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To the Chief Surgeon, 
Department North Philippines, 
Manila, P.I. 
sir:™ 
In conpiiance with your letter of March si,19os, I have 
the honor to submit the following report of operation of 
the Medical Department of the 2nd Separte Brigade for the perAdd 
Prom June 30,1901, to April 15, 1902:- 
Up to November 1, 1902,this terriAr^y^include the 3rd and 
4th districts of the Department of Northern Luzon,but upon that 
date the troops (except those in Pangasinan)were consolidated 
into the 2d Separte Brigade of the new Department of North 
Philippines. 
The officers of the districts Chief Surgeons were merely 
officers of transmittal and though their records of endorsements 
are file, they give little Information for report. 
On June 30, 1901, there were in this territory(including 
Pangasinan)74 posts with one surgeon to each two posts,* nd 33 
with one Surgeon to each three posts#and 5 with one Surgeon 
to e oh five posts.The number of troops has been so greatly 
reduced that there are 33 station in all,and these so scat¬ 
tered that they cannot be attended from adjacent station ex¬ 
cept in three instances and than only two stations to a surgeon, 
so that the percentage -of Medical Officers needed is greater 
than before. 
All the stations have one troop or company or a detachment, 
except four each of which has two companies or troops. The 
average garrison being about three officers and 92 men. Thirty 
of these should have a non-commissioned officer and tliree to 
seven privates of the Hospital Corps acoor ing to size, or a 
total of thirty non-commissioned officers and 188 privates. If 
we include the extra men needed at the ice plant, chemical labra 
tory, prison hospital. Brigade medical supply depot, and the 
Chief Surgeon’s Office, we should have 32 non-commissioned offi¬ 
cers and 140 privates,whereas we have 30 n^n-comraissloned offi¬ 
cers and 144 privates. The allowance is 4^ of the 3300 troops 
in the Brigade or 132,(22 non-commissioned officers and 110) pri¬ 
vates),and would be sufficient if the troops were stationed in 
larger garrison, but the allowance is not sufficient in the 
present circumstances and the privates in excess are all at work. 
The territoi'y covered is quite large extending from coast 
to coast. North of Manila as far as Pagasinan,and includes 
the nine provinces of zambales,Tarlac,Hue va Kci^a, Principe, 
Bulaoan,Parapanga,Infanta,Riza 1,and Bataan. The outlying 
stations are difficult of access and report are generally delay¬ 
ed, and the southern stations are reached only via Manila caus¬ 
ing some further delay,though the condition of profound peace 
makes rapidity of intercourse less important. 
