Abstract
The entry of the United States into the present war and the dispatch of American troops to fight in new tropical regions all over the world has restored malaria to its former position as one of the Army's most important disease hazards. Malaria has always threatened our armed forces, and throughout the century and a half of our national existence the medical department of the Army has been engaged in a continuous fight against this ancient military scourge. Prior to 1900 the malarial fevers were one of the most serious causes of disability and death, during both war and peace, and little or no progress was made in their prevention until the beginning of the present century. Since that time, the rapid development of information concerning the mosquito transmission of malaria has afforded control methods which have been applied successfully, especially among troops living in permanent garrisons in the continental
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