The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-15

Wounded .............. 1872 1881 2.O29
Grand totals 800. 2O3 3.701 1904
These figures from Secretary Roots re-
port covered the situation up to May 20,
1900. Since that date there have been 102
more deaths in the army and Is deaths In
the navy, making the total losses Of the
Americans more than 2,1D.
1t Is brought out in the last annual re-
ports Of the secretary Of war and the sec
rotary of the navy that Uncle Sam spent
in the Philippines from May /, 1893. TO
Dec. 81, 1899, a grand total of So, 137 ri.
or this total the army cost $4S, 92S $50 and
the navy $6,299,211 During the first TWEEN
ty months after Dewey's great victory,
therefore, the expenditures of the United
States in the Philippines averaged two
and three-fOurths millions Of dollars a
month, or upwards Of 100000 a day.
In this connection II is interesting to
note that the forces Of the United States
in the Philippines are greater now than
at any previous time. Yet more soldiers
are asked for: When the Filipinos rose
III rebellion, in. February of last year,
there were 1893 officers and O32 men to
subdue them. Within short time thou
sands of reinforcements were sent TO tho
Americans, and the total present strength
of the American troops, according to Sec
rotary Roots reports, IS GO 800 officers
and men. The American naval strength
in the islands, according to the last off,
cial figures obtainable, is forty-fve ves-
sells and g. 100 men.
What part the Philippine islands are
playing in the expenditures of millions
made there by Uncle Sam is brought out
in the annual reports of the war Depart
ment. The total receipts of the three
principal points held by the Americans.
from August 1, 1898, to June 80, 1893. were:
WANNA $3l3t66t %
1lolIo ........................... I'll 99i 81
Cebu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1880 10
During this same period the expendit-
ures from these moneys We're:
Manila -, O9l %
Iloilo Observation-Disclosures. III SIS 50
Cebu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1,494 %
Total ...........................Sa SO, Os4 .1O2 10
The receipts of these three cities in
the custom house collections, provost
court fines, water rents. taxes and mar
ket rents The disbursements Were S814-
$40 less than the receipts showing that
in his commercial dealings at these three
points Uncle Sam was nearly $4,000 a
month gamer.
Secretary Root learned upon fnvestiga-
ton that the number Of soldiers who have
become insane in the Philippines is sixty
two and that tWo-thirds of these unfor@
tunates still remain in the government
noSpltaI for the insane in Washington.
Surgeon General Sternberg, who recc<.-
ly made report on the subject, told OF
the difficulties encountered by the ArnerfS
can officers in trying to control the sauf-
tary conditions in the Philippines In
many localities visited by the American
troops the ground was saturated with
water anu uFdlHaSe was impossible. De-
spite this fact Surgeon General Stern
berg was able to report:
The percentage of sick, disabled and
invaded soldiers serving In the Philip
pines from Aug. I. 1898, to. the present
time varied from month to month At
the beginning of the period mentioned the
sick lists. including injuries, constituted
5 to per cent OF the command. The
rate Increased to 10 or IL per cent during
the first occupation Of Manila During
the progress Of the campaign against the
Insurgents, February to July, 1899, the
troops became exhausted by fatigue and
exposure, and the sick list for some time
reached as much at Is per cent of some
OF the regiments. Since then the aver
age rate of sickness has varied from s
to 10 per cent of the commands.
1.-The most prevalent diseases have been
intestinal affections and malariai feYers,
typhoid fever and smallpox Lung
diseases have not been common. and
rheumatism. Notwithstanding the expo,
sure of the troops. has not been IN ex-
cess. Acute dysentery has been the most
dangerous of the diseases, the deaths
caused by it having been equal TO an an
nual rate of 4.6 per LOCO men. Typhoid
fever took second place in order Of ia
taIity, 1t having caused deaths equal TO
an annual rate Of 4 per LOO men. ghs
mortality from smallpox was equal to
225, while that from malarial fever was
only IL per 1.000