STREET WORK IN 1920 We are prepared to supply you with all necessary forms and books. for correct records of your Street Work. Why take a chance? LOCKE'S BLUE BOOK Improvement Act of 1911, Improvement Bond Act of 1915, 1920 Series FORMS FOR STREET PROCEEDINGS Revised STUB FILES FOR STREET PROCEEDINGS LOOSE LEAF RECORD OF STREET WORK LOOSE LEAF RECORD OF ASSESSMENTS AND BONDS Improvement Bond Act of 1915 TREASURER'S LOOSE LEAF STREET BOND REGISTER Improvement Act of 1911 or Improvement Bond Act of 1915 TREASURER'S LOOSE LEAF BOND SCRAP BOOK MUNICIPALITIES Organized 1897 Affiliated with the Bureau of Municipal Reference, University of California OFFICERS President, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, City Attorney of Santa Barbara Secretary-Treasurer, H. A. MASON, Bond and Ordinance Expert of the City of San Francisco Headquarters: Pacific Building, San Francisco Official Printers: A. Carlisle & Co., San Francisco INFORMATION BUREAU The League of California Municipalities maintains in connection with the Secretary's Office, a Bureau for furnishing city and town officials with information on municipal affairs, and loaning copies of new ordinances and specifications. Officials are urged to make a free use of this Bureau. Kindly send a self-addressed stamped envelope in all cases. Members of the California League of Municipalities Every incorporated city and town in California should be on the above membership roll Willits NOTICE Every city belonging to the League of California Municipalities is entitled to a copy of this magazine for each of its officials without extra charge. If not received kindly notify the AND COUNTIES OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALITIES Entered as second-class matter March 22, 1913, at the Post Office at San Francisco, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SOME LESSONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH TAUGHT BY RECENT EXPERIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY KM Paper presented to the October, 1919, meeting, League of California Municipalities, Riverside, Cal., By CHARLES GILMAN HYDE, Professor of Sanitary Engineering, University of California; recently Major, Sanitary Engineering Section, Sanitary Corps, U. S. Army. SCOPE OF DISCUSSION This paper is intended to review very briefly some of the more important conditions and problems relating to the conservation, promotion and maintenance of the health of the Army of the United States during the recent emergency. The discussion will deal primarily with the public health work performed and the results achieved within the territory of the United States. Such a limitation is necessary in order that this paper may be kept within bounds, and it is desirable, under the present circumstances, because it is hoped through this discussion to draw conclusions which will be applicable to the American municipality. DEVELOPMENT OF ARMY POSTS IN THE UNITED STATES In April, 1917, when the United States entered the war, there were in the Army some 212,000 men under arms and in the Navy a total personnel of some 83,000. Of the 212,000 officers and men comprising the Army, there were about 128,000 in the Regular Army and about 80,500 in the National Guard in Federal service, mainly along the Mexican border. In March, 1918, somewhat less than a year later, the Army had been increased to a total strength of about 1,650,000 men and the Navy to about 350,000. When the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, the United States Army comprised a total strength of about 3,670,000 officers and men, of whom fully 2,000,000 were in service in Europe or were in transport thither. The total personnel of the Navy at that time was about 614,000. When war was declared, the military forces of the United States were scattered throughout the territory of Continental United States and in our island possessions in small posts: forts, arsenals, military hospitals, etc. The total number of |