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Show jNJEGBO MAKES THE BETTER SOLDIER Washington. Oct 31 The nejrro soldlpr has demonstrated hU abllln i j to, serve with les loss of time from ' active du b reason of slcknoe ' tuna the white enlisted men. Accord- i Ing to tbe annual report of Surgeon ' Getif rl fieonw H. Tornev. made nub- ' Up tndny tb non-cflortlvn ratp of the colored soldier was i, while that of thp white- soldier wis T4 cc fV Porto Rlean 20 7S and the FiM . plnn 0 9S The report likowlc shrvvs hM the whlto troop required tho blchest av erace number o' 'l-v? treatment for pnch case of dlsahM'tv. The Porto R leans had tbe highest rato of ad- , missions, and for deaths and the po!- i ored troops the highest rate for discharge However, the constantly non-effective rate which Is held to bo the true measure of the loss Jn efficiency of tho arm yfrom sickness and Injury WT5 .13 28 per 1.000 the lowest noneffective non-effective rato in the hlstorv of the army The deaths from all causes wqr0 3-? of which 194 were from disease, dis-ease, Total death rate and from disease dis-ease are both the lowest on record except for 1910 |