Sanitation Rules
Before there is a war you would assume that there has to be some ground rules before you start, right? Well believe it or not, among these fighting rules included sanitation rules. There was a Manual of Elementary Military Hygiene which listed rules, regulations, and ways to prevent many different diseases. The commander was in charge of making sure that each soldier followed the sanitation laws. All it took was for one rebel soldier to not follow the laws and the next thing they knew, a disease would breakout. They even controlled what the soldiers consumed. The consumption of unripe fruit, alcohol, indigestible foods, and basically anything that would upset ones stomach was highly discouraged or forbidden. Don't forget, everything you do routinely in your life; eating, sleeping, using the bathroom; these soldiers would have to accomplish in a war environment.
“The Sanitary Police are responsible for-
1. The preparation and care of latrines and urinals, including the filling in of the same and marking of old sites.
2. The systematic collection, removal, and disposal of refuse by burning or other method.
3. The construction of ablution places and the disposal of waste water.
4. The sanitation of cooking places, horse and mule lines and slaughtering places, in the area occupied by the unit.”
“The Regimental Water Detail is posted to the unit from the Medical Corps, the numbers varying according to the size of the unit. They are responsible for--
1. Daily supervision of water-supply and its purification for drinking purposes by boiling, filtration, or the addition of chemicals, as may be directed.
2. Charge of all apparatus and stores connected with the water-supply of the unit.”
“The Sanitary Police are responsible for-
1. The preparation and care of latrines and urinals, including the filling in of the same and marking of old sites.
2. The systematic collection, removal, and disposal of refuse by burning or other method.
3. The construction of ablution places and the disposal of waste water.
4. The sanitation of cooking places, horse and mule lines and slaughtering places, in the area occupied by the unit.”
“The Regimental Water Detail is posted to the unit from the Medical Corps, the numbers varying according to the size of the unit. They are responsible for--
1. Daily supervision of water-supply and its purification for drinking purposes by boiling, filtration, or the addition of chemicals, as may be directed.
2. Charge of all apparatus and stores connected with the water-supply of the unit.”