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should not render this report uni © s s ho finds something unsanitary ^ 
which niust he remedied or placed on record for future action Toy high- 
P .y> authority. The reception of this report would then mean something-— 
action—, while now it means nothing, except routine clerical labor. 
A sanitary description of each post should he on file in the Chief 
Surgeon*s*Office of each Brigade or Department. 
59.-There are no post schools, nor any for the Hospital Corps, in¬ 
struction for the latter reported under Ho. 35. 
•60.-No scurvey is reported. 
61,—There is no sewerage in any station except at tne prison at 
San Isidro, N.E. There are no sinks either, the dry earth system he- 
in? used. The latter is always offensive as every company of soldiers 
contains some men who will not help volun&arily in any matter tending 
to the health or comfort of the others. 
63 ,—the STABLES are mere sheds, or in open camarrines. As a 
rule they are suitable, and fairly dry. 
63.-E0SPITAL STEWARDS and Act'g Hospital Stewards are efficient 
except in a few instances where gross carelessness in paper work, 
causes much annoying delay. 
qa -storehouses are generally in basements and are damp, and not 
infrequently in had condition. Deterioration of stores is inevitable. 
65.-HOSPITAL STORES also deteriorate rapidly, and this loss must 
he. considered"one of the inevitable expenses of war in the tropics. 
66 -HOSPITAL TENTS are not on hand. Their use is dangerous in 
this climate and houses can he seized or rented wherever there are 
operations. Canvass also rots quickly. 
67. -the MEANS 0e TRANSPORTATION of the sick are the regulation am¬ 
bulance, the hospital car on the Railroad, and cy boat on the Rio 
Grande de la Panrpanga. It is satisfactory. Transportation of rations 
could not be accomplished in the rainy season at Bongahong, because 
sufficient carabao were not supplied, and the troops a uLc.. 1 
not properly rationed. 
68. -Troops are doing garrison duty exclusively. A few are guarding 
the Mariquina Valley to protect Manila’s water, and J been 
out in Rizal province after ladrones who have captured some so d 
a*d civilians at Morong and Oainta. There have oeen^no movements 
troops except withdrawals from stations to go home ,n,. mu. * - c' g, 
of stations", Since March 1, 1902, the 24th, 25th, 12th and 3d infantry 
have been ordered out of, and a squadron of tne Hth uavalry mto 
Brigade.^e mQralg of troops are invariably lowered J^associatangwith. 
lower races,-who all have a lower standard than what w. insist sha 
be the standard at home. The native 
openly in the streets, or, If in the house, noisily behind a ■ O;- 
screen, even the educated wealthy mestizo element. Sueh a .ode or 
behavior oan not possibly do else than injure on lowe-v* animals 
contact with siffaring and the brutalities practiced on ..over a-iimais 
also begets a contempt for human life itself as wel. as an ui.ioleso e 
contempt of lower rases, instead of the healthier tolerance and Mt«- 
naf supervision of them’as children, we mat remembj; teat the toown_ 
and yellow man of the Asiatic origin—like all Asiatios—has a d 
ent nervous system than Europeans. Sensations are transmitted more 
slowly Sd less acutely, it is a sluggish organism. Hence pains are 
