Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-31
GENERAL CORBIA'S REPORT
,.,wrs. i47 Officers md 2,076 Men lIaye
Been Killed or Wounded in Philippines.
The army, Regular and volunteer,
consists ~ $3.50 Distribu'ion
ofInclc SAINTS Forces.

Washington. oct 81-The annual re-
rsr OF Aljltant General Corblu to the
asfetary Of war for the year ending
igoe 90 1900 has been issued.
In ths statistics given is a table show
rr the chronological list OF actions In
te Philippine islands from Feb, 4, 1880,
10 June so 1900, together with the losses
In Killed and wounded The total shows
hny.three officers and 467 men killed
mdll1 officers and 2O'6 men wounded,
a total Of 2'23.
The report shows that the regu-
sr army consists OF 2.535 officers and
asl enlisted men, and the volunteer
amy consists Of l.5is officers and 3i,0S9
enlisted men, "a grand total Of $3.50,
no, Including the hospital corps. which
Is not counted as a part OF the effective
strength 0f the army The regular and
volunteer army o. q present Is distributed
as follows.
United States. ggS officers. OF whom 70
Are volunteer officers. and 1855 enlisted
mem. a.l regulars Alaska. A. officers,
loss enlisted rlen, Porto Rico, IS OH
Os. gfD enlisted men, Cuba. 260 Off
uv $40, enlisted men, Philippine ISL
ris. 1851 officers. egl6l enlisted men;
Hla8ilH islands, officers; 2l9 enlisted
a. China. So officers. 2.06O men,
There are $40 volunteer enlisted men
Porto Rico and $4,000 In the Philip
ines These are tie only places where
volunteer enlisted men are serving
nearly all Of the places named.
Deaths reported in the army, both
regular and volunteer are;
United states. u officers 264 enlisted
ran. Alaska. men cuba, Z officers, liG
mem. Porto Rico 90 men, Hawaii. Off
ei. 4 mem Philippine Islands, 40 Off
ore 1893 men, nc sea, 3 officers, 81 men.
Total "a officers. 1880 men. In several
Instances. owing 10 error. officers dying
lave been counted twice, once as reg
r.lrs and then as volunteers, the actual
total being 81 officers dead
Duiing the year there were discharged
from service %. 592 men, deserted. 8 993
The casualties In the Chinese cam
plIU between July and oct were 8
officers and 200 enlisted men.
General C0rbln commends highly the
operation Of post exchanges and the
Criegn saying that the reports from
he Philippines cuba and Porto Rico
indicate that the post exchange has
become an absolute necessity"
He says that the total amount re-
celyei 'iI0m the exchanges 80 far as
reports show amount TO sl,sl5, $50, with
a net profit OF s46l,5Oi
Discussing the recruiting service for
he regular army, General Corbin says:
.Of the 1882 accepted applicants, IS. q
on were native born and 1901 OF for
e.gn birth. Is 6i9 We're white. $40 colored,
ana 80 Indians. The enllstments num-
haiet l5jsS and the re-enllstments g.
81 Excluding re-enllstments, the per-
c.ntagt Of native born among the or
FINAL enlstments was SIS l-3 The re-
Potts show that the recruiting officers
making the 1907 enllstments embraced
& he FIRST TWO Items Of the foregoing
l', rejected 6969i applicants-ubout IS
ler cent Of the number seeking enlist
rslis-as lacking In either legal, mem
III moral or physical qualifications; 9S7
q these were rejected as aliens and
2aG Tor illteracy."