New-York tribune., 1898-11-21

jamas. night shirts and other articles Of hospital
other aid SOCIETIES Satisfactorily the order ac su
,horzlns e. the commutstIos q the sick .olders rs
independent OF outside assistance.
MEDICAL STATISTICS OF THE WAR
The work Of gathering up the records OF sickness
OF the various commands ir service during the
war has been one OF great dficulty. Volunteer
medica officers were ignorant OF the methods OF
Keeping their records. and many failed to appre.
cate the importance OF what was frequently re.
Saauen t. az mere paper work. "hlcn had ne
practicai bearing on the welfare OF their men.
considered as satisfactory when compared with
that OF the volunteer medical officers Of the War
My report presents tabula,lons compiled from
monthly reports Of sick and wounded received from
strength present Of ls7ISS men These give nun
particulars Of Lbs deaths. Of which number sn
,., teyets and and ss hy diarrhoa and dysentery The the
In July the rate became somewhat higher than
that Of most weI-cared-for cities. 2l5 FOR the
per thousand living In August II became excess
sve t0s for the month equal TO an annual rate
OF the energetic measures taken. In July and Au-
comes manifest in the falns OF the death rate to
80 or the equivalent OF al annual rate oi - W.
a sudden faIl in September Is scen in the various
ratios given under the specific titles TYPHOID Fever,
malaria fever and darrhna diseases This ~ ex-
ceedlngly gratifying. and mus, be credited. as
stated. to tho sanitary measures adopted. Tor our
experience In the Clv,l War demonstrates that IN
the absence OF these measures IN" nigh ratio OK
August would have been continued for many
months 10 come.
submit also tables Of absolute numbers and
OF ratios by which the incidence OF sickness ana
mortality OF the Regular and volunteer troops may
be contrasted. From these II will be seen that
.he exposures of the Regular troops during tho
Santiago campaign gave them from June to sep.
tember a higher death rate than the volunteers, and
that the rate Of the latter during August. the
month CT i1sXmum mortality. was 262. as COM
pared with 5.s among the Regular troops.
VOLUNTEER RELIEF WORK.
Ny guiding principle throughout tho war has
been that relief when need should Doe promptly
accepted without reference 20 the source from
which It came Tie relief afforded by the Ma
tional Red Cross at Sibonoy promptly ac-
cepted by the surgeons on the spot. but u ~
evident that II entirely Inadequate 10 meet
the emergency. This ASSOCIATION mas had full au-
thority to send agents and supplies To all 81 our
camps since June o lS9> and II has contributed
supplies OF various kinds IN most liberal manner
for tho OF our fed hospitals. Other organ
izations which Rave renGcroG very valuable SER
It's headquarters in Philadelphia. and the Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Aid Association. with head
quarters in Boston. Roth Of these organizations
fitted out hospital ships. which were placed at my
service for the transportation OF our SICK from
Porto Rico and take pleasure m iestiiyinE 20
the valuable services rendered by the yacht May
OF the National Relief Commission. and the hos
p!tal ship Bay State. OF the Massachusetts Nolun"
.eer Aid Association