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Show DEATH RATE IN ARMY. The Great White Plague Kills More Soldiers Than Any Other Disease. Washington Tho nport on tho work of the medical ilciurtmcnt nt the nrm) by Hurgnoti tlcnernl It M Oltelll), Just made public, goes Into that service during the calendar )ear 1V0& nnd ulso lonipures the health of Hie dirferenl armies or till' world, as far ns possible, tn view of the different (omlltlons In each nrm). Tho highest rate of admission to the sick report Is held b) thn Dutch nrm), whoso rail' I 13 21 pir 1,00 mm, with the American arm) ranking second, with 12 9s, and the Russian army holding hold-ing Ihe lowest rate nf 3 13 per 1,000 men The Ilrltlsh army rank llr.l In Ihe death rale, with 713 per 1,000 men, the American arm) Inning the next highest, ('. 28 'Ihe Frtiaalnn irui) hn ihe lowest rale, two per 1,000 men Aa n cause of death tuberculoid led with u rate of 68, a slight Increase at compared with the previous year. Fnoumonla n second, rate 22 |