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and military forces from nearby camps who enjoyed spending their 

 short furloughs there, is almost completed. Moreover the necessary 

 funds for the continued maintenance of mosquito control measures 

 have already been provided. Jackson — the State Capitol of Miss- 

 issippi, which only had a state camp for a short period, instituted 

 a mosquito campaign which she has carried on for two years and 

 intends to continue indefinitely. It is in the center of an agricul- 

 tural district, which has a big possible future when the mosquito 

 menace is removed, and the city officials expect their campaign to 

 spread out into the county. 



The question of mosquito control at the proposed military camp 

 in Arkansas came up two years ago, and the Chamber of Commerce 

 of Little Rock voted to spend up to $60,000 if necessary on mosquito 

 control measures. There was a doubt among some medical men as 

 to the possibility of satisfactory prevention of mialaria at Camp 

 Pike. At the end of the first season I asked the Commanding Medi- 

 cal Officer how many cases of malaria had been contracted among 

 the thousands of men either at the Camp or in the town of Little 

 Rock. His answer was brief — 'Not a case." Little Rock pro- 

 vided funds for mosquito control measures for two years, found 

 it to pay good returns and will continue. How about Arkansas? 

 In addition to the state having provided state funds for Anopheles 

 control measures, there are more places where anopheles control 

 campaigns or demonstrations are being carried on in Arkansas than 

 in any other state of our country. 



approximately half of the cantonment towns of the South have 

 planned to continue mosquito control measures, and there are yet 

 others to be heard from. Amjong other benefits that the war has 

 brought is a tremendous advance in general sanitation in many 

 southern towns, and an equally important one in Anopheles and 

 malaria control. 



Corporations establishing branch houses, new industries, and 

 developing natural resources in some states are fully aware that 

 an absence of mosquitos has an important bearing on the avail- 

 ability and efficiency of skilled and unskilled labor, as well as on 

 the proper development of real estate values. The local Chambers 

 of Commerce and the Press now appreciate the other commercial 

 advantages that follow mosquito eradication measures. 



In certain instances where the town officials were under the im- 

 pression that the expense of a mosquito drainage camtpaign would 



