Administrative Bulletin Number 5-B from Chief of Staff W. K. Naylor

IX CORPS AMBRICAN FORCES i. Jamuary 7th, 1939. 720 dullETin NO. 5B I. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY. commands constituting Corps troops, will subrit as of noon Wednesday, dirnet to of his troops, Division Commonding Officors of regimonts or soperato l. To onnblo the Corps Commardor to kon at all timos the oquipmont G-1, 9th Corps, to rodch him by 6 Polic Fridny, a list of shortagos in oquipment and in supplios, articlos of each department on soparate shoets, 1.0. Qoilas Ordanco, This ginoer, otc. Such shortagos vill bu given by nombor and not by percontago. detailod report will enver such articles as are essentiol to the honlth and goneral fitness of tho troops and nood not cover ovory articlo of equipment. 2. A brief roport showing causo of shortage, who thor or not requisi- tions thorofor havo been submitted and what othor offorts have boon mão to cover shortege, will accompany this reporto 3. Peragraph 11,1, Manistrative Bullotin #1, theso H.Q. is amonded accordingly? 4. Those reports will not provont tokring up specinl mitters of supply occasion requires. II. CORPS SCHOOL: 1. All those in St. Mihiol, thho hove enrollod for school vork, will report Thursday. January 9th at 6:50 pame in the Salle do Spectaclo, opposito the Band Stand, at which timo the classes will be or ganized. $ III. SANITARY CONDITIONS: The following from Houdquertors Socond Army, Gonoral Orlors, NT. I, January 3, 1919, is quoted for the information and Guidance of all consernod: "l. It is apparent that the typhoid rate is increasing duo mainiy to carclessnoss in simplo sanitary matters. In ordor to improve und onforco sanitary disciplino, and provont 311 umecessory increase of sicknoss in the Second Arny, Commonding Officers of units vill toico the following procautions: (a) DAILY insmoct tho kitchions of their units and onforco cloan- linoss in the storage, handling sorving of food, (b) Enforco the wasling of hands in soap and wotor by the kitchon personnel before hondling food (c) Daily inspoct latrines and assuro thonselves thict thoso are as cloan and as sanitary as possiblo under provailin; local conditions. (a) Assuro thomselves that the chlorination of wator is boing pro- perly carried out and is being periolically controlled by compotent attendents. (e) Keop thomsloves informed thru the Medical Officors concorhin the conditions of thoir commends in rogard to the existonce of intestinol dissuyo ancos or diorrheas and will soo thet any undue provalence of such disturbances : reported. (f) Commanding Officors of all organizations will imodictoly ins ell Service Rocords. All mon whoso records do not show that the typhoid and typhoid immunization has been alministered will be inmediatoly roported to the ro- sponsible Medical Officor who will administer it.