Each company commander must see that timely requisitions for rations are made and to have no delays at meal times. Food should be brought up in tin boilers about the size of wash boilers so that two men can handle one of them easily without a relief. In front line, men send mess kit relayed from hand to hand to these boilers at stations in each platoon or section and they are relayed back. Sometimes men in the front line are relieved for a few minutes. Always carry 24 hours rations. Camping and Camp Sanitation. GENERAL PRINCIPLES: Great care must be exercised in selecting a camp site, but it must never be forgotten that the tactical situation is of paramount importance. The following principles govern the selection: (1) Sufficient supply of pure water. (2) Good roads, but not too near a main highway on account of dust and noise. (3) Wood and forage must be obtainable. The ground should: (1) Give ample room without crowding. (2) Have porous soil. (3) Have high elevation to make site dry. Avoid: (1) Marshy ground and mosquitoes. (2) Woods or dense vegetation. (3) Ravines or depressions in terrain or dry stream beds subject to sudden freshets. Water must be obtainable: (1) Arrange immediately where to obtain (a) Drinking and cooking water. (b) Water for animals. (c) Water for bathing and washing. In the case of running water, the point furthest up-stream shall be guarded for drinking and cooking water. Bathing shall be done at a point furthest down-stream. Successful military camping depends upon three (3) things: (1) Discipline. (2) Cooking. (3) Sanitation. Discipline means control; it means order. Nowhere are these more essential. Confusion is loss of control, loss of time, and loss of respect by the men. Upon arrival at a favorable camp site get the men off their feet. Do not wait around. As C.O. have your decisions made and the work organized, so that each squad will be under a leader. Keep squads together, allowing none to stray off until the work is done, then let everyone rest except the sentinels. Do not omit to post sentinels over the water supply and at important points, even though you have not decided upon the exact location of camp. Organize the work by platoons or squads and rotate, if camp is to be made every few days.