The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-01
ThoI1 Training Makes Them
Better All Round Men,
Says Investigator Who
Has Seen What Is Being
Doi,o Beth It Nome and
hbroad-eev ornamental
md Other Agencies Sec
That Their Health and
Morals arc Satsguardsd
and That They arc Prot.
kably Entertained.
BY William H. Crawford

- . sturdy SOUS to battle 1or
America and Eternal Liberty,
I have q message-the message
they desire. It answers the Ques-
lions that mothers would ask about
their soldier sons, not concerninr
thefpertls Of battle, but about th
dsngers Of camp. A sense OF du
i1upels them to say. "Go. my sol
ut their mothers hearts are an
Gus to know how their boys
Being cared fort win ligh;
their load to know that every =.
vision compatible with the ste
realities Of war has been made T.
their comfort and protection.
What every mother wishes
know is, in sentence: "Are m,
soldier sons mind, body and moral
bslnS, cared for. property"
Unhesitatingly. unQualifiedly.
emphatically and from careful in
vsstigation. l reply: "Yes."
His health Is being safeguarded
BY medical and sanitation experts.
He Is being well fed. at regular
hours. on rauons the equal Of .
generals.
His physical upbuilding Is super
vissd by expert athletic directors.
His education is being broadensd
under guidance Of notable educa'
t0L
The thought Of you. his mother.
]. & kept with him daily to steady
( - moral standards.
Clean entertainments and whole
1uino sociabiuty, often In the com.
pany Of prominent men and women,
q developing him into . we'll bal
auoed man.
How al, this is being accomplish.
"a IL told here.
I spent months With the boys
sospe theee~ and recently visited
most Of the camps along our At
,la1tic coast ] took this second
tt1p tor the especial purpose of
aefttlk accura1b information Of the
nruj6nt welfare of the boys to be
delivered IN . message to the
mothers Of America. I shall tell
thas story fully and truthfully.
HEALTH EXPERTS on GUARD.
Bacilu. We know, tare the ereatcst
euemias of life, prime causes OF
ssio1mass and dsath. concentrating
our food and water. Proper santa.
ton win remove their menace, yet
1nany familieA many communities
1a1a6ct that proper sanitation and
~ psice in disease or death:
n the army. the sanitary and
bG1th regulations are observed
1lnka closely than they are In the
Average family.
TO soach, ,cantonment theN medical
department of the army has as
sined q skilled sanitarian. His
business ID. to keep the boys we'll
tafhefs than cure them After they
arc nick. With q, body Of trained
aaad1tantS he !. carefully scutimzes
evjsery possible means Of contain.
iuAtion. Of the water and food sup.
ply. He enf0rces guarantees,
ho1a after the proper sewerage for
10 camp ,and directs the removal
4 garbage He has your boy'G\
drinking water analysed properly
to insure purity.
Nilk,e frequently an active germ
distributor, reaches the soldier in
condemned form, sterilized and can
md under government supervision
to Insure purity. IL.
Every cantonment Is drained
thoroughly. the sewerage being as
.guod or better than that of most
oiaoe,r and, far. superior to that Of
the country or country towns. Army
regulations concerning waste dis.
iposal Arc enforced most strictly.
thus removing a source Of possible
cuntaeion. All -burnable refuse ID