49. -There is nothing to report as to regulations concerning police, 
the usual fatigue being required of soldiers, but the emptying of earth 
closets is always done by contract. 
9*0. No*58,c.s.,Division of the Philippines, which orders 
medical officers to take charge of sanitation of towns put them in 
conflict with the laws made by the civil Commission, but great tac$ 
no serious clashes occurred. The systemlfthe Boards of Health evolved, 
proved to be absolutely worthless, as the poor brown men did not know 
that there could be any improvement in conditions they were accustomed 
to since birth and as a rule obstructed every measure. There were nine 
provinces in this Brigade and the medical officer nearest to the capi¬ 
tal of each province was directed to group his pueblos and assign them 
to the various medical officers in that province. The whole territory 
was thus fairly well covered, and policed. There was a wonderful 
change»and the death rates immediately were reduced and diseases of 
domestic animals disappeared. Cleaning of the town of San Jose, N.E, 
was also followed by a marked reduction of the soldiers' sick rate. A 
detailed report was forwarded May 13, 1903, with copies of all cir¬ 
culars. 
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50. -There are no Post Exchanges in this Brigade as fa* as heard 
from. 
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51. -The punishments are exclusively fines and confinement at hard 
labor. 
53«-The quarters of officers are exceedingly various, some nipa 
shacks and very comfortable, some of the more pretentious wooden build¬ 
ings with iron roofs and no porches, no protection from heat and light 
and unfit for white men. Better than these were the convents with 
large well protected rooms. All buildings were private property and 
were rented unless seized from disloyal owners, (excepting convents). 
53. -The ration is discussed in No. 36. 
54. -THE RECORDS kept at each station are those required by regu¬ 
lations for permanent posts, although the troops are technically in 
the field, under regimental organisation and regimental reports tech¬ 
nically required. It has caused much inconsistent ruling and the re¬ 
gimental organization had to be ignored in great part. 
(a) A short experience in this office leaves no doubt that the 
tremendous amount of paper work is not only unnecessary, but actually 
interferes with efficiency, and that the swarms of clerks in all 
Military Headquarters are mere excrescences, a growth of a serious 
disease of administration. No large business in the world can be 
managed on our present plans, because we violate the first axiom of 
organized effort —details must al ways be done by subordinates. We & 
should be a model, for an Army should be perfect in its concentrated 
and organized system which permits the whole to move instantly at the 
will of the head. The higher we go in a Railroad system, the fewer 
are the details attended to, but we constantly refer our work to 
higher offices. The result is that clerks in one office in^variablj'’ 
do the work^ of officers in a lower office. 
(b) Formerly if a Company Commander wanted to ,r©-enlist a good 
soldier?who was married, the papers had to go all the way to the 
Secretary of War, and be fingered and acted upon by at least 50 dif¬ 
ferent officers and clerks, it was a matter that the Company Commander 
himself should settle, and if he cannot be trusted he shouldn't be an 
officer. A Post Surgeon having a vacancy in the Hospital Corps detach¬ 
ment should bss authorized to enlist a man if one applies and not refer 
it. He is more able to select proper men that a recruiting officer of 
the line. A mere report on information slip of his action is all that 
is needed. This system works well in the ordnance detachments, and 
the Medical officer id just as capable of doing the same. Transfers 
