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stitutions in the end. Trees should be planted around permanent 
quarters to screen them as much as possible from the direct rays 
of the sun. 
In the matter of construction of quarters advantage might well 
be tahen of the experiences of the British in India and the Dutch 
in Java and'their plans studied with profit. It is suggested that 
a practical sanitarian be placed on all boards entrusted with the 
construction of permanent quarters. 
The bathing facilities enjoyed by troops in the Department 
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are mainly those afforded by adjacent streams and sea-beaches. An 
abundance of shower-baths should be placed in all permanent 
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quarters. 
The natural drainage of most stations is fairly good. In a 
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few,however,there is practically none at all. Very little has been 
attempted in the way of artificial drainage outside of 1 11a, 
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while that of several of the Barraohs in this city is seriously 
defective. In Port Santiago one sewer was recently discovered to 
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end in a blind extremity near the city wall. In other instances 
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sewers empty .into the city moat; others terminate in cess-pools; 
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w’nile the outlets of still others are unknown. It is understood 
that the Spanish plans of the se?/er system of the city have been 
lost. Until a new sewer system is constructed by the civil 
authorities little can be done to improve the conditions existing 
in the various cuartels. 
At all stations outside of Manila the use of the dr 3 ' - -earth 
