. Preventive medicine and hygiene. rrange-ment of a new camp area is more than counterbalanced by the increasedsafety of the troops. Topography.—While many factors combine to determine the health-fulness of localities, there are certain physical features of the surfaceof the earth, which, as shown by experience, may be accepted as fair in-dications of the salubrity of the location in which they occur. Highground should always be selected for the camp site; since not only isthe surface drainage better, but exposure to air currents, as well as les-sened atmospheric pressure, increases the rapidi
. Preventive medicine and hygiene. rrange-ment of a new camp area is more than counterbalanced by the increasedsafety of the troops. Topography.—While many factors combine to determine the health-fulness of localities, there are certain physical features of the surfaceof the earth, which, as shown by experience, may be accepted as fair in-dications of the salubrity of the location in which they occur. Highground should always be selected for the camp site; since not only isthe surface drainage better, but exposure to air currents, as well as les-sened atmospheric pressure, increases the rapidity of evaporation. Campsshould never be located in ravines or the dry beds of water , circumscribed valleys and punch-bowl depressions are, duringwarm weather, excessively hot during the night as well as by day. Ex- 1276 MILITAEY HYGIENE posed ridges should be avoided in cool weather since thej are con-stantly swept by chilling winds, but for that very reason they afford anexcellent location for summer Fig. 195.—Pekmanent Post of Modern Construction. (Munsons MilitaryHygiene, Wm. T\ cod & Co.) An abundance of good Avater is of the first importance for troops,and encampment in its vicinity is a necessity for a marching command,irrespective of the nature of the site and a possible exposure tomalarial infection. Still, proximity to bodies of water does not nee- CAMP SITES 1277 essarily render a locality uuhealthful, and the bank of a lake or river,if not marshy, may make an excellent camp site. A guard should be setover the water supply to prevent its contamination and improper use.
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