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system had been installed. The boiler was located in a covered con- 
crete pit outside the bunk 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 op 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 filled 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 under 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 difficult. 
Cleaning op 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 the doors. In addition to the mud and 
dirt, the floors also receive sputum, fragments of food, and other 
organic debris shaken from the clothing and bedding. These im- 
purities, when dry and ground into a fine dust under the feet of the 
occupants, are set in motion by air currents, scattered widely over 
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