Show THE mosquitoes mosquitoes OF ALASKA far north species Is worse than any found in the temperate zone our summer lasted for three and during that time ly by day as well as by night we had the fight of 0 our lives 11 ces against swarms swarm ot of mosquitoes which for tona tenacity city of purpose end can cans ot ol be ba equaled in this word and I 1 have icen seen a good deal ol of it in 11 my 15 years as a soldier taid aid A 0 gardner sergeL sergeant nt of company C twenty second infantry antry S sergt gardn gardner 1 r was returning homo home t to 0 milwaukee wis after two tiro years spent at rort fort gibson alaska a some miles northeast of 0 nome on an the yukon T the he government overn ment maintains six P posts in alaska Al asla continued sergt gardner we had two companies at our post and did very little actual military duty our principal work was in keeping up the telegraph lines which are owned by tho Covern government ment the signal corps has large representation in ala alaska im and the soldiers frequently aru are called on to give ive that department part ment assistance 1 I have bac fought mosquitoes in the woods in wisconsin in the flats of now in tho swamps of 0 the mississippi sis sippi river and in the ahl pines but there are none that can equal the voracious species they have in the tar far north kansas C Jo journal urval |