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Show 111 n mini i mi l'i I fcumiiM MANY DIE IN ABMY. EOLDIER DEATH KATX IS H1QK- rm . B6T IN WORLD. Health Ileport of Surgeon Qeflcral Tolls That European Military Is In Setter Condition Than Ours " Improvement Shown. ' Washington. Surgcon-Qoneral It. M. O'HIelly, or the army, has submitted an exhaustive roport on tho health conditions con-ditions ot tho army to tho secretary of war. Tho report says that tho sick and death rato Is higher than thoso ot all other armies. Tho strength of tho array as shown upon the monthly sick reports was 68,740, and on the returns ot tho tnllltnry secretary 60,1.10, and calculations calcula-tions are made up on tho latter figures. Thoro wcro 79.586 "iidmlssidns to tho I sick report" during tho year, 40G deaths from all causes and 1.377 discharges for 'disability. The figures, ho says, show n stendy and progressive Improvement In the health of the army. "As to rauses of death," said Surgeon-General Surgeon-General O'Hellly, "pneumonia advnnced to first place and tuberculosis second, "There were 206 admissions for gunshot gun-shot wounds, with 44 deaths, and 2,850 admissions for wounds other than gunshot, gun-shot, with IB deaths Twenty-one men were killed In action and 42 wounded; nt tho killed two wero by gunshot; of tho wounded 28 wero by gunshot "Thcro wcro 45 soldiers drowned, 11 por cent, of the total deaths from all causes, Indicating how Important It Is . that all soldiers should have systpmatlo ' Instruction In swimming. Twenty-seven soldiers committed lulcldo; ten deaths wore due to homicide, "Notwithstanding that a large part of the army wqb serving In Contrul America, there was no admission 'for snake bite. I "The strength ot officers was 3,421 , from tho medical department reports . and 3,815 from tho military secretary. (There were 2,276 admissions and 27 deaths." Comparisons with foreign nrmloaj Ehuw that the highest rate of admissions is In the American army and tho lowest In tho Hussion. Tho hlghrst death rato was In tho American army and the lowest low-est In the Prussian Tho highest noneffective non-effective rate was in tho American army nnd tho lowest In tho Prussian. Regarding Regard-ing theso facts Gen., O'llellly says: "Tho very high proportion for alcoholism alco-holism In the American army as compared com-pared with that of the Drltlsh Is partly duo to the fact that In tho latter scrvlco only admissions to hospitals are counted. "Tho comparatively high American death rate for tuberculosis Is explained by the fact that In tho United Statcn army tuberculosis patients aro sent to a sanitarium and retained In service for long periods, while In other armies they nro promptly discharged. Tho High admission ad-mission rate Is no doubt duo to the present pres-ent defective system 6f medical exom-Initlon exom-Initlon of recruits." Tho strength of the army In the Philippines Phil-ippines wob 11 DUG arfd thcre-irero 20,246 admissions to the sick rorort aud 105 deaths. The strength of tho Filipino tr.-ops was 1.610 md thcro were 5,242 a Imlsslons and 103 deaths. |
