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lo,—oo a •.v STO— rooms arc mostly i the ground 
floor, dump In wot weather and 'molly nurvitabAe. Rone inspected 
were in bad condition of ardor and cleanliness 
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31 Ik 18.-There are no det * on ft la no to deaths of officers and 
soldier*. 
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13. -The only desertions were a few in the 35 th Infantry, Sauces 
unknown, all war a recaptured* 
14. -R? niAbjblJST in hospitals in genera 1 'teurohssed from the 10 d 
allowance and In a few oases fro* the hospital fund. Articles are ost 
ly canned stuffs in the ooro* Assary and tonal purchases of eggs and 
chickens. Ho no-', l&ints have tig . A fill retort on this sub¬ 
ject ro« forwarded from this office on *5arcb 84, 1903* 
15. -discharges for disability a’oounta to about ao An the 35th 
Infantry, 
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16. -DigciPMHS An the Hospital Corps has been generally good* 
The ?aore work the wen .have to do the better off they are in this re¬ 
gard. It has always been a question how fur vs should go in discip¬ 
linary training of the Hospital Corps privates. Their responsible 
duties cannot bo properly done if^$«^/£xapt the saws discipline needed 
in the ranks, yet the results of^b* -~agT i AssAplinch mn in such 
positions arc serious, A short period An the ranks As desired for 
this preliminary training, and the sending of ignorant w recruits 
ffron house for duties,which arc never trusted to a ‘Civilian until at 
least two years of study in a training school, is a bad system, 
of the wen are too slouohy to be permitted 4n the Arty. 
come 
l7.-t)isiH?bCfI0M has to be limited to boiling articles "minever 
possible, or washing in f> carbolic acid or 1-1000 corrosive eubVu ;ute. 
Artiol-u of little value ar- always burned. Guaeoy- dir; infect ion 
( formaldehyde and sulphurous acid' are irT .? v ’iit '.cable as there are no 
closed rooms In the tropics ; i-id there is no quicklime, except in 
helmeti tally scaled cans, ac tee air moisture slakes it. Old embed 
lime (Hydrate and carbonate} seem to preserve cadavers in the ground 
not A. rwioidaJ Action, it apparently cementing t ■. 
v bile e of lima 1 >t praotic is as At is liable to lose 
it« chief ins as soon as opened. In small quan t ittee as for disinfect¬ 
ing on--ic-rvi 'ii’id typhoid* dejecta it is excellent# 
I-',.— hathkaIj DRAINAGE in moat o f this 'brigade is bid *m the land is 
a flat valley between the two ocaat ranges. In severe reins the 
oountrv U all under water. At tie etui ions l*i the moth Alls there 
is less trouble. ■ * 
A0I -cel 9 ly i - • flow bite, os 
cmcm md houses and leading to iHt'i? ■ . verses* He os 
are never built nr r rosw> streams, it usually over the edge o'* bunks. 
f0.-0dILf, has to be limited as the- dorps is in very sms 11 detach¬ 
ments usually not enough for the litter drill. A ha ' 
is all that is necessary and is merely to *eep the icon from forget¬ 
ting. in active* rut here, it Is as useless as targ practise 
in iiico o t 
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forte to cure here are futile as the men cancot control tcoiuaelvea 
and r.i« i • «n tty demands that they be sent ho^ae as soon as the -vis on sc 
