Show IEFOHT OF MEDICAL CORlS i Document Submitld to the SetrtUfy cl War Ile Ulenberc lleltlll the Work t nclrr taken ty the RoiiCdintalaalt Hut let the Compete I I WVirtilniton NOV SurgtonOen I oral Ocorite M 1 BlernlHrg team made hit report to the secretary of war It erttea nulnly 10 the wurk of the instill cal Corps durlri the wnr The followIng follow-Ing lire the more Important feature of the report The number nt mcdirat omctn 192 allotted by Uw to I the lImy It I Inadequate Inade-quate In time of pnre The Iniulll cleney In time of war was met by the Mlgnment of over CM conlrrt tur grana The very tmull ptuporllon of niOlcut umcera having experience of n military character 1 Imixilrcd the rf Massey of the department at the out eel but many of the staff I urn turn civil life ichowtd grrat aptitude for the service und tpetdlly iM I imt of vilur us administrative aanKiry of ncera No provlilon win made for hoiplril Corps men for the volunteer Iroipt ex cept that which empowered the tecre story uf or 10 enlist many privales ot the hospital corps tit test service 11s y require Th number of nn nllI1 unit thfttd dulnl the srar weva approximately COOO I the want of A aumcler1 bo < ly of trained mat men neretilHird the dun d-un of cnllpclccl men trial tht regiment fw hoipltal di > lY In teveial uf the camp and the cmplnymer 4 trained nurie nt the generul hoccpital over 1100 ferrrilenuriiei hue hen I cmplciyed at first at the general hospital and liter at Vie net I dlvltlon hoipnvtla when II I beonine oldenl that the Held service I purpoiei for vcikh the killer hid been nrginlied would have Its give after tn 1 the Imperative need of caring for the many lick men coming from the regimental regi-mental rimpi MiiICAI SUPPLY Immediately upon Ihe declaration of vour April 1011 ttift sworct taken 10 ilvnln medical Supplies t Ir the new vituntetr army The manufacture 1I1lIt l with the ulnioat dlipitch On May 3rd foreseeing that ft would lie i Imvonlble to lime ready for Ispubt l to the volunteer regiment ai IlIon AN they were mustereA In U necessity rrirtea of fleM I of Patent I tele 1 gniphed the vovernnri of M Several Plate 1 for olllhny lit Use the medical equipment of the national guird In ht frvlce ef the Hate mrll our army nedlcal tupplli were ready I for liue Music of the governor wjio had field equipment responded promptly and iat 11 actnrlly but unfortunately tnvny of llie 011 mIIO 1ptlmnU hd no inch equipment Mcvnwrlle Iht inl rat In rhirg if the medical tupply dcncc1 were directed lo rrrvKe arnni miles M ttrll lupplle could be Itai medlcttMy olHlned for 100 ODD mm fIx I f-Ix month Whrntrir the notice was received fnmi tile adjutantg nirala onioe thit Commands were to b moved or cimpr mJ I t r formed I enlnvurtd lo niMlrlint the wai1 ut the troops Icy telegrai hlng to the ornrer In charge of iht nearest nip ply depot to I Cwssord auiplltt for the tatiU number of men IIN TOO YOUXO In my opinion the reduction of the ago mil from 1 tit It forieza land the hoI Ih hlh the volunteer regt nierfl were onranliecl and muttered Into In-to the tervlet fro r repontlble fur much ir the tUknrti which wa re norltd In the early da1v uf the ramp life AN military exibirliebrom I howl Oval young men under SI year lreak down rapidly under the atniln of war see Vice ant every regiment had many of the yoitht In lit rank Medlnil ea smintra wire appointed to tertlfylo Vie lhlIol condrlon of iwh man be file acceptance but nolwllhttandlng Ihi to many men were afterward found on the tick llrtt of the camci unm for service from Causes eilatlni prior to enllitment thM special or rangemerrla ha I to Ice made for their dUeliirge Avon After the 1Iy raised Ire I-re saartgated In Urge raI tick time Wion to IncrMi progreeMv from causes that were o general In their operatm that nrcely a regiment regi-ment recent I from Ihrtr harmful Influent In-fluent The ei Causes may largtly J v referred lo I ht Igoranre On the Pie qf of Sierra or the icrinclr I et uf camp tantti iKin nil their Station and rem as Will t I n tin as regard the welfare it the en Haled men In their I commands HITIM NOT Till OAWI The vitro nt certain 01 the campt have Wen Intlanced In Ihe Twipapfr 40 Ihe Calls nt the tlcknett which will developed In liberal but a rcnlecv uf the whole Situation aleirva 1 that It WAS nol ills site hut Ihe manner nf Its vcccu Iltlun which mun be held rM > tilhle tar tho nunner and tpread uf dlteate A prig lI ht