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system had been installed. The boiler was located in a covered con- 

 crete pit outside the bimk house and was large enough to furnish 

 an ample supply of hot water for shower baths and washbasins. 



One large camp under canvas obtained very satisfactory results in 

 heating the tents by using stoves consisting only of a cone of sheet 

 iron with a grate at the base and a stovepipe fitted to the upper end. 

 There is a door in one side and the ground is hollowed out slightly so 

 as to allow the air access to the grate from underneath. The cost of 

 these stoves is about $3 each. 



Lighting. 



Light usually is provided by lanterns and small oil lamps, but 

 camps occasionally are seen in which large drop-lights are furnished 

 for reading purposes. Many camps are located so that electric 

 lights are possible. 



Sanitary Provisions for the Keeping of Extra Clothing. 



At many camps pigeonholes or shelves for the keeping of extra 

 articles of clothing are furnished in a space set apart expressly for 

 that purpose. This space may be in the laundry shed or tent, or 

 it may be a part of the storeroom. Small boxes in which the pris- 

 oners may keep letters, toilet articles, and small personal belong- 

 ings generally are nailed to the walls at the head of each bunk. 

 Camps with facilities such as these can be kept in a neat and orderly 

 condition and are cleaned readily. Unfortunately, however, there 

 are camps where all the clothing of the prisoners must be kept in the 

 already overcrowded bunk houses. Boxes fiEed with clothing and 

 other possessions are placed on the floor under the bunks ; articles of 

 every description are suspended from hooks and nails driven into 

 the framework of the structures; and ropes and twine upon which 

 to hang objects which can not be disposed of elsewhere are strung 

 about the room. Many things are placed on the bunks in the day- 

 time and mider the mattresses or on the floors at night. Not only 

 do quarters thus cluttered present an extremely disorderly appearance, 

 but the free circulation of air is prevented, valuable space is taken 

 up, the articles collect dust and dirt, and proper cleaning is made 

 extremely diflicult. 



Cleaning of Bunk Houses. 



Most of the dust and" dirt which finds its way into the bunk houses 

 is carried in on the feet and may be reduced greatly by the use of 

 scrapers and metallic mats at th(; doors. In addition to the mud and 

 dirt, the floors also receive sputum, fragments of food, and other 

 (jrganic debris shaken from the clothing and bedding. These im- 

 purities, when dry and ground into a fine dust under the fe(!t of the 

 occupants, are set in motion by air currents, scattered widely ov<t 

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