Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-07

the whole Of the huts 6nd shant:es POW oc-
ccpied to be destroyed.
Hospitals at)ahlltary Posts.
Crest Improvement hss been made during
the past few years in the hospital accom-
modations at many snf1&ery posts. At the
present time new hhsp4 lis are in progress
of construction at ktx bbsts-Forts Hamil'
ton and Wadsworth, N Y: Fort Hancock
N. j.; Fort Monroe. va :Fort Custer, Mont.
and Fort Spokane, Wash. In 1896 a hos
R Reets Ark eom M a Fsr nekan
erected at Fort Myer, Va; Fort McHenry
Md; Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y; For1
Meade. s.. D.. and F'oft Harrison, Mont.
and in 1894 at Washir gttn Barracks. d. c
These hospitals are of brick, with two
inch air space in sthe exterior walls and
no Turing on the inside. The plaster Is ap-
piled direct. to thenbrick work and has a
soapstOne finish. Pressed steel ceilings arc
used on each floor ADere the basement
Each building is heated by hot water, and
ventilated through galvanized iron ducts
and brick fiues by dfrect-indirect radiation
The basement Is concerted, well ventilated
and usually contains boiler room, coal
room, several storerooms, vegetable Gel
lar and large room under the ward wing
which is used as a drill room for the de-
tachment of the hospital corps In bad
weather
1896, appropriated $4,000 for the support
ard medical Treatment of destitute pa
tents in this city. under a contract to be
made with the Providence Hospital by the
of relief afforded under this appropriation
was equivalent to the treatment OF Il"
patients throughout the year.
The Army Medical school.
The report of the president of the Army
0f
year shows the earnest endeavors Of the
members Of the faculty to make the course
of study one of the best of its kind with
the facilities at command. The practical
instruction in operative surgery, the sur
geon general says, is valuable prepara-
ton for the responsibilities of service in
the army, where the surgeon has frequent
ly to act for himself in cases which in civil
life would be treated only after professional
consultation. The laboratory work in bac-
teriology and sanitary chemistry is also of
great Importance. The teachers Of these
branches have reported as the; result or
their experience during the past three ses-
Sfons that course of four months does
not give them time to deal with their sub
jectS in a thorough and satisfactory man
ner. To enable them to do this the War
Department extended the course of in
struction from four to five months, the
session beginning, as heretofore, on the
Recruiting.
The total number of men examined for
enlistment during the calendar year was
14,659, Of whom S,654, or 590.35 per thous-
and. were accepted; 5,449 or 371G5 per
thousand, were rejected on primary ex-
animation, and 557. or $500 per thousand.
subsequently declined enlistment. The ratio
of accepted men per thousand of those ex-
amined is considerably larger than the
rates of previous years. In 1893 the rate
was 43:;.35; in 1894, 451.04, and in 1895,
1888. This must be regarded as meaning
that better men physically are coming up
as candidates for examination for enlist
ment. The reflections among the colored
men were relatively somewhat more numer-
GUS than among the white candidates for
enlistment-379.OO as compared with 371.O4
per thousand. respectively. Although the
foreign-born recruit, has the advantage over
the native white in weight and chest
the latter is taller by half an
inch, ~ az