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Page 96
... deaths from all causes , equivalent to a rate of 5.81 per 1,000 of strength , compared with 6.11 and 13.91 per 1,000 , the corresponding rates for the previous year and the period from 1898 to 1905 , respectively . The death rate for ...
... deaths from all causes , equivalent to a rate of 5.81 per 1,000 of strength , compared with 6.11 and 13.91 per 1,000 , the corresponding rates for the previous year and the period from 1898 to 1905 , respectively . The death rate for ...
Page 97
... death rate of 3.14 in 1897 . In 1898 , the year of the war , there was a great increase in all the rates , except discharge for disability , largely the result of the undue prevalence of malarial fevers , typhoid fever , and yellow ...
... death rate of 3.14 in 1897 . In 1898 , the year of the war , there was a great increase in all the rates , except discharge for disability , largely the result of the undue prevalence of malarial fevers , typhoid fever , and yellow ...
Page 98
... deaths , and 6 per cent of the total noneffective rate for disease . The rates for tuberculosis are considerably higher ... death and noneffective rates all better than those of the United States . The Philippine Islands had , as usual ...
... deaths , and 6 per cent of the total noneffective rate for disease . The rates for tuberculosis are considerably higher ... death and noneffective rates all better than those of the United States . The Philippine Islands had , as usual ...
Page 99
... deaths ; no other disease caused more than 1 death . There were 3 deaths from accident . INFLUENCE OF ARM OF SERVICE . In these comparisons the enlisted men of the ordnance department are not considered on account of their small number ...
... deaths ; no other disease caused more than 1 death . There were 3 deaths from accident . INFLUENCE OF ARM OF SERVICE . In these comparisons the enlisted men of the ordnance department are not considered on account of their small number ...
Page 100
United States. War Department. It will be noted that the death and noneffective rates are higher in the United States ... deaths . Of the 21 deaths none appear to have been the result of the opera- tion nor of the use of an anæsthetic ...
United States. War Department. It will be noted that the death and noneffective rates are higher in the United States ... deaths . Of the 21 deaths none appear to have been the result of the opera- tion nor of the use of an anæsthetic ...
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Page 214 - In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries have appended their signatures to the present Convention. Done at The Hague, the 18th October, 1907, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Netherland Government, and [ duly certified copies of which shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to the Powers which have been invited to the Second Peace Conference.
Page 264 - ... arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements and engines of war, and to purchase or cause to be manufactured, under authority of the Secretary of War, such guns, carriages, armor plates, and other war material as may, in the judgment of the board, be necessary in the proper discharge of the duty devolved upon it by the Act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight...
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Page 264 - That before any money shall be expended in the construction or test of any gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements under the supervision of the said board, the board shall be satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements, or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the...
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Page 105 - ... the hygiene of the post or command to which he is attached, and the recommendation of such measures as he may deem necessary to prevent or diminish disease among troops.
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