SURGEONS 



' REPORTS KENTUCKY ITFTII DISTRICT. 371 



regulations, and its provisions are complete and exhaustive. I have found no drafted man who 

 was unfit for military service who could not be exempted under one or the other of its thirty-six 



sections. , . ^ mi i 



In reference to any improvement of the enrollment-law, I have nothing; to suggest. The law, 

 as it appears to me, is'perfect enough in all its provisions, if they were strictly observed. The 

 trouble is that men manifestly and permanently disabled do not, in many cases, trouble themselves 

 to appear before the board of enrollment to be stricken from the rolls, confident that, in case of 

 bei'uo- drafted, they will be exempted anyway. Something seems to be needed to make the enrolled 

 men'Iilaiming exemption feel some responsibility for their delinquency in failing to come before the 



board. ' ^- x< -i. ^ j. i 



The district is large and the distance is great for residents ot many portions ot it to report to 

 the board, located as it is at only one given point. In the case of the poor, the expense of the trip 

 often cannot be borne. It has been .thought advisable to accommodate all portions of the district 

 bv appointing sessions of the board to take place in the different sub-districts. 



JOHN C. MAXWELL, 

 Surf/eon Board of Enrollment Fourth District of Kcntucly. 

 IjEBANon. Ky., June 1, 1S65. 



KENTUCKY— FIFTH DISTRICT. 

 Extracts from report of DrT J. Gardner. 



* * * As I had served in the Medical Department for three years, I had enjoyed 



very fair opportunities for observing what class of men was most suitable for military service. 



The whole number of men examined physically by me since my connection with the board 

 amounts to about seven thousand sis hundred and fifty. 



The Fifth Congressional District is composed of four counties, namely, Jefferson, Henry, Uld- 

 ham 'ind Owen Counties ; two of which border on the Ohio Elver, one upon the Kentucky River, 

 and the other is inland. The entire district is gently undulating, with small exceptions, and is well 

 adapted to agriculture. Considerable portions of Jefferson, Oldham, and Owen Counties are of 

 alluvial formaUou ; the remainder being limestone. The whole district is well watered by springs 

 and creeks, and the water is of a superior quality. 



The diseases most prevalent are generally of an intermittent or remittent type, pneumonia, 

 and occasionally typhoid fever ; typhus is unknown. All other diseases are of the same character, 

 with trifling modifications, that prevail in all other sections of the country. 



The city of Louisville is in Jefferson County, situated ou the Ohio River, and was formerly at 

 the head of the rapids, but is now both above and below. It is of a variable population, which at 

 this time numbers eighty or ninety thousand. Its location at the rapids renders it somewhat 

 malarious in autumn, when fogs are prevalent. , ., , • • e 



The merchants of the city are mostly engaged in trade and manufactures, while the citizens ot 

 the counties are devoted to agriculture, and formerly manufactured considerable quantities ot 



hemp-cordage and bagging. , ^ . . , i „, ,i 



Before the war, there was great attention paid to the raising of stock of improved breeds and 

 horses of fine blood; but the guerrillas made that species of property so unsafe that the people par- 

 tially abandoned the pursuit. lu one or two of the counties, an article called Bourbon whisky is 

 manufactured, principally for home consumption, and is quite popular as a beverage. 



There has been much division of sentiment among the people in our late struggle ; those who 

 were loyal being intensely so, and those who were disloyal passing through every gradation froni 

 straight-out resistance to "Lincoln tyranny," down to the "no-more-men and no-more-money 

 "peace-at-any-price" souls, who had not the principle to iight for the Government, nor the courage 

 to fight against it. The inhabitants are tar above the average m intelligence and education, and, 

 in the city of Louisville and adjacent country, live in elegance and luxury. 



The educational institutions of the State, its public buildings, charitable institutions, &c., are 

 justly a matter of pride to its citizens. 



