Much error, olerioal and otherwise, would be obviated if suf- 
ficient general orders and circular3jfrom all sources-would be furit- 
ished the Medical Department, so that every surgeon could be supplied. 
■N 
G. 0.#l jJ).H .P. ,1903, limits the supply to 3 to the surgeons of 
each regiment,*which is manifestly inadequate, when a regiment like 
the 3oth.Infantry, garrisons 13 stations. 
DISEASE, 
* 
The number of deaths from all causes in the Brigade ; that can be 
found reported, is 6 officers and 91 enlisted men of the regular 
Army and native scouts* 
Malaria oontinous to be the most prevalent ailment. Theoretically 
quinine and the mosquito bar should keep it down, but active service 
and the impossibility of having a surgeon always with each detachment, 
Prevents their continuous use. 
The Sick and Woiifaded Report for the 
company of Macabebe scouts 
at Taysan for March, 
tend fever. 
shows 48 entries, and all for tertian, 
inter nit¬ 
on the other hand, the scouts at Cuenca have nearly a clean bill 
or&aaith, owing to their healthy elevated location, while the Taysan 
company have lower ground, and more hiking. 
IHSRIAL D I S e A S E . 
The conditions have improved materially within a year, owing 
largely, doubtless, to the operations of G.0.#101. 
The provisions therein as to control of women, however, are like¬ 
ly to prove difficult of enforcement, especially when civil govern^ 
ment is in control. 
vi- AfJj .COHOLISM. 
Alcoholism and the much discussed ^TOio« have been a minor ele 
ent m contubuting to our sick reports, and it is thought, as with 
diseases, there is less dissipation than formerly. 
