412 feUKGKONs' REPORTS OHIO FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. 



to be performed duriug the i)iogiess of tbis war. A reference to my monthly medical report will 

 bear me ont in the above conclusion. 



I have to say in answer to the question as to the physical qualifications of the colored race 

 for military duty, that so far as my observation extends I can give but one answer, and that must 

 be very decidedly in their favor. The proportion of rejections of that class during the time 1 have 

 been engaged in the examination of men for the Army has been very low indeed. This may arise 

 in part from the fact that only the more robust of that race have been presented for examination. 

 Yet I am of opinion, regardless of that fact, that the race, as we have it in this country, is pe- 

 culiarly physically adapted to the service. * * » 



O. O. MILLER, 

 Surgeon Board of- Enrollment Eleventh District of Ohio. 



Portsmouth, Ohio, June 1, 1865. 



OmO— FOUUTBENTH DISTRICT.' 

 Extracts from report of Dr. James D. Robinson. 



* * * My experience is that about thirty-three i)er cent, of the entire enrollment of 

 this district would be exempt from military duty, under the causes enumerated in paragraph 85, 

 including alienage, and that not more than one-half of the enrollment would furnish good and effi- 

 cient soldiers. I think that the age from which we derive our best soldiers is from eighteen to 

 thirty, and that even from sixteen to eighteen, when the development equals the requirement of 

 the army regulations, gi\es better soldiers than from forty to forty-five years; and that no volun- 

 teer should be accepted for infantry-service who does not weigh one hundred and twenty pounds 

 when naked. I think, too, that when there is sufficient inducement morally or pecuniarily all the 

 soldiers required can be had as volunteers. 



The whole number examined by me, as near as I can ascertain, is six thousand. 

 This district is composed of Holmes, Ashland, Wayne, Medina, and Lorain Counties, and is 

 bounded by latitude HP 30' on the south and 41° 30' on the north, longitude 80° 45' on the east 

 and 82° 30' on the west. The southern part of the district is hilly, and in many portions the hills 

 reach almost the dignity of mountains. Extensive beds of bituminous coal are found, and lime- 

 stone and free sandstone crop out in various parts. It is well watered by springs and spring-runs, 

 and has several large streams running through it. These streams inundate the valleys through 

 which they i)ass biennially or ofteuer, leaving a rich deposit of sandy loam. The soil on the hills 

 is a clay and gravelly loam ; very productive. 



The central portion is rolling, with frequent level glades of considerable extent interspersed, 

 well watered by springs and spring-runs, and has six large streams passing entirely through it from 

 north to south. Here are also several small lakes, the largest of which is Odel's Lake. These 

 being well stocked with fish are frequently resorted to for pleasure. The soil is generally a deep 

 clay loam, more and more mixed with sand as it approaches the streams. Like the southern por- 

 tion of the district, the soil is very productive and well adapted to grain-growing. Probably its 

 productions of wheat, lye, oats, and barley are greater than in any other portion of the State of the 

 same extent. Bituminous coal of a superior quality abounds; limestone and sandstone also are 

 found. 



The northern portion of the district is more level, although slightly rolling as it recedes from 

 the lake. The soil is i>riiicipally a clay and gravelly loam ; the clay part scantily watered ; the 

 gravelly abundantly, aiid better adapted to grazing than raising grain. The attention of farmers 

 of this portion is principally directed to raising stock, and to the products of the dairy. 



The forests of this district are composed of oak, beech, hickory, sugar-maple, chestnut, 

 whitewood, and walnut, according to the soil; whitewood and beech being confined almost exclu- 

 sively to clay soil. 



The diseases, as might be expected from the topography and locality of the district, arc such as 



' No reports were recoived from the twelfth and thirteenth districts. 



