European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Tarsan stripes vol. 53, no. 103 500 Friday july 29,1994 d 8693 a cholera not biggest risk troops told by Cindy Killion Washington Bureau Washington a cholera is Only a a minimal risk to . Personnel deploying to Central Africa senior medical planners at the Pentagon said thursday. Instead they expect the real medical problems to limit those the service members encountered in Somalia. Mimic l a the cholera threat is Small a As Long As personnel follow Standard person Al Hygiene measures such As washing your hands before eating drinking Only approved water and not eating local foods a said a senior official for the army surgeon general. Even service members who come into Contact with corpses or Are exposed to human waste Arentt in much danger As Long As they Wear surgical gloves and Wash their hands later with soap and water said the official who did not want see risk on Page 2 Gen. Schroeder arrives in Kigali Italy based deployment put on hold sgt. Antonio Cantris Center of puerto Rico and two unidentified soldiers prepare to purify water at Lake Kiva Zaire. . Way stations to get Washington apr the Success of the rwandan Relief Effort will depend upon getting the mass of refugees out of their disease Ridden Camps and on their Way Home but no agreement has been reached on How to organize such an exodus the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said thursday. A time is your enemy. The greatest Hope they have is to leave those Camps a army Gen. John m. Shalikashvil said. The four Star general said it is still unclear whether the rwandan government will agree to an internationally run system of Relief Camps inside that country. The Camps would provide food and medical care along the routes Home for the refugees. A we done to know whether the situation in Rwanda will allow that or whether the rwandan government will agree to the Way station proposal the general said. Therefore the United states also is looking at alter native plans such As setting up a system of Airdrop to provide food for the refugees As they return Home the general said. Shalikashvil said he could not yet say exactly How Many . Service members might be involved in the humanitarian Effort because it still is a at a concept plan  the operation is expected to take months. The general was in charge of the . Effort to Aid the kurd who had fled to the mountains of Northern Iraq following the 1991 persian Gulf War and he said the Way station system worked Well there. But the rwandan operation needs to be an a International Effort focused on getting the refugees to agree to go Home because they feel secure in doing so the general said even As he acknowledged that the Security situation inside Rwanda is  a we done to want to get into a situation where we Are forcing them to go Home a the Genera said. On wednesday defense Secretary William Perry said the number of . Service members assisting rwandan refugees is expected to grow to 4,000 and could go higher if the Way station system is set up. Perry called a a premature reports that up to 2,000 . Service members would be sent to the rwandan capital of Kigali to set up such a system. For now Perry said . Forces would focus their operations in Entebbe Uganda and at the Relief Camps in Goma Zaire. \ Perry said he will Fly to Africa Over the weekend to inspect the . Operations on behalf of president Clinton. A the Way stations would provide food water and medical care along routes Back into Rwanda to encourage people to return Home and Harvest their crops thereby averting a potential famine Down the Road . Officials have said. A Maddox to retire Washington a amps Gen. David m. Maddox commander of the . Army Europe and 7th army has announced his retirement but no official Date has been set defense Secretary William Perry said thursday. Maddox will be replaced by it. Gen. William w. Crouch 53, who has been nominated for a fourth Star by president Clinton. For the past two years Crouch has been the commander of the 8th . Army and the chief of staff for the in. Combined forces come in Korea. Clinton has recommended that Maddox who has served As Usa eur commander since july 1992, be placed on the retired list at his Curren Grade which is an action that requires Senate approval. Army Basic going coed paper reports Columbia . A the army will begin putting male and female recruits in the same training units later this year making permanent an Experiment the military began last year at fort Jackson the state newspaper reported. Secretary of the army Togo West will announce the new policy in a visit to the base aug. 4, an army spokeswoman told the Columbia newspaper wednesday. The army will create coed squads and platoons for Basic training said sgt. Dawn Kilpatrick an army spokeswoman in Washington. The news comes in the same week the army announced that it is opening about 32,000 jobs to women including slots in attack helicopters and air defense units. The service attempted to integrate male and female Basic trainees in the late 1970s, but it abandoned the practice after disappointing results. Among the problems were High dropout rates for women because of injuries such As muscle pulls and Shin splints the newspaper reported. Kilpatrick said West also will observe training and talk with soldiers during an afternoon visit to the nations largest Post for Basic training. Inside today 1994 Usa eur rattle of the Rands see pages 20-21 staff sgt Marvin Daniel of nation