Show NEEDLESS LOSS OP OF LIFE an english surgeon cannot understand tand 11 hy by so 0 o many beany american soldiers die new york sept 7 sir william maccormick president of 0 the royal college of surgeons of england surgeon to the prince ot of wales and one of the most distinguished members of 0 his profession in Euro europe poe who acted as surgeon in the anglo american ambulance association in the franco ger man war was asked his opinion concerning tho the causes of the high mortality of the file united states troops that the mortality is highly high Is unfortunately tuna tely patent said he especially when compared to the illness among our expeditions to tropical countries but our experience in that respect compares very favorably with that of all other countries franco france suffered terrible mortality from illness in madagascar nothing I 1 fancy in battle italy too had serious losses from the same cause in abyssinia in our expedition to the west coast of africa our losses from illness have been trifling Is the west coast of africa more unhealthy than cuba sir william was asked of course it is much more unhealthy was the reply 11 there is no reason that I 1 can see why with proper precautions mortality from illness among the united states troops in cuba should havo have exceeded our mortality from such a cause on the west coast of africa |