as a white man and the former leaders and sailers did not unffir- 
stand what to build, Hit rather adopted something from Spain. 
Though X have no idata to prove it, $ am convinced that much 
deterioration of health and actual illness mn bf) prevented by 
building quarters on plans found good by the British in India, 
and I cannot too strongly recomraend that a capable sa itarian 
who knows something of tropical necessities, be placed on all 
boards which are making plans for permanent posts. I am convinced 
that much of the immense suras to be used will be wasted, if w© 
do not insist upon structures which will protect white men from 
the destructive effects of strong sunlight, and also insist upon 
proper planting of trees around all quarters and barracks. As 
a rule one year of strong sunlight removes all energy and I am 
quite sure that we will have better work and more of it and fewer 
men disable if permanent posts are constructed properly, and 
not on plans found good in Sexas or Arizona. 
Hospital as far as inspected are in good sanitary condition 
but in bad repair. As this cliioate requires constant repairing 
to keep houses habitable, much money will have to be spent. 
The Medical officers have been exceptionally efficient, in 
no instances have there been indications of anything except an 
earnest desire to do right, except in one or two cases where 
errors may have been due to inexperience and not neglect. 
The necessity for exactness in reports is hard to learn, 
there being too many of them,so that a great many papers have 
to be returned for correction. 
As far as know the Hospital corps have done good work, the 
inefficient or bad characters being gradually w ede out. 
There are no data upon which report of diseases can be made 
but it may be appropriate at remark on the subject of Malaria, 
that as blood examinations in Africa show that the natives harbor 
the germ and reran in well as a result of racial immunity, the germ 
can live a commensal existence, non- pathogenic but ready to take 
on pathogenic action as soo n as vitality is lowered. Just as 
the bacillus of pnueraonis may remain in the mouth for years and 
be harmless until resistance is destroyed through fatigue, expos¬ 
ure or alcoholic excesses. I suggest work on this line to show 
why the scouts in the mountains districts will all get malaria in 
a short march in a country having no mosquitoes, at some posts 
as high as 50$ go on sick report after little exertion. If 
they are proven to be permanently infected,we roust look on 
even' - native as a aouroe of malaria of troops and insist more 
strongly than ever upon the mosquito bars in barracks. Attention 
is given to the breeding places near barracks and seems to do 
good, but all should be warned against the disreputable conditions 
as to mosquitoes in hotels. 
A little small-pox among native has been harmless to troops as 
vaccination is apparently efficiently done. 
Venereal diseases are less. Frequent inspections are apparently 
reducing the sick rate. It is to be regretted that it is not_ 
practicable to give these men the benefit of irrigations of hot 
solutions. 
No oases of bubonic plague have occurred but at this writing 
Cholera is creeping slowly into the territory along routes of 
travel. It is now at Maoabebe, and Sexmoan, Pampanga, and though 
ever thing is being done in ooiTipliance with 0.0. 66, March 85, the 