Kl r osrrre nat a the HVeXhc < l n-at tntanltary tondlllont In the campt 1 I Inued circular No I tinrenting UlAws medical olllcen their rrapuiulblk It I In uiftary m > teni and the avers oily for u Uriel Mnttary IIller l uir Far pialltav m nrhIW llcularly I I In the rise if tick 1 nnf In the preservation nf ihe ramp area fron contnnMnatlon Hut the oftervaltY Of the military polUIA t Ion un tile area of lit go wntract wmpt prevent 4 Ihe 1albllhy l ot gcud sanitary candltlont I iflth i Il r Campt I of tills character may bt oicu fed for A meek or tval nt a lime w1lh out aerlout results as In the rate uf NaMonil luirdtmen out Air 1 ten diyt practice during the Summer hut their continued uccupitlnn will Inevli tiih re Pull In the broking > tovrn of the m inm1 by drirrheoea dysentery and IY pliold fiver BIMIPATION or Tim MIX 1radlrally mithlng was dove lo make the men comfortable or to I remedy lh Unsanitary Conditional until then Act hmu ht 10 the allecvton of the WeL re lary uf war br lntiector tent out fnm the war department Then llc Camps hell for PY long were loan iwned hut not before the injcnlfeita lion I tvphold Infeclloii were rife AS CII hen jfir Pries I were carefully te ICtt rlmllll1 cam I a re u 1 Mlior7 t ritagelinerVeArPeOll Anti it flooring proyi4td Then for this first Im ie the Iruipa went lni I > camp Suitable for continued occupation Onst prominent must Of the tncreat of sickness In I the early camps baa been cummented upon by only a fen af lIur medical odlcert Them cite the pre is 411leo of drunkenness and Of vraerea dilute due to the farllltlet and timpta non forded by tho pm lmlly I of illle Ih 1 Ill liner cAmps They I hall l I that If lh systems of the mill lold loll lttn A fillorsoad by dloripAtIon they would wit 114VO Succumbed i at readily I No the other Influence vvhlrh affected Ihern It Was typhoid fever which brok town lr r h n the ttmulli af the ciinman1 meruliy I tile oulbritak ties onlng tile I r I vily in3tAtent In July I Hpodi lie cue yneared tn moot ut Iht reglminlt I In y iy ind Julia Memo cave Irirliig been brought In mary Installers fium the Kate coinpanlet In tint ujme regl merits 91 the Fifteenth I XIlnfiAQ1x6Uf rhrrt rr hl t i r fMI alritis front Vila t1lotas At their 1 C410 tvildolvoll than Ally of Me last MIMS In tin largo federal I tamr I It i PPeara from the general review of th 021altArY reports alriidy filed that the I Jlh list l dlteate wa pro Wloned to Hit unnnltary I camp con Itlona which I have referred to Th AoA S Y si l probability nf 11 i Onttvi So alra lion to Soldiers In cxmpt throimh the actmy of lll 1s wai pointed out Hi x reaton fee nulillnit on a icanltary police of the trlrteit chiraclfr 1101110 WATCH It It I well known to the mrdlral pro revision that this fever l < Pripjiulcl hy the cotnanilnaltd water supply and II I In I now recognized dial the great prevalence of this disease In any on Rravat4 form In Ih camps Of the Civil War was due to the use of outface out-face And shallow wrtl wutert Infectel Iy lytholl eterela To prevent the iranimlttlon by the water supply I recommended I the same ia bolted and filtered fil-tered I water when n pursosprIng Supply could not be obtained and to enable an efficient niterallon of auiptcttd wi < ert to be made field niters of approved construction were Ittued on my recom mtndatlun by the iiuartcrmiiteri de IA partment ment he seriously tick wer to h l e treated In their division n1oI hopplialA unless their transfer 10 II general hospital Wall advisable under the care of the m < > it eiperKnced phvilclan and able out geont on duty with each dlvlilon MM leal mon left on duty will their tog I ments later 10 exercise sanitary Puper vllln over the well mn and 0 detor mine whether n Soldier reporting him Pet tick I thould be pent to lh hmilal or that he remain I ni n trivial I can nder I treatment In ciinriT The consolidation I con-solidation nf the medleal fcre by dl rll II lItj tlilont Implying at It dldthe breakIng I break-Ing I up of thi regimental hoccpiiali met with a tiring uppoidllnn frccni regimental 1 regi-mental medical oincrrt particularly from those who were not detailed for iceclal service at the division hoiplt ill istaIAPK before thin corp embarked for Cubi its Held hospitals were In condition con-dition for emclcnt service Huhirciucnt event hvv reader valuebi theme reparation of the medical department depart-ment mentMINUS MINUS HACIOAtli WAOONH When the command