Show C COSTING T TING MANY t ANY LIVES LIVEST Death Hate Rut Among Soldiers in inthe ini i the d t AVERAGE 74 A MONTH JUNE 1 11 1898 I Ta PEB 17 I 1900 1800 1525 DIED DI DIWa Wa War Department Denies enies Dee Reports Sent Set SetOut Out as a Exaggerated Many Sur Surgeons Su Surgeons II geons gens Being eig Sent Sen From the Unit 1 vU w ed States t to t Take Tnie Tae Place I I of These Tese Coming C mig Home r a March MCh Mach War depart de rt n officials deny recently renty published statements tem that tt General ne Otis campaign ia ig 1 costing upwards of 1000 men mert m every mot According e the official o c l rec ree records re 2 orth ors since sine the American occupation I Juno June 1 1898 to 1 t Feb 17 1900 the actual mortality in the army ay in iD the Philip Philippines Phlp Philippines pines pies was officers and 1460 mon a f total wt of 1525 1 or o at the te rate of o four fou deaths deat a month More Moe details are ae contained in the re report report report port port of Colonel Woodhull chief chef sur surgeon sr surgeon geon His Is report however heyer does doo not nt extent beyond b the to end ed of the last cal calendar ca calendar enda year It shows shaw that up to I Dc Dee ec I 1 1899 i th total t number nuber of deaths were officers find and d 1263 1262 men men Of this number officers and c men died de by violence vole e and ad sixteen of officers officers and ad 69 men men me died dIe of f disease Most Mot of the deaths deats by violence occurred in Battle baittle bale There Ter were wee however hawer 17 deaths d th from rm violence outside of ot actual tes It is a 3 singular fact that snore more mr ithan of the te latter class i v wife vue e cus by b drowning The total number numer of wounded without fatal re results r i stilts during dung the te period peio covered by the te report wa was 1767 1767 Surgeons Sugen Going Gig to t Manila Surgeon General Gen r Sternberg says saye say that tat many my of tire tim alarming ans statements of disease dLease dise and d death det in the te seem to be b based on the fact fad that tat large luge detHe of ot contract surgeons are e being forwarded to t the te Philippines The Th fact fat fator of or the tue re matter matte is ia there ther ia Is no particular I j Increase inc of the te number nube of f medical mc of officers officers in n the ia Philippines The contract now nw being bing sent seit there axe are Imply to ta take te the te of others I whose Q contracts have expired and md who whoa are a ette entitled to come home hom f He admitted that officers I of the medical department were wre on the t transport which sailed from San Sa Fran Fra Francisco I cisco cic a few days ago ago but explained that they tey had h been gathering at San II Francisco F for several sev r weeks weeke awaiting i 1 the te transportation usual routines under unde orders cs issued in inthe Inte I |