The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-02-01
RECENT ARMY RECORDS.
How coIored Soldiers Endure Hand
ships Compared With White Men.

ships Compared With White Men.
The colored soldier endures the hard
ships Of army life with less loss o.
time from active duty than the whit
enlisted man, according to the annua
report of Surgeon General George 81
TOrney. The noneffective rate Of tn,
colored soldier was 25.S8, while that o.
the white soldier was $500, the Portt
Rican 29.7S and the Filipino 1885. Thu
report likewise shows that the whit,
troops required the highest averag.
number Of days treatment for each
case of disability. The Porto Ricani
had the highest rate for admissions II
hospitals and for deaths.
However. the constantly noneffectivi
rate, which the surgeon general says u
the true measure of the loss in efficien
cy Of the army from sickness and in
Jury, was 1928 per 1000, the loves
noneffective rate In the history Of thu
army. The deaths from all cause,
were 84S, of which 1874 were from dis
rvxse. The total death rate and that
. from disease are both the lowest or
record except for 1910.
The admission rate for alcoholism II
the United States for the year 1911
was 20.31, material improvement
over the preceding year, when it wal
28.61. It is stated that this rate hal
shown steady diminution since 1907
following an equally steady rise fol
eight years before 1907. The rate fol
1911 is the lowest for any year since
1870, except for the years 1893 and
1899, when the rates were approx
mately 18 and 10 per 1000. As those
were years Of war, when such rate,
are usually lower. they can hardly b.
taken as q basis of comparison.
There were 50,534 recruits examined
as compared with 25,133 for the pre-
ceding year. OF each 1000 examined
e0.55 were rejected, as compared with
04.82 for 1910.
The number Of foreign born recruit
Is less than last year, being 1884 pei
1000 for 1911, as compared with 1850
for 1910 and 140.48 for 1909. The most
marked decrease in the proportion OF
recruits was from Germany, Ireland
and Canada.
The death rate in the United States
army was 4.72, as compared with the
Russian 4.O7. French 8.75, Spanish
8.71, japanese 357, Austro- Hungarian
2.S4, British 2.42, Bavarian 2.28 and
Prussian LIB. The rate for total loss
es was 1912 per 1000. as compared
with the Bavarian 61.58, Spanish 47.9,
Russian 45.S, Prussian 42.S8, French
89.09, japanese 3O.51 and English 1910.
The death rate for typhoid was oil
per 1000, as compared with the Span
ish O.S2, Russian OTIS, japanese 0.55,
French O.47. British OBS, Austro-Hun
garian 0.20. Bavarian 0O6 and Prus.
sian OO8. For malarial fevers the
rates for the United States were lower
than for the British. Russian and Japa.
nese, but higher than for other coun.
tries. The rate for dysentery for our
army was higher than that for any
other army, except the British. For
tuberculosis our rate was lower than
that for the Spanish, French and Japa'
nese, but higher than that for the other
countries mentioned.
Bruce on Hsroism Of Colorsd Soldiers.
President John Edward Bruce OF the
Negro Society For Historical Re-
search, Yonkers, N. Y, very aptly calls
attention to the fact that in the Mas
sachusetts Historical society several
years ago there was exhibited silk
flag bearing the device Of pine tree
and "buck," with the initials u. H."
and "G. W." over a scroll, on which
appear the words "The Bucks of
America" This relic had been care
fully preserved as the flag presented
by Governor Hancock to company
Of Negro soldiers bearing that name
which served with distinction In the
Revolutionary war.
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