The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-28
Daily Points For Citizen Soldiers (Issued by the War Department And all rights to reprint
 ReserVed).
CLEANLINESS IN CAMP

rules or per ISOue4 SONNSNL SA tation should be enforced. These rules are by no means @ hardship They are g protection. By insist ing on strict obedience to these rules, the diseases which once LOOK SO heavy a toll in nearly all mill tary camps have been brought un- der control; some have been Qrac- sically eliminated. li
 Suppose you were asked to make T choice; either to live under con ditions in which small pox, ty- phoid fever, diarrhea, dysentery and cholera flourish; or to live under strict regulations, which make these diseases far more of rarity in military than in ciVil life. Your good sense would lead you to choose the latter. Bear this in mind. See to it that you cooperate with enthusiasm in the measures that will be taken to keep your camps clean, comfortable and hestR fuI. l:.
 One of the pests of camp lte' if perfect cleanliness fs not ooserV- ed. is the presence of swarms ot flies. Flies are not merely annoying They are dangerous. Somebody has said, with perhaps a slight ezag- geration, that to soldiers they are more dangerous than bullets. This is because flies carry disease germs They feed on manure, garbage, an covered food, human excreta ana the like. They also lay their eggs wherever refuse of the same Kind lis found. The best way to keep flies away from camps is to destroy the places where they breed and feed; in other words, keep the camp spotlessly clean.
 For this reason the daily DO Iicing" tor cleaning up) of the camp is a matter of first tmportanc You will be required to keep your company street free from even small objects, bits of food, and the Hike, which might attract flies or other insects.
 The best safeguards against di- sease, either in the army or out or lit, are soap and sunshine. You will be required to keep everything in the camp well scrubbed and well laired. If it were not required, you would doubtless be anxious to do 1t anyway. .I..
 Personal cleanliness includes us- ing only your own linen, toilet ar ticles, cup and mes kit. Many annoying skin troubles and such diseases as colds and infectious levers are often passed from one person to others by using articles in common.
 In the training camp there will be plenty of shower baths, and you will, of course, make free use of them. If in temporary camps or at any other time you cannot ob- tain a bath, give yourself a good stiff rub with a dry towel.
 The increased power of weapons has been more than met by in creased efficiency in maintaining tn health of troops and in caring for those who are wounded.
 But the responsibility for keep ing yourself in good health can not rest wholly upon your officers. Just as in civil life, you are expect
 d to use 8 reasonable amount of good sense in looking after your self. You will do this partly be- cause it adds to yoUr own comfort and safety. You will take care of yourself, also, because it is a duty that every soldier owes to the country.
 You will have plenty of fresh air, exercise and good food, which are after all the chief essentials of good health. It should be 8 con- Iparatively easy thing for you to look after the smaller things.