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Amputation of left arm, upper third (1 soldier), performed by Asst. Surg. F. M.
Kemp
Operation for repair of extensive laceration of external ear (1 soldier), performed
by Asst. Surg. F. M. Kemp

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All cases operated upon at West Point during my service have recovered. During the past year cadets have been troubled to some extent by eye strain. In my capacity as an ophthalmologist I have corrected the refraction in these cases, prescribing the proper lenses. From July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901, I have examined, measured, and corrected the refraction in the following number of official cases: Officers..

Cadets..

Enlisted men

Members of families of officers and enlisted men.

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One of the wards in the cadet hospital has been transformed into a handsome tiled surgical ward, an appropriation having been secured from Congress for this purpose. An appropriation for the construction of a new south wing to the cadet hospital was granted by the last Congress, and this money is now available for this much-needed improvement. There is still need of a detached building for the isolation and treatment of cases of infectious diseases, which is a most important matter at an institution of the character of the United States Military Academy. Estimates for such a building will be submitted in my yearly estimates. The new operating room at the soldiers' hospital will soon be finished, which will provide modern operating facilities for that hospital.

Electric lighting is greatly needed at the cadet hospital, as well as in the cadet barracks, and an electric-light plant is now almost a necessity at West Point. The present gas plant is now taxed to its utmost capacity and will prove insufficient when the buildings at the post in course of construction and provided for by recent appropriations shall be ready for occupation.

Very respectfully,

ADJUTANT UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.

J. M. BANISTER, Major and Surgeon, U. S. A.

F.-REPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER AND DISBURSING

OFFICER.

OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER AND DISBURSING OFFICER,

West Point, N. Y., September 12, 1901.

SIR: In compliance with instructions from your office, per circular No. 27, dated July 15, current year, I have the honor to submit herewith the following report in triplicate of the operations in the quartermaster's department, United States Military Academy, Quartermaster's Department, United States Army, and as director of the gas works, United States Military Academy, for the year ending June 30, 1901.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.

My duties in this branch are defined in paragraph 15 of the United States Military Academy Regulations.

Contracts entered into during the year and remaining in force in part or for the whole or more of the year to which this relates are as follows:

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All of the above contracts, with the exception of those enumerated in Nos. 17 to 22, inclusive, have been completed.

The following improvements have been made by special appropriations or from appropriations proper for such purpose:

Painted 58 sets of officers' quarters.

Painted 36 sets of enlisted men's quarters.

Built granolithic sidewalk, graded and built new macadamized road in front of chapel and library from academic building to top of dock road.

Renovated four sections of cadet barracks.

Placed steam heat in quarters Nos. 21, 23, 33, 35, and 41.

Remodeled old Kinsley house into three sets of quarters for married officers and placed modern plumbing, heating, and lighting, with sewer and gas pipes to the post mains.

New retaining wall on road to south dock in progress of completion.

Built 1,145 linear feet of sea wall at river front.

Tiled ward in cadet hospital.

Put in steel ceilings in cadet mess hall.

Constructed new operating room in soldiers' hospital.

Built ordnance storehouse for small shell, etc.

Leveled parapets, filled ditches, etc., of old Fort Clinton, thereby greatly enlarging cadet camp.

Built new stable for engineer and officers' horses, and changed walled ditch near site of same.

Built new stable for artillery horses.

Work in progress under contract for porch around the cavalry barracks.

New porches built at quarters Nos. 25, 35, 37, 39, and 41.

Built new addition to quarters No. 5.

Wards, halls, lavatories, etc., cadet hospital, painted.

New slate roof and copper gutters and leaders at cadet mess hall.

Put in steam heat north ward of soldiers' hospital.

Put in new duplex mangle in cadet laundry.

Repaired cadet laundry and put in new cement floor in same.

Repaired porches, steps, and floors of enlisted men's quarters.

Enlarged dining room and made reception hall with new stairs, quarters No. 35..

Work begun upon road from south dock to south end of post.

Began construction of retaining wall in front of new double officers' quarters. Began to straighten main road from south gate guardhouse to form site for single officers' quarters.

Remodeled cadet administration building.

Built addition to hospital steward's quarters, soldiers' hospital.

Repaired roads and paths in post cemetery, etc.

I desire to call particular attention to two matters of urgent necessity at this post: 1. That of more quarters for the married officers. The increase of the number of officers on duty at this post, due to the large increase in the corps of cadets, necessitated the improvising of quarters for the officers. Three temporary sets of quarters were made of the old Kinsley mansion. This house should have been pulled down long ago and the site used for building suitable officers' quarters, but under the stress of circumstances it became necessary to expend considerable money and labor in placing it in a habitable condition for the use of officers. Besides this, families were doubled up in houses which were not suitable for the purpose and were never intended to be occupied except by a single family.

The present detail arriving here in August of this year necessitated a still further effort to be made to house the officers, and it became necessary as a last resort, after doubling every house that could possibly be utilized for the purpose, to prepare a set of quarters built for the post heretofore occupied by noncommissioned officers for the use of two officers' families. This matter should receive prompt attention and ample and suitable quarters for officers on duty at the post should be supplied at as early a date as possible.

2. That a road should be constructed leading from the south dock in a southerly direction and connecting with the main road of the post about the south gate guardhouse. The necessity for this road, both to save time and expense in hauling and divide the traffic which is now all going over one road, is an essential requisite of the post.

I caused a survey to be made and a prospective road laid out early last spring, and did such work on it as could be done with the labor of the post, but since the weather permitted for general work of the post to begin, it was necessary to stop work on this road. An appropriation is necessary to do this work, and an item covering it will be. introduced in the Military Academy bill for the fiscal year 1903.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY.

The duties pertaining to this department are enumerated in paragraph 1076, Army Regulations, 1901. The following contracts were entered into or in force during the year:

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All of the above contracts, except that for officers' quarters and for electric conduits for same have been completed.

The amounts received, disbursed, etc., under the various heads, are shown in accompanying statement marked "B."

The following improvements have been made by special appropriations or from appropriations proper for such purpose:

Placed new and improved machinery in quartermaster shops.

Refloored granary.

Crematory.

Repaired post cemetery.

Renovated artillery barracks and placed modern plumbing and steam heat in

same.

Renovated post quartermaster-sergeant's quarters and placed steam heat and modern plumbing in same.

Renovated post commissary-sergeant's quarters and placed steam heat and modern plumbing in same.

Road built upon slope at the north end of the parade plateau leading from coal shed to back road in rear of professors' quarters.

GAS WORKS, UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.

As director of the gas works, I am charged with providing the necessary illuminating gas for the needs of the post.

The revenue derived from the sale of gas, coke, and tar is applied to payment of civilian employees at the gas works and for miscellaneous expenses not provided for by annual appropriations of Congress.

Gas is charged for at 75 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for all persons using it for personal use and for lighting public buildings properly chargeable to the United States Quartermaster's Department, except cadets, who pay 35 cents per month.

Coke is sold at $1.17 per 18 bushels, and tar under contract, good for one year, if proposals are received for it after advertising by this office. During the past year the price received for this product has varied from 1 to 4 cents per gallon