Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
21.75. but there was no death or discharge
from this cause in these islands.

i s.
] from this cause in these islands
| The chief surgeon, Department of the
| Columbia, Major r. G. Ebert, surgeon,
United States army. states in his report
| the standard which existed prior to 1898
nor to what they were under the old status
| OF the post exchange, and from the Philip
| pines it is reported that intemperance is
| somewhat more common than before the
post exchange was abolished.
| "One hundred and sixty-six cases of in
/ sanity were reported among the 90, 491 men
| of the army during the calendar year 1901.
| This Is equivalent to 1T6 per thousand of
| strength, but as only 142 of these men,
| equivalent to 1.53 per thousand were ulti-
mately discharged as insane and commit
| ted to the asylum, the record of insanity
| Is correSpondingly reduced. Thirty-four
eases We're reported from garrsons in the
| United States, and all of these, equaling
| Us per thousand of strength, were dis
| charged from service and committed to the
! Government Hospital for the Insane.
| one hundred and twenty cases, equaling
2t2 per thousand of the strength in the
| on arrival in this country it was found nee
| essary to send only one hundred of these
| euualing LES per thousand, to the govern
| ment hospital The Homecoming sea voy-
| age and the period of detention at the gen
| eral hospital, Preside Of San Francisco.
| Cal, permitted of recovery in a number of
| instances. Eight cases were reported +, ON
Cuba equaling 1.51 per thousand but of
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| account. Four cases ported frcm Porto
! Rico gave the high admission rate of BAT,
! all Of whom were discharged and trans
| ferred to the Government Hospital for the
| Insane.
The 166 cases of the past year, equaling
1.16 per thousand men, may be compared
with 30 during the year 1900, with 1.7S in
| 1899 and with lib the mean annual rate of
| the decade, 1Ss9-1s9S.
Deaths, Wounds and Injuries.
During the year there were entered on
| the reports of sick and wounded II, 1856
| cases of wounds and injury, or 1877 per
| thousand of strength, as compared with
| 1862 in the year 1900. The native troops
| In Porto Rico had an admission rate of
147.43; the troops in the Philippines and
China 1888; the command in Cuba 351.9
and those at the home stations 259.0S The
large rates in the United States and Cuba
may be explained on the general prin-
clple that while on garrison duty in time
OF peace men report for slight injuries
which would not lead them to do so If on
service of an active quasi active char
acter. None of these cases presented any
which in the Philippines caused 81 deaths
tchlefly bolo wounds) equivalent to 124 per
thousand of the strength
During the year 104 men were reported
to this office killed by gunshot only
forty SIX of whom met their death In ac-
! ton. Fourteen of the deaths were acct
dental. thirty-three suicidal and eleven
homicidal.
Besides the 10i men killed outright by
gunshot there were 475 cases of gunshot
injury brought to the hospitals for treat
ment. This number of cases is equivalent
ito ga per Thousand of strength, and of
these .53 per thousand We're discharged for
disability and As died. leaving 4. i3 recover
les per thousand OF the strength.
'Of the AIS cases of gunshot injury that
were brought to the hospitals during the
year only lag were received in action. but
ing been incurred in the line of duty, forty
four not in the line of duty, six suicidal
and six homicidai.
The gunshot casualties of battle amount
&C therefore to as killed and 14G wounded,
total of 100, the killed constituting 2i
per cent of those struck: but as 10 Of those
received into hospital died from the effects
of their injuries the deaths among those
struck constituted little over 81 per cent.
OF the total number@75-of wounded
men received into hospital Al died from the
effects Of their wounds and / from chkorc-
form administered fer amputa ton Of the
leg; ~ were discharged on certificates of
remained under treatment at latest re-
ports. Two OF the wounded men were re-
ported as missing in action and 10 as dis
charged by order or expiration of term"
Praise Of the Nurses.
In another part Of the report, Gen. For
wood says:
THE nurses seem to have made place
| for themselves In army hospitals. and chief
surgeons and commanding officers speak
in high commentator OF their services and
conduct. One of the latter writes that 1.-THE
nurses are entitled to the greatest praise