Camps Billets Cooking Ceremonial Sanitation Organization Routine Guard Duties Inspection Bivouacs

Author : An Officer Of The British Army
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230003528
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Camps, Billets, Cooking; American Ed. Sanitation, Organization, Routine, Guard Duties, Inspections, Ceremonial, Bivouaces written by An Officer Of The British Army and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... taken to throw a sufficiency of the dry earth over the filth in the pail, in order to obviate the smell and to prevent flies gaining access to this objectionable material. The pail contents must be removed daily. An adequate supply of finely-powdered dry soil and a sufficiency oi scoops must always be available. The pailsmust fit closely under the seat. If there is_ a gap between the top of the pail and the seat, the floor is certain to be fouled. The floor must be suitably sloped. and made of some hard, impermeable material. Enough pails must be available to allow those which have been fouled to be cleaned._ 7. Cleaning Cl0sets.--No matter whether it be a water or-dry earth closet, all woodwork and fittings must be kept scrupulously clean. The seats must be scrubbed daily with soap and 'water, the scrubbing including both the upper and under surfaces of the seat. The pans or pails must be kept clean. Dry earth-closet pails. may be cleaned by first washing out the contents with water, drying and airing by exposure for a few hours to the sun, if possible, and then scrubbing over the inner surface with the creosol Solution supplied for the purpose by the barrack department. The coating of these utensils with tar is objectionable, as it renders them unsightly, and tends to conceal rather than remove dirt 8. Urinals;--Urinals should be managed on similar lines to latrines. Those of porcelain or glazed earthenware must be adequately flushed with water either automatically or by hand;-while those made of slabs of slate must be wiped over twice a week with sufiicient heavy oil to impart a greasy surface. Urine-tubs, if used for night convenience, must be cleaned in precisely the same way as closet-pails. Their contents need to be carefully...