Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-30
Annual Report Of the surseoa Gene
raj.

Annual Report of the surgeoa Geae-
The annual report OF the Surgeon General oi
the army has been submitted 10 the Secretary
ofwar.
REALTH OF TIE ARMY.
| On this subject the Surgeon General reDOr. :
! ss follows: Notwithstanding the Occurrences o.
I a few cases OF yellow fever 81 Forts Jefferson
ard Barrsncas during the summer of 1873, tn
| army enjoyed unusual good health during ~ .
| year. The monthly reports OF sick and woandt a
received 1T this 0fice represent an average
mean strength OF 25,647 white and 2i03 coIoroi
| tTcoIs."
LOSS FROM DISABILITY.
| Inc surgeon General calls attention 70 te
| great number Of men reported TO have bee,
Olscharged on surgeons certificate of disability
ane remarks that, adding together the death.
ard discharges for disability, the total io-s o.
| hearny during the year was - per COO Of IL
.ttenstih lor the white, and 30 per Loco Z.
are compared with the reports OF the prt viBa.
| i've years, II will be seen that the chief differ
eBce is dimtnution in the losses of the calored
uocl last year. It also appears harthe larg.
| Toss q the army from discharges On suryeou's
Certificate OF disability is not sD incident of the
PssI yea, eut that II has been OF CONSTANT oo
currence for the last six years and IL is not ex
cesSive when compared with the lose OF tat
| British army from the same causes.
LARGE DEATH RATE PROM AcCIDEKrAL
CAUSES.
IL cur army the proportion OF deaths ans
discharges from wounds, accidents, and in
luries il more than twice as great as m the
British army. Thus in the past six wears IL has
averaged about per ,0oO Uf strength, while IN,
tie British amy il was 81 perl OB0 of strength
| or ll2desths from wounds, accidents aud iujur-
les among our white troops, q were homicideS
| "a suicides, and 80 accidental drownings. Toe
average number OF deaths from homicide was 81
per l"O,NhO men, and the average for six year
- per lCO'CCo. These figures are stFikingly IL
excess OF the proportion of hOmcides in the
British army, the average among troops serving
IN the United Kingdom ia six years being ? pei
loc,oc05 and IN India Is per 100000. The nun
Der OF suicldes IN our army during the pas
year has been in the proportion OF 81 per 10000
among the white troops and more among tn
eOiored troops, TIE average for six years wa
tS Per 10000 for the white troops and 25 per
100000 for the co;Ored troops. In the British
army annual average OF suicides per 100 CO..
Ioeps serving IN the United Kingdom was IS
snd IN India %. The proPOrtionste number O.
ceatbs frous drowning is also great iy in excess
Of tie number OF deaths from the same cause
IN the British army.
TIE STRIKING LosssHoRkMgH in New Yort
remain firm in their deteFmih alton not Go ac-
cePt any other than the regular rates of wages
while the companies are lust as determined nor
70 pay those rates. The White star and French
lines steamers, and all others advertised to sail
on Saturday, got OFF with full eaTe5ea. exceI,t
ths Iaman steamer City or Montreal, which
viii Lot leave until Tuesday. The New jersey
lCDRshoTemeD, to the number of GOO, held =
meeting yesterday and appointed a committee
l. AoId conference with the agents OF the
steamship companies in order to arrive at
definite understanding. They also decided l.
att nc the Cooper Institute mass meeting t.
morrow, in body.
ATTEMPT TO REVIVE SLAvERY.-A spscia
disI atch 70 the Philadelphia Evening Bullsti,
ii0m this city says; 1t has just been ascertainet
here that the new Democratic code of Georgia
as lately amended, contains provision desig1ec
10 serve the same purp0ss as the bill lust passed
by the Texas Legislature. 1t is claimed tina,
under this law black man may be taken for
clbiy from the county OF his residence and sole
int f.Eur3f ell -
same thlng, IN another and remote county o.
the State, and that the guards necessary 70.
theiT safe keeping viii be masters 10 whom thsy
sre hired, and duration Of their seryitude maS
be prolonged definitely.
TIE BrECRRR-TILToE TEIALs.-The appsgl
Of Mr.. Beecher's counsel from the decision o,
the Brooklyn city court, denying him a bin O.
particulars of the charges made BY TheJdort
IlIton, has been noticed for argument befor,
me court OF appeals at Albany next Tuesday
Roger 4. Pryor Will appear for Mr. Tlton ar
Mt. Shearman for Mr.. Beecher. The SpciSio:
nay be looked for on any following Tues.tay
The counsel on both sides have notified Chic
Judge Nelson, OF Brooklyn, that they viii n
Teady 30 70 Oh with the trial or the case or, De
cemher 9, and the judge ordered the depnr
clerk Of the city court 70 prepare pane of an.
thousand petit jurors.
TBE MILWAUKEE LIBRL SUIr.-A spaeIa
dispatch O. the Chicago Tribune from Ml'Wau
kee, November 70. says: It is understood rha
William Pitt Lynde, COOgressman-elect from
u,
taken 70 withdraw his suit against the SeDfine
company for SO. 600 damages for libel, in charg
ing linn with paying RiHdskopf 81 600 to with
draw from his canCIdature in consideration O
an editorial in Saturdays Sentinel retraetine
the charge on the faith Of Lyndes affidavit thas
he did no such thing. Rindskopf, who bss
brought similar salt, is expected to do To,
same.
:. C. CAMPBRLL's OEsEQUIEs.-The funera
services over the remaiDs of 5. @. Campbell,
Wbo "as recently with the Kellogg EngIisl
opera troupe, took place in the Church OF th,
Epilbaoy In Chicago yesterday. There was
representatives Of the cramstic aud musiraI
pTOfessio being especially noticeable. IN.
Rev. DR.. Stocking conducted the services. The
Pall-Gearers were EdEard SesuiD, Rich'd Hoo
leys Harry Peakes, Wm Castle, Frank Went
worth and Charles Gillespie. The remains were
conveyed to GracelaDd cemetery.
MLssACRUsBTT's DIVORCE Law DEcLARsI
VOIp.-The Supreme Court OF Massachusett
tional The court says: "Chapter 3g7 OF th,
statute OF ls14, declaring that such divorce
niSi heretofore decreed, shall, without furthef
judicial process, hearing or decree, be decreec
and take and have that force and effect OF ab
sClute divorce from The bonds of matrfmony
exceeds the authority conferred upOn the I. yfs
lature ey the constitution, and is without legs
e1tect'
IETTEpED TO XIII A Doc, BUT KILLED HIN
sbLF-Btatthlss Harris, a German farmer. iiT
ING on the fsl N Of j. NoIziger, near Miner
Tazewell county, ILL.,, at s O'Clock Tussda-
evening last took an cid army musket snC
s'epI eG into the yard TO shoot = dog belonging
70 neighhor. Instead of shooting he struck a
| II with the butt OF the gun, breaking oil ia
stock. he struck again with the barrel, wheI
tDe gun went or, rFing the contents into hi
stomach He died in twenty minutes, leavinga
wife and three children.
/ Ez- z-SFNAToR GULBE, OF Florida, says tha'
the statement Low going the rounds Of the pres,
10 Inc erect that he ts engaged in buyiDg nj
slave claims in hopes that Congress VIII ultf
mstely pay for emaDcipated negroes is abso-
lutely false. He says the loss of slave property
| IS one Of the iTTedsemable losses Of war apd
the Icea OF any possible reclamation ia too Y.ld
TO be entertained by apY sane nan.
A CRAFTY JAIL BIRD.-At Ottawa, Cana Ia
Chester Cannhell- alias ndprsnu uuhn urna