. The American Red Cross in the great war . e milesaround the cainps; it diagnosed the fields and streamsand ferreted out behind the camouflage of landscape thehidden machine guns of disease, which in one summer canshoot a,n Army cantonment full of holes; it ditched the sink-holes and swamps that breed and harbor the carriers; itsprayed with fatal oils the streams and ponds and ditcheson thousands of ancient and diseaseful well-curbs andsounded the death knell of the Old Oaken Bucket. Itput old vaults where they could no longer spread sickness;it combed the stables of near-by farmers with a ri
. The American Red Cross in the great war . e milesaround the cainps; it diagnosed the fields and streamsand ferreted out behind the camouflage of landscape thehidden machine guns of disease, which in one summer canshoot a,n Army cantonment full of holes; it ditched the sink-holes and swamps that breed and harbor the carriers; itsprayed with fatal oils the streams and ponds and ditcheson thousands of ancient and diseaseful well-curbs andsounded the death knell of the Old Oaken Bucket. Itput old vaults where they could no longer spread sickness;it combed the stables of near-by farmers with a rigoroushand and drove them into at least the B grade, or elseOut of business. Dirty or tuberculous milk simply couldnot be sold to soldiers. Nor were unsanitary conditionsallowed to prevail where food was served: A restaurantkeeper who had a military policeman before his door fora week warning soldiers away was a poor bookkeeper innot discerning the business wisdom of cleaning house. To-day, the Sanitary Service maintains medical inspectors. Ph h K O O ^ hH CD w g O C o s; a fa ^ Q I ?J 5 o is ,x ^ Pi ? fa S fa ^ ^ CO 3 0^
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