embirked on Ihe transport ordeals 1 the bagmgt wagont and mule were left behind The ambulance trains of all the dl 1 vltlont with a large I lrt of the mum nf each cf the hoipltali were aim fall behind Theie ambulance wagons were taken apart And I stored on orso of the vciwli Them did excelled terrlce at Han Join and 11 Cnney Ten of the Ambulances of I he Third or reserve illvlflon hoiplial were tiiluequently Shipped lo Cuba where they airlvhl July nd and were nf value In moving Ihe Irk and wounled to the hospital at Kltconey and to the hospital ships and trinnortt Of the property ant Supplies carried IQOh r r v1m In Cuba n portion was nol available for tervlre 1 at the time U I was needed tnwlt on July lit Tml and Ird whin tilt wounded 1 from li Valley and Han Jun were Dlnll frorn the frimt for care and treatment This wan l > erau > e I In general no orlunlty was affordI to IvnI the inedKal properly harneit efforts were made by ninllral nirn lo have upllra at the fiont with the iroopt During and After lh banleaat 11 tMney and Han Juan thr wit Iniuillrlency of trnta cau bedding and Mod Vince dueto the calls stated but all the luMlili I wtr well equipped fur aurtlcal work nitoKnv DOWN FROM KATIOUH After tilt lapllulatlon of Hanllago the troOps al the front broke down nip Idly under the fatigue they had under CTme and the malarial Influence tit whlth they were tll > ted but by IM time an ample Supply of lento furnl lure vldlnff l Clothing end wdlcal Horet had leached Blboney together with a Carps uf trained nuneii and a I I force of nurgeomc who were pent lo duly at the yellow fever hoipllal be Inoe Immune 10 the disease Meanwhile lo relieve the premure In the Held hospitals much Convalescence and nuch an could bear the journey w ere Pent to the liplted Hintea on Irnnipnrt i I vcitel 1 Thin wn nn emergency mea Sure to relieve the hoipllala at Hlhoney I and permit of the transfer lo them of the mn lit were sick I in regimental ramp The transfer nt troop from Halilhvro to Mnntauk Point was also nn orneeire nvy tnnU and tile arreat retpontlblllly of excluding yellow fever Infection from every IrnntiMrt retted on 0s tntlcsl offleers It had I eltarge i I of the embarkation llai they failed I In this duly the effect vnmld hIP hn I disastrous during the Voyage to the men on hlplKinrd and the risk of Im I Krllng the dleeaio Into thin country would have lccti grratly Increased It 10 I npedlev to refer nt title time to the complaint of plnrvatlon which nppeared nlcnoit dally In the newipa tires during the occupation of Camp Wlko for It 14 I now tflftlllly under t < > od that the wraknem prwtlrnHon nnmlo bond moIIlIo of a many nf the Ircnip Were the result of Inn lariat typlnll I I and Yellow fever train II f r which llin army mifOrnl tin 4 ronte iiuenre of Ha elilmure > to the cllmall Influenerx anti tn Infections of an I llnKn nnd Its net plittltI llilltitt and aubioiuent to the Surrender of the rtiy 1rons a 11slew liatgtin Terre llaule Inl Kir 24Iforton > i lludton iif this city I hit list arrived from Mexico here he hit been H prla1 I I I nn for over a half year Inn IVbrtriry I I lludnin and a friend nimvd 1Mell i I went u n n pmupKHtiu tour near T < I i 1 lucn Meilni They were reiurrttn fnm the tools uf VereauerU here they hid I I I been lei purrhate auppllea for their ramp when they were got upon by Mexlrin hirhwaymcn oi of the Metlcant clipped u pltlnl M Ijtvelln head but rite American IUII Me aeMllant anl the too foil finm their hinet The ieiinl Mexican whJ Wall arvitI till it flitted marhete WAS In I the art Sit plunjtlnx I I it inut I owella I lick when Hudson Ioahl hill la the whe-n win a i wellWrected hot The first Iltifesin Am o1lIy ovorflnll Ilwoll volon list latter called Air help 1I111n iaort I Ii film dastaborit lion I Ihft bighwaymin aimed tills 1101 at the 1lunrln nian lluleun WAS no Iulk however unit hGt the cleans IhUAh hI breast The two Aresr1rarm then Concealed hpmieUet In lh innuntalm until lliy nnnlly derldnl i surrender lo the Meibnn auUioiitiri llulwn snas Ihitntn < nu Jill at T nsItax hut nn I ally pit n letter I l > hit neither tn hit I i ely and ht aulhorilet In a > hlmtrn I fcTiirnl ht Irfil 1 an 1 Men isHecrelarr of clip hl Illchird W Thompson K II Mciecti Kraal r 1atrlMnka Sold Cnnnretiman Fare t Illf I ere Irirtruniirital In punnir t > f > n treatment for IliiUtn lluln It hn ar1 Mle 1 fivrn hit 4jnfl a foaled but It JlhulVi in cold health |