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Page 179 - large increase in the number of student candidates over that of former years shows the immediate effect of the much brighter prospects now opened out in the army to young graduates from our best medical schools by the ‘ ‘ act to increase the efficiency of the Medical Department of the United States Armyż” approved April 23, 1908.
Page 42 - remains of 211 persons who died abroad were brought to the United States under provision of law for bringing home the remains of officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and civilian employees. When requested, the remains were shipped to former homes or delivered to friends, otherwise interment was made in national cemeteries.
Page 70 - supervision by a commissioned officer. 7. All supplies furnished under contract or otherwise will be subjected, whenever practicable, to the personal inspection of a commissioned officer at the time of deliveryż otherwise such inspections will be made by civilian inspectors under his personal supervision, subject to test and verification at irregular
Page 133 - The vaccin has been tested on human beings, and has produced, as a rule, a mild general reaction, although occasional severe responses occur. There is usually some headache and malaise, and a local reaction consisting of a red and tender area about the size of the palm of the hand, and sometimes tenderness in the axiliary
Page 245 - There was a large number of miscellaneous papers handled in connection with the items mentioned which are not included in this statement, it being impracticable to keep an accurate record of the number. The following shows the disbursements from Signal Corps appropriations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909:
Page 121 - Sm: I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon the work of the Medical Department of the Army, together with a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909 and a study of the health and sanitary conditions of the army
Page 208 - by him, an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate received by such officer or enlisted man at the date of his death, less seventyfive
Page 188 - Department, is level and if it could be obtained would reduce the cost of building. PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL. The act approved May 27, 1908, having appropriated $19,000 for the support. and medical treatment of destitute patients in the city of Washington, DC, under a contract to be made with Providence Hospital by the SurgeonGeneral of the Army, the relief afforded was as follows:
Page 42 - Under act of Congress amending section 1661, Revised Statutes, for arming and equipping the militia, this department supplies quartermaster stores, clothing, and equipage to the militia of the several States and Territories and transports the same to said States and Territories. It furnishes transportation for all military supplies furnished by the War Department to the
Page 142 - and this seems to be borne out by the fact that the infections there and at Placetas and Morro Barracks were almost exclusively among the southern men. At Cardenas, where most of the positive cases were not from the Southern States, these may have been, as suggested by the surgeon, a local source of infection.