New-York tribune., 1900-10-19

THE RECORD FOR THE YEAR 1sse

Pgring the calendar S5 year 1889 there @ @
strength OF ld5,545 Regulars and volunteers. This
Is equivalent 4 rate of 2ITSOS a thousand OF
strength, as compared with 21461S thousand il1r-
rate for the decade lsSs-i5g OF the ad5gto5 Paa
disease b aTF25es sa5se & by aisTta 7a5 a ia
injury, OF which g.56 admissions 2 thousand r171
resulted from gunshot; typhoid fever contributed
az ADMISSION rate for lss naIarial feyers constituted
which which only iase resulted from gunshot; typhoid
The deaths in 1899 amounted 70 1s45 equal to a
curing the year 1885 and with G6S. the OF the
srefeElHg pre- decade The principal causes Of death
We're: Gunshot wounds. SO; other injuries 81:
laTial diseases 80: pneumonia 81 and varioia 50
Lre prominent mn causes OF death and The rates con
glnshot wounds, 204 other injuries So; diarrhpal
diseases li5; maarial infections, 81. and pneu-
Troo2s serytng, in Cuba had the highest rate of
he active service of the Santiago camo5in Tbs
was given BY troops serving IN the United States.
thousand men; was reported from the Pacific Isl
sInshot injuries being responsible for the death OF
l-6o men thousand Of strength, The highest
from Cuba Of this rate 81 s4 was caused BY disease
srd 36l by injury gunshoJ injury being responsible
troops Of the Regular Army amounted to : s02
the deaths constituting $50 OF the total eath rate
g16shot wounds The pTinoipS diseases Which
caused this mortality were typhoid fever. with $50
darrheal diseases. with I52 deaths. causing rate
The number Of deaths. rePorted from the. volun-
eer army was 743 Of which 224 were due TO injuries
Tbe 5Pt5cipaI causes of tbis r,or3a- We 7iar
rhcpai diseases which contributed 95 70 the rate
typhoid fever 80; smallpox, IA; pneumonia, 90
maiarial fevers. Io5, and gunshot injuries. T06
THE TROOPS N CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
The Regular troops in Cuba in 1899 had a mean
5 cases were ai1itted to Six report the e4uiTa-
lent Of 50 3 per thousand of strength OF this
fevers constituted IIS2 IS Of ihe total admission
rate dis rrheaI diseases 40 s. and venereaI diseases
II IS The death rate from all causes $3.50, OF
Jury. Typhoid fever occasoned So deaths. equiva-
| lent to a rate Of 526 per thousand men Yellow
and maiartal infections 20 deaths. equivalent 20
The volunteers IN Cuba during this year. with
mean strength OF Sos@, had an admission rate Of
stoned BY maIartal fevers and s72s3 by diarThRal
diseases The death rate from all causes was 10 70
| compared with 800 during the previous year,
death rate OF I4s7 and injury A. only one death
from Yellow fever occurred among the volunteer
troops during this year causing rate Of 9fZ per
death rates. 81. typhoid fever, 212 and diarrhoeal
The mean strength Of the Regulars in Porto Rico
I IN 1899 was 34T In this command the admission
for disease was 80 tCr % tottA
total rate uaartai feyers t62S and yene7fa45 a. tas
thousand Of which 70 was due to injury, and oniy
s26 70 disease Darrhceal olseases eaI a Iypho-o ,
Ing contributed SO ana the latter 2Ss to the rate Of
The Regulars in the Pacific Islands, with a mean
strength os 22a22 in 1889 had an aaTnission rate OF
Of VEch So Is per thousand OF strength was ths re-
suit Of gunsHot Dizrrheal diseases and nnalartal
he former having rate Of 1911. and the latter
5 49, very Is q sSs a59' The Seatb rate
also was higher. 311o per thousand Of strength, or
~ pS e= -lsssses caused the deaths Of So men
iariaI infections. 123 smallpox, LOO. and pneu-
In this year the volunteers also had higher rate
of admission than in lS9s due 70 al Increased PREY
death rate from all causes was sqqa! 70 a loss OF
IS men Per r. ta9u5aeo no % s 81 csTgs5 ~ 5iSssEs
iries were responsible for 1893 OF the admission
prominent fatal diseases we're smallpox which
caused 96 deaths per taousand men dIarrn19al as,
In the Army Rsgulars and volunteers. during The
the monthly reports OF SICK and wounded s.,
per cent were committed to the Government Hos
plJaa toT ' cent 0f the COMMITMENTS men re-
covered In an average period OF SO months, Il
Ninetv-stx of the 847 cases were reported on ne
monthly reports OF troops serving IN the Pactfc
TO the Government Hospital for the Insane Seven
teen cases 531 per cent OF those committed re
covered IN average period OF J 8 months, were
improved > died and II remained not improved
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TOO SMALL
The Medical Department consists ar present. OF
1e2 oficers a number which barely suEced for the
needs Of the Army before the outbreak ot the
late war with Spain and which proved utterly in
adequate in number, Notwithstanding the earnest
Efforts OF It's members 70 form satisfactory basis
cf organization for the large increase made 70
military forces during the progress Of that war.
Similarly since the close OF the war. IL mas been
Impossible fer the Medical Department without
professional assistance from civil lie 70 provide
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