To carry out the purpose for which it was founded twenty-eight years ago, namely, "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge," the National Geographic Society publishes this Magazine. All receipts from the publication are invested in the Magazine itself or expended directly to promote geographic knowledge and the study of geography. Articles or photographs from members of the Society, or other friends, are desired. For material that the Society can use, adequate remuneration is made. Contributions should be accompanied by an addressed return envelope and postage, and be addressed: Copyright, 1918, by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. All rights reserved. CONTENTS America's New Soldier Cities: The Geographical and Historical Environment of the National Army Cantonments and National Guard Camps. By WILLIAM JOSEPH Conserving the Nation's Man Power: Disease Weakens Armies, Cripples Industry, Reduces Production. How the Government is Sanitating the Civil Zones Around Cantonment Areas. A Nation-wide Campaign for Health. By RUPERT BLUE, Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service.. Correct Display of the Stars and Stripes, The..... Fearful Famines of the Past: History Will Repeat Itself Unless the American People PAGE 404 69 "Flower of Paradise, The": The Part Which Khat Plays in the Life of the Yemen 173 187 French Lorraine, In: That Part of France Where the First American Soldiers Have 499 From the Trenches to Versailles. By CAROLYN COREY.. 535 Geography of Medicines, The: War's Effects upon the World's Sources of Supply. 213 Immediate Necessity of Military Highways. By A. G. BATCHELDER, Executive Chair- 477 Industry's Greatest Asset-Steel. By WILLIAM JOSEPH SHOWalter. 121 413 Letters from the Italian Front. By MARCHESA LOUISE DE ROSALES to ETHEL MATHER 47 Makers of the Flag, The. By FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary of the Interior.. 304 157 Our Flag Number. By BYRON MCCANDLESS, Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. Navy, and 281 Rat Pest, The: The Labor of 200,000 Men in the United States Required to Support Russia from Within: Her War of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. BY STANLEY Russia's Man of the Hour: Alexander Kerensky's First Speeches and Proclamations.. Story of the American Flag, The....... Training the New Armies of Liberty: Camp Lee, Virginia's Home for the National Army. By Major GRANVILLE Fortescue, U. S. A... Weapon of Food, The. By HERBERT HOOVER. I 91 197 |