Show I ARE 2123 Philippines Cost This Number of of Killed Kled or Wound V ed el 4 THIS IS IN ONE YEAR Washington Oct 30 The annual re report report report port of Adjutant General Corbin to th the tho thoI secretary tar of war for the year or ending ceding eing June Jun I 30 3 1900 19 has been issued isue Inthe statistics given is a table show showing I log las the chronological list of actions i ithe in inthe inthe the Philippine islands from Feb 4 1 li to June 30 90 3 1900 19 together with wih the losses los losIn in kilted killed and wounded The total shows show three officers and 46 men killed kl le and am Hi H Officers and 2076 2016 me men wounded a total tota of of 2723 27 The report shows sows that the regular arm consists of or 2535 officers and enlisted men men and the volunteer army ar arm consists o of 1518 officers and ad enlisted men a grand gand total of S 70 90 not nt including th the hospital corps cors which is not counted as a apart apart part of the effective strength of the army The regular and volunteer army ary at pres pre present present ent is distributed as follows United States officers of whom arnt nt f are ar volunteer n officers f rt and 8 enlisted ft men all al regulars Alaska 41 4 officers enlisted men Porto Rico o Si officers 2 2401 S enlisted H men r Cuba officers 2 ei en enlisted listed men Philippine islands 23 ot cers enlisted men Hawaiian Islands i is island lands land 6 officers SIS ni enlisted men China Chin ChinaS SO S officers 0 men mEn There aro volunteer enlisted men In Porto Porte Port Rico Rio and ad 32 in the Philippines Philippine These The are the only places lace where volun volunteer volunteer teer enlisted U men are serving e Some sta officers o are serving s In nearly y all f of l th the h places named nned Record of Deaths Deaths reported in the army both reg regular regular regular ular and volunteer are United Unie States State 14 1 officers enlisted elste men Alaska 3 men me Cuba Cub 7 officers 16 Hf I men Porto Rico 35 3 3 men Hawaii HawaI 1 off of 4 men Philippine islands 49 Ill 0 officers 1380 iwa I men at sea 3 officers s 54 4 men mSO To Total tal tab 71 74 4 officers 1930 1990 men In several in instances Instance inStances stances stance owing to error officers dying have been ben counted counte twice once onee as 8 regulars and then as volunteers volunteer the actual total I being 67 CT C officers dead During the year there thEre were discharged from front service serice men deserted 39 The casualties in the Chinese Chinee campaign between July 1 and Oct 1 were 9 officers and 2 enlisted men General Corbin commends highly the operation of post pt exchanges and the can canteen canten canteen teen ten saying that the reports from the Philippines I Cuba and a Porto Rico IO IOan indi indicate cats cate that the post t ta exchange ci has become b an absolute necessity I He Be He says ears ys that the total amount received front from the exchanges so s far tar as reports show of amount to S with wih a net Many May Applicants Rejected Discussing the te recruiting service for the regular army arm General says Of the accepted applicants were native born br and of foreign 1 birt birth 1609 were white white S colored and 13 30 Indians The enlistments numbered 15 li I Situ 3 Excluding Excluding ing reenlistment the tho percentage of na ag nativo five tivo born br among anong the original enlistments w was cpa S Ss The Tte reports show that the re iv reI I I officers making the enlist enlistments ments menta mentS embraced In the te first frt two Items of the the foregoing list rejected GI applicant appl cant about o B er wr r cent of the seeking enlistment us lacking In either legal leRl mental moral or physical quail of these thE were rejected as I aliens and ad 2057 20 for fo illiteracy |