New-York tribune., 1870-12-07

Expended during " Transporting des-
ttue discharged soldiers to their homes, or .
su5sstas destitute and disabled soldier, in
Remaining uaeIpenicd June j5 is7o,...... 3l5,6i %
The monthly reports OF sick and wounded received at
this Office for the fiscal year terminating June3o 187O
present annual mean strength Of 29O22 white
and 3,iO7 col0red troops
THE WHITE TROOPS.
Among the white troops the total number OF Of all
kinds reported taken the sick list was G2'O, being
at the rate of 256 per thousand Of strength OF
these $780, or 55 per thousand of strength, were for
disease alone and s7A cases, 3Ol per thousand Of
strength, were wounds, accidents, and injuries.
The average number constantly on sick re-
port was 1h9, or 40 per thousand or strength.
OF these 1,l56, 40 per thousand or strength
under treatment for disease, and 26 or per thou
sand of strength, for wounds accidents and Juries
thousand Of mean strength OF these 29 per thou
sand OF strength died of disease and 1875 or per thou
The above mortality rate for Uhte troops from disease
shows a considerable improvement over the ratios OF
wounds accidents and injuries is explained by the In
dian hOstiiues, which still continue to exist 1t Is to be
from disease among the coored troops not so fayora
bic. The proportion Of deaths from all cases TO cases
forty five white soldiers are reported 10 nave been dS
charged surgeons Certificate Of Disability, being
at the rate of 2G per thousand OF mean strength.
THE CoLORED TROOPS.
The reports from the coored troops give the following
figures which do not include the white officers. The
total number all kinds reported 6,2O6,
s22 per thousand strength. OF these, 5i79 iGOs
per thousand OF strength cases Of disease and 729
or l3 per thousand Of strength wounds accidents.
and injuries The average number constantly sick
report was l7s per thousand " strength OF whom
4 or B per thousand under treatment for disease
and 49, per thousand for wounds accidents and in
iuies The number of deaths from all causes reported
was &c, or 10 per thousand OF strength, OF these
81 Is per thousand Of strength, died OF disease and
l5 per thousand OF wounds, accidents ana injuries.
U will therefore he perceived that while the rate of NOR
taty from wounds and injuries among the colOred troops
agree, with that among the white troops telr rate O
mortality from disease alone nearly double The pro
portion of deaths from all causes 10 cases treated was
to "a cases. The number OF discharges on " surgeons
Certificate Of Disability 1O4 being al the OF 81
per thousand Of mean strength.
The demands made on tne Record ahd Pensloh DIVE
sion OF this office for information with regard 10 Cause
OF Death III tle case 0l soldiers WHO'S Nd9Ws or heIs
are applicants Tor pensions ana WIN regard TO the par
ticulars Of Treatment" and Cause of Discharge for
Disability" in invalid eases have not diminished during
the year. Such informal aon as the records OF the office
contain has been furnished in reply To in
qures from the Pension Bureau in 1854
cases; to the Adjuant-Gener OF the Army in
5l24 and 10 miscellaneous inquiries In $50 cases
stewards appointed for this important work, under the
provisions Of section II Of the act o Congress approved
July 1866, is not sufficient 10 discharge IL properly,
with that prOmputude winch appears TO me to be de-
srabc. At the close Of the fiscal year. June go 1870 $40
applications for Information from the sources above
have continued ~ be received rapidly than they
be disposed Of and there b reasonable hope that
the work can be executed with proper dispatch unless
increased number OF stewards is allowed for the pur
most Of these inquiries tedious examination OF the
records is required and justice tO the Government as
well as 10 the applicants for pension, demands
that the search should be carefully conducted.
The number OF Record Books hand June 30 1870 was
l55i; the number OF names IN the Alphabetical Regis
ter Of Deaths 92s the number Of names I'm the Alpha
betca Register of Discharges on Surgeons Certificate OF
In the Division Of Surgical Records Of this Office there
1854 OF wounds and SS4 histories OF surgical
ters lO95 brief histories copied and await entry
The terminatons of lOS2o cases were searched in the
Generals Office and Pension Bureau, in the records VI
State officials.
MEDICAL HISTORY THE WAR
The printing Of the medical volume the first part Of
the Medical and Surgical History of the com
petion This volume embraces the statistical tables rep
resenting the sickness, mortality and discharges from
service surgeons certificates OF disability OF white
and coorcd troops during the war, and will be work Of
nearly $50 pages quarto To accuracy the tables
were stereOtyped as they were finished, and be
fore finally sending them TO press they have been
thoroughly revised throughout and every effort made 70
appendix to the first part Of the Medical and Surgical
History OF the War, containing the reports OF Medical
Directors, and other appended documents-abOut 400
pages
the first part Of the Medical and Surgical History of the
War; authorized by the act OF Congress- approved March
3, 1862 Is now prepared and several OF the import
ant subjects that would belong TO the second volume
for example, the tabular statements, discussions his
tories of typical with illustrative woOdcut. and
Ithographs OF 1892 cases OF amputauons and i5 eI
clsOns, nearly perfected Beside this the surgical
statistics OF the army the five years succeeding the
have been consolidated and arranged for puilica-
ton, and much information has been furnished auen-
tcate Just claims OF applicants and those that
were fraudulent under the act Of Congress authorizing
the Issue OF artificial limbs 10 nutlaed soldiers AMI sea
The effect Of this law, in bringing 10 Washington
large number Of pensioners 20 present their claims has
permitted the study OF the remote effects OF in
jures and mutatiOns The peculiar value which
the surgical data Of the late war have
acquired in consequence Of the measures taken 10
trace the uterOr results Of the important cases
cannot be Overestmated In the reports O the surgery
OF European wars and OF campaigns In India, Abyasna
and elsewhere the history Of terminate when the
men inyaided or discharged. Although the eiab-
orate reports OF the casualties of the French armies in
the Crimcan and Italian published In and
1862 after interval OF ten years from the conclusion OF
h0stitles In each case no Information is given subse
quent To the date Of discharge pension.
The abstract Of cases In this office ara inyariablv
would reitcrae expression Of obligation 10 the Com
missioner OF Pensions, and many OF the Examining
Surgeons OF his Bureau, 10 the Adiutauts- General
aud surgeOns-Gene Of many OF the states 10
many retired volunteer medical officers aud pri-
yate practitioners. and asO 10 many 0f the goith
n the late Confederate service for the cordial manner
in which they have cOUperacd In the labor OF collecting
details aud particulars necessary TO perfect the surgical
data VI this Office
ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM
There has been very steady aud uniform increase In
the various collections Of the Army Medical Museum
The Indian hosttes, and the accidents Of the field and
camp and garrison, have afforded the opportunity OF col
ectng some illustrations Of the inlnrles inflicted by
weaponsa class 0f specimens In which tho Mnsrum /,
already ssrpaasingy ucI-but the numerous con