surgeons' reports — INDIANA — TENTH DISTRICT. 429 



make a great iiiistake; siu-li a course will not serve tlie purpose of au army save with the unprin- 

 cipled and viinous. 



Liberty-loving Germans, and especially those who are Americanized, are not destitute of good 

 soldierly qualities. Those least inclined to volunteer are those that are to some extent clannish, 

 living together in large settlements — those wlio have brought Germany to America. With these 

 exceptions there has been do lack of spirit aud patriotism in our German population. 



A large proportion of the Irish in the Army from this section are volunteers. You catch but 

 few of them by the draft. This may be accounted for in part from their migratory habits. 



My experience as to the physical (pialifieations of the colored race for military service is lim- 

 ited. I do not see why they may not make good soldiers. They have suiHcient strength, activity, 

 and endurance. They are rather quick of api)reheusion aud are imitative. They bear uji under 

 injuries, and their wounds heal readily. Their sensibility, moral strength, and self-reliance have 

 been somewhat diminished by long years of servitude; but with the prospects of liberty and the 

 elevation of their race, with their habits of obedience, and with worthy and skillful officers to lead 

 them, they will doubth^ss make very good soldiers. Such was certainly the case with the most 

 enlightened and civilized in the early history of their race. # * * 



E. P. BOND, 

 Surgeon Board of Enrollment Fourth District of Indiana. 



Gbeensbuegh, Ind., May 25, 1805. 



INDIANA— TENTH DISTRICT.' 



Extracts from report of Db. Stephen Morris. 



* * * The whole number of men examined bj' me was live thousaud four hun- 



dred and four. Of these there were: 



Drafted men 2, 891 



Exempted 1, 004 



Rejected on account of old age, under age, aud as non-residents 198 



This district is situated between the eighty-fourth aud eighty-sixth degrees of west longitude 

 and the torty-lirst and forty-second degrees of north latitude. The climate is mild, with every 

 variety of soil. The facie of the country is generally rather tiat; the southern portiou of the district 

 es[)ecially being covered with a dense growth of large timber of various kinds of ti'ees, viz, various 

 spe(;ies of oak, maple, i)0[)lar, black walnut, beech, and elm. The soil is well adapted to all kinds 

 of small grain, wheat being the greatest staple. Ttio inhabitants are mostly agriculturists, and 

 nearly one-third, in the southern part of the district, are Germans, a very industrious, frugal class, 

 but very averse to going to war, partly owing to the teachings of the copperhead orators, there 

 being no leading republican Germans in the district to influence them on the side of loyalty. 



The prevalent diseases are malarial fevers, intermittent fever being the most common. The 

 cause of these fevers is being gradually removed as the country is cleared up and cultivated. Ague 

 is now much less frequent than formerly. 



I cannot say that any particular disease has disqualified a greater ratio from military service, 

 unless it be hernia, which can be accounted for from the violent straining or lifting in(;ident to the 

 nature of the occupations of the inhabitants. 



I have nothing to suggest in reference to paragraph 85. It seems sufficiently comprehensive; 

 possibly some few discjualiticatious might be omitted, such as epispadias aud hypospadias, in sec- 

 tion 30. 



1 can thoroughly examine one hundred drafted meu aud one hundred and fifty recruits per day. 



The most frequent fraud, according to my experience, practiced by dratted and enrolled men 

 to escape is simulating diseases of the heart aud lungs. Substitutes and recruits not untmiuently 

 try to conceal hernia and epilepsy. Deafness aud detective vision are often feigned also. 1 have 

 fouud no great difficulty in detecting these frauds generally. 



'No reports wero received from tbe IJltli, sixtli, seveuth, eighth, and iiiuth districts. 



