The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-07
Their Training Makes Them
Better All Round Men,
Says Investigator Who
Has Seen What IS Being
Done Beth At Home and
Abroad Gov srnmental
and Other Agencies See
That Their Health and
Morals are Safeguarded
and That They arc Prot.
itahly Entertained.
By William H. Crawford

AmSI1CA WHO ASSe DSnI IuolI
i sturdy sons to battle for
America and Eternal Liberty.
have . message-the message
they desire. It answers the ques-
lions that mothers would ask about
their soldier sons, not concerning
the perils Of battle. but about he
dangers Of camp. A sense Of duty
impe!s them to say, Go. my son, y
yet their mothers hearts are anxi-
Gus to know how their boys are
being cared fort will tighten
their load to know that every pro-
vision compatible with the stern
realities of war has been made for
their comfort and protection.
What every mother wishes to
know is, in sentence: "Are my
soldier sons mind, body and morals
being cared for properly"
Unhesitatingly. unqualifedly,
emphatically and from careful in
vestigation. 1 reply: "Yes."
His health is being safeguarded
by medical and sanitation experts.
He is being well fed. ut regular
hours, on rations the equal OF q
generals.
His physical upbuilding Is super
vised by expert athletic directors.
His education is being broadened
under guidance Of notable educa-
tors.
The thought OF you, his mother,
is kept with him daily to STEADY
his moral standards.
Clean entertainments and whole
some sociability, often In the COM
pany Of prominent men and women,
is developing him into a well bal
Spced man.
How all this is being accomplish.
Cd Is told here.
spent months with the boys
"over there and recently visited
most of the camps along our Az.
lantic coast. took this SECOND
trip for the especial purpose OF
getting accurate Information OF the
present welfare of the boys to be
delivered in a message to the
mothers of America. I shall tell
This story fully and truthfully.
HEALTH EXPERTS ON GUARD.
BaciIli, we know, are the greatest
enemies Of life, prime causes Oh
sickness and death. contaminatihs
our food and water. Proper santa
ton will remove their menace, yet
many families, many communities
neglect that proper sanitation ana
pay the price in disease or death;
In the army, the sanitary ana
health regulations are observed
more closely than they are In the
average family.
To each cantonment the medicai
department of the army mas , 90
signed q skilled sanitarian. his
business Is to keep the boys wen
rather than cure them after they
are sick. With body OF trained
assistants he carefully scutlnlzes
every possible means OF contatn
nation of the water and 1000 sup
ply. He enforces guarantees,
looks after the proper sewerage 10,
tha camp and directs the remoVai
of garbage. He has your poys
drinking water analysed properly
to insure purity.
Milk, frequently an active germ
distributor, reaches the soioier IN
condensed form, ster1lized ano can
ned under government supervision
to insure purity.
Every cantonment Is drained
the sewerage being as
good or better than that OF mos.
cities. and far superior to that OF
the country or country towns. Army
concerning waste dis
posal are enforced most strictly.
thus removing a source OF possible
All burnable refuse Is