3rd.District D.N. Luzon and 1st.separate Brigade,D.N.P.:I Officwr died 
from an injury.Thrown from train.1 Contract Dental Surgeon:Pyonephrosis 
and intestinial obstruction.I Veterinary Surgeon:Abscess of liver. 
Total deaths,enlisted men,30,from the following causes.l Alcoholism 
acute, 1 Anaemia pernicious,1 Burns,1 Cachexia malarial.1 Cancer^of 
stomach and liver, 1 Delirium tremens, 8 drowning, 3 Dysentery,acute 
1 Enteritis atropic,2 Fracture of vertabrad,cervical,1 fatty degenera¬ 
tion of the heart,l fever malarial hemorrhagic,1 gastritis chronic 
1 gunshot wound suicidal,I Icterus hematogenous,1 Jaundice malignant, 
1 Morphinism chronic, I Peritonitis tubercular,1 Pharyngitis gangrenous 
1 Pnemonia.1 Pyaemia acute,2 small pox,l Urinary suppression,2 Cause 
unknown. 
13. No record of desertions has been kept at these headquaretrs, 
and the number and cause cannot be given. 
No desertions have been reported since I have been in charge of 
this office* 
14. The special diet consists principally in the Brigade,of canned 
soups,beef extracts,condensed milk,malted milk,eggs,and a few fari¬ 
naceous substances. 
It is impossible to obtain fresh milk,and in many cases the supp 
ly of fresh beef for such uses as is called for in special diets,is 
irregular and limited. 
A fairly good light diet,sufficient for the needs of patients too 
sick touse the ration,has been secured and prepared in a satisfactory 
manner. 
15. There is no record for discharges for disability at these Head¬ 
quarters. Enlisted men who are to be discharged on Surgeons Certificate 
