Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1918 — Pure Water for Troops. [ARTICLE]

Pure Water for Troops.

To provide pure drinking water for American soldiers In the trenches and at other places where permanent waterworks have not .been established, mobile water trains have been constructed and are operating in France under the jurisdiction of the army medical department. A statement by the surgeon general Says each train is a miniature water filtration plant and carries an expert chemist, bacteriologist and pumpman. 1