Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-12

men, 57.3S per cent. petty officers, 16A
per cent; officers, 1907 per cent; civil
ians, 2.35 per cent. Other non-combatants
account for 6.SS per cent. in each class.
DAMAGE DONE BY SHELLS.
At Yalu ten japanese were killed by the
vibration of air caused by the firing OF
their own guns" In some cases shells did
severe damage on japanese ships. one
vessel had thirty persons killed ana
seventy injured by the explosion OF one
shell. Another had fourteen killed and
twenty-seven injured in like manner. or
course. the greatest damage was done
by shells that burst. The bursting Of
even small shells did great injury In one
instance four persons were killed and six
wounded by the exposi0n Of a very small
shell. In the 29S killed or injured the head
wounds were most frequent, the ratio
being rs per cent Of the total number.
Next in order came wounds 'of the
greater part of the body" of the upper
limbs. of the lower limbs, Of the abdo-
men and lumbar region, and of the chest
and back, while the neck suffered least.
In a Land fight the number of wounds
of the lower eXtremitieS is commonly
greatest, and those of the upper eX-
tremities and head next; then come the
chest and back, the abdomen and lumbar
region, whilst the neck wounds are again
fewest. Comparing the number of wounds
received in a land fight with those re-
ceived in a naval combat, IL is found that
they are almost identical The difference
is that in a land fight the greatest num-
Der of injuries received are In the eX-
tremities, the head wounds coming next
while in battles at sea the head wounds
are most numerous, and those of the ex-
tremities come next. OF the 298 injured in
this battle 90 were killed. So died of their
wounds, and 175 recovered.
In the attack upon Wei-Hai-Wei the
japanese warshps were struck twenty
eight times and sixty-siX men were Killed
or injured, an average Of from two TO
three killed or wounded 10 every shell
received.
THE MILITARY SURGEONS.
1t is particularly interesting in connec-
ton with this subject to note that the
wounded in a war between the United
States and Spain would have the aid OF
a body of skilled medical men, whose eX-
istence as an organized body is little
known They call themselves the Associa-
ton Of Military Surgeons Of the United
States. The organization was born as a
national guard body in 1891, at the insti-
cation Of Dr. Nicholas Sem, distin-
guished surgeon Of Chicago, and at that
time surgeon-general OF the Wisconsin
National Guard. In 1898 the medical oiil-
GERS Of the army and marine hospital ser
vice were invited TO become members
and the body became known by IT'S pres
ent name.
The association aims TO make special
ty of military practice; seeks To advance
and improve military medicine, surgery
sanitation, and equipment and stimulate
legislation that shall be beneficial to the
medical departments of both national
and state military and naval establish
ments.
That the army in the event Of war
would have a large and efficient nucleus
for a field hospital corps is shown by the
following distribution of the members Of
the Association of Military Surgeons, ar
ranged by States or services: Army, So;
Pennsylvania. -; navy. AZ; New York, %;
Ohio. 80; Massachusetts, 10; Illinois. 10;
Missouri, H. Rhode Island, Ii; Connecti-
cut II: Marine Hospital, IL; New Jersey,
Il: Wisconsin. IL; Minnesota, s: California,
7; Colorado, 8; District Of Columbia, 81;
Iowa o. Maryland. A.; Maine, 3; New
Hampshire 3; North Carolina, 8; Vir-
ginia, 8; West Virginia, 3; Alabama, 2;
Arizona. 2; FLORIDA, 2; Kansas, 2; Alissis-
sippi. 2; Nebraska, 2; South Dakota, 2;
Georgia, 1; Idaho, ]; Kentucky, /; Michi-
gan, l. Montana. 1; Nevada /; North
Dakota, /; South Carolina, /; Utah. i;
Vermont, 1; Washington, l. Total, s2l.