| Show THE mosquitoes OF ALASKA far north species Is worse than any found in the temperate zone our slimmer lasted for three months and durin during g that time by day is well ell as by night we had the fight of our lives against swarms of 0 mos which lor for tenacity ot of purpose ind endea Not cannot be equaled in this v orld ind and I 1 have seen a good deal ot 01 it in my lily 15 years as a soldier said aid A 0 gardner sergeant ot of corn com pany C TA twenty enty second infantry sergt gardner is as returning home to mil bill will after two years spent at rort fort gibson alaska some goo miles noi heist of nome on the yukon the government maintains six posts in alaska continued sergt ardnea we had two companies at our post and did very little actual military duty our principal work was as in keeping up the telegraph lines which are owned by the government the signal rp I 1 large arge rep besenta ta lion in alaska and the soldiers fre re are called on to give that department part ment assistance w I 1 have fought mosquitoes in the loodie in wisconsin in the flats of 0 ew jersey in the swamps of the mis alis sis sippi river and in the philippines but there are none that can equal the voracious iora tOra clous cious species they have in the tar fax north aorta kansas C journal |
