be carried on board ship make navy fare perhaps more varied and agreeable than that which 1t is possible to give to the army in the field: Then there is no possibility for the men to go outside and eat a lot of things for which their palates | yearn but which upset the stomach.
 A certain amount of prescribed ex- ercise must be indulged in every day. |, This keeps the men in condition and | builds up their strength.
 Personal cleanliness is required of | every man in the navy. His clothing | md body are frequently inspected. i Men with unpleasant or unhealthy hab ts are not allowed to enlist. If any dude the vigilance of the examining surgeons they are dismissed from the service. Clean teeth, clean bodies and .lean habits are rigidly enforced.
 The water on board ship is of the )urest, because it is distilled water. Frequent tests are made by the med cal officers to insure its freedom from 
 If I should give advice to the young nen entering the navy as to their edith it would be:
 Keep clean, wash frequently, eat he navy fare and do not stuff yourself with rich, unwholesome' food when -ou go ashore.