GUARDING THE HEALTH OF ARMIES 
FOOD ALLOWED THE SOLDIER IN THE WORLD’S VARIOUS ARMIES — 
PROTECTION OF THE SOLDIER FROM DISEASE 
By C.-E. A. Winslow 
pean war it is at least satisfactory 
to realize that the sufferings of the 
battle-field are not aggravated by the 
concomitant horrors of pestilence, to the 
extent which has been the case in earlier 
wars. 
In many ways the present European 
conflict presents sanitary problems of 
unusual difficulty. In permanent for- 
tresses health conditions may (except 
under conditions of prolonged siege) be 
guarded against pestilence with com- 
parative ease. On the other hand, 
field armies operating in the open and 
| N the midst of the shock of the Euro- 
fighting only occasionally as in earlier 
campaigns enjoy many sanitary advan- 
tages. Almost incessant daily warfare 
between troops established in hastily 
constructed trenches where such funda- 
mentals of sanitation as good drainage 
are almost out of the question, makes 
the protection of the health of the sol- 
diers a task of stupendous difficulty. 
The seed which might bear fruit in 
devastating epidemics was not lacking 
last year. Just before war was declared 
cholera had been prevalent in certain 
provinces of southwestern Russia just 
in the path of the armies which invaded 
Comparative dietary allowance in various armies. 
soldier’s dietary of various nations. 
of the Museum 
‘Energy allowance in calories allowed in the 
From the military hygiene exhibit in the hall of public health 
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