Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

Conservation is the watehWord of the
day. We arc instructed to save and con-
serve everything that can be OF value IN
winning the war
What could be of more Importance
than conserving the health OF our sol
diers upon whom the eyes of the world
are fixed, The men who are expected to
give the smashing knockout blow for
World Democracy.
The japanese soldiers in their war with
Russia, considered it disloyalty to their
Emperor to allow themselves to become
sick and thereby deprive their country OF
their help in time of dire need.
You may have already guessed the text
of this little health sermon. Yes, you
are right first guess; it is conserve your
health by taking care of it in every pos
sible way so that not only VIII you pe
able to do your full share in winning the
war. bat looking further stlll you will
have a better chance to return in fuH
health to your family. You may go
through the war and never come WITHIN
speaking distance of a bullet, and yet; on
account of your own carelessness may re-
turn rheumatic, cripple or worse stu;
a carrier of specific CIR ether disease, so
that where the facts known, your welcome
at the home fireside might not be as
genuine as you might wish.
You want to know what can be done TO
conserve your health? Just need the
words of an Old campaigner.
In the first place YOU are S0ldler, ana
let us hope a "he man" as Colonel King
our chief of staff, is fond Of calling his
ideal type of soldier. II you are OF TINS
stamp, you will seldom worry about your
EheaIth rmy surgeons abhor the neuriS-
thenic, or i'll other words, the man VINO
thinks he has every disease he hears
about These men want sympathy if
they so much as stub toe. and are out
of place in the army. On the other hand,
| one should use good Judgment and never
neglect the symptoms of disease, or fail
! to have an iodine application on any
| small wound. The big corporations teach
! their first aid teams the danger of IN
| lection lurking in apparently trivial
| wounds They know that the larger IN
! iuries will not pass untreated but that
| blood poisoning often results from a
/ scratch, if it happens to become infected
| by certain bacteria,
! AS we cannot see the invading bacteria,
| we have no means of knowing whether
! those present are the innocent sort or the
| kind that might be called man killers. =
Two types of bacteria are so dangerous
when they find a lodging place in wounds
! that the army surgeons after the butter
/ Experiences of the opening months of the
lwar. now inject protective substances
hypodermically into the arm of every in
| jured man before he leaves the front,
| Hundreds of valuable lives have been
saved by this means alone, You have
heard of the troops dying from pneumonia.
! Don't he one of these. Prevent it by
! sleeping as much as possible in the open.
Cover your body warmly, but leave your
! tent wide open in all but the most eX-
IRENE nights. and then manage to have
sufficient ventilation without drafts You
are safer sleeping under the stars than
in tightly closed tent or one with a
small opening at each side causing a
draft.
A tent opened all around will not have
dangerous drafts.
Take care of your feet, Of course, you
viii do this to be a good hiker, but here
/ I refer to damp feet. Have an extra
pair Of dry socks and shoes handy, and
never fail to change when you come in
sWSt. If our army equaled in numbers