Show DEATH RATE IN ARMY The Great White Plague Kills More Soldiers Than Any Other Disease Washington The report on tho work of the medical department of tho army by Surgeon General R M ORollly Just made public goes Into that service during tho calendar year 1903 and also compares the health ot the different armies ol the world as I far as possible In view of the different I conditions In each army The highest rate of admission to the sick report Is held by the Dutch army whose rate Is 1321 per 1000 men with the American army ranking second with 1295 and the Russian army holding hold-ing the lowest rate ot 313 per 1000 menTho Tine British army i an Its first in tho death rate with 713 per 1000 menthe men-the American army having the next highest 028 The Prussian army has tho lowest rate two per 1000 men As n cause of death tuberculosis led with a rate of GS a slight Increase as compared with the previous year Pneumonia was second rate 32 |