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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Herbert Corey 



THE MASCOT OE THE MARINES, WHO MADE 



HISTORY AND WON IMPERISHABLE 



GLORY AT CHATEAU-THIERRY 



This ant-bear has accompanied the soldiers of 

 the sea from the tropics to Picardy 



fashion, each wrapped in his blanket, 

 each seeking the warmth of the other 

 man to add to his own comfort. It is 

 ideally adapted for the furtherance of all 

 insect plagues. No matter how scrupu- 

 lously scrubbed a man may be when he 

 enters a dugout, he usually comes out 

 lousy. 



When the regiment of which I speak- 

 left the trenches the men got a chance to 

 clean up. Two days is always required 

 for that — if not more — because the first 

 day is spent in resting. The men are ex- 

 hausted by the long hours and the scant 

 sleep and the nervous tension under 

 which they have been living. 



The officers saw to it that each man 

 bathed and each man was given a fresh 

 suit of underwear. Then the "replace- 

 ments" came. 



THE "REPLACEMENT" MAX A COOTIE 

 DANGER SOURCE 



A "replacement" is a man sent to a 

 unit to take the place of one of the men 

 the unit has lost. No matter from whence 

 he comes, in a properly handled regiment 

 he first goes into quarantine. A surgeon 

 looks him over, to see that he is not suf- 

 fering from a contagious disease. Then 

 he is examined for "cooties." 



If he has them he is sent to the guard- 

 house and kept there, not as a punish- 

 ment, but to be sure that he does not 

 spread his pests among other men, until 

 he in turn can be bathed and newly out- 

 fitted. 



"Tomorrow we hike" was the word 

 after dinner one night. 



The regiment got under way at two 

 o'clock in the morning, and for two 

 weeks each day was too full to permit of 

 proper cleanliness. Sometimes we hiked. 

 Sometimes the day's program called for 

 close-order drill, or special instruction 

 for almost every available hour. 



BATHING AN ORDEAE IN NORTHERN 

 ERANCE 



There were no moments left for bath- 

 ing, and if there were, a bath in the cold 

 water of the streams of northern France 

 presents slight attractions to the man who 

 has worked hard. There is always the 

 hope that tomorrow may be a better day. 



At last we reached a billet which was 

 to be permanent for at least two weeks. 

 It was only by diplomacy and unflagging 

 industry that enough wood was found to 

 keep the fires going in the rolling kitchens. 



Hereabouts the peasants cook over fires 

 that might almost be covered by a pocket 

 handkerchief. As fast as the end burns 



