Probably some of the best advice that I have ever heard appeared in this Texas newspaper. I wonder how many lives it would have saved if the soldiers would have followed it? Like the WBTS more soldiers died in the Mexican War because of disease than in battle.

STANDARD [CLARKSVILLE, TX], June 8, 1861, p. 4, c. 1

Advice to Volunteers—How to Prepare for the Campaign.—A writer who signs himself "An Old Soldier," gives the following advice to young soldiers:

1. Remember, that in a campaign more men die from sickness than by the bullet.

2. Line your blanket with one thickness of brown drilling. This adds but four ounces in weight, and doubles the warmth.

3. Buy a small india-rubber blanket—only $1,50—to lay on the ground, or throw over your shoulders when on guard duty, during a rain-storm.

4. The best military hat in use is the light-colored soft felt, the crown being sufficiently high to allow space for air over the brain.—You can fasten it up as a continental in fair weather, or turn it down when it is wet or very sunny.

5. Let your beard grow, so as to protect the throat and lungs.

6. Keep your entire person clean. This prevents fever and bowel complaints in warm climates.—Wash your body every day, if possible. Avoid strong coffee and oily meat.—Gen. Scott said that the too free use of these, together with neglect in keeping the skin clean, cost many a soldier his life in Mexico.

7. A sudden check of perspiration by chilly or night air often causes fever and death.—When thus exposed, do not forget your blanket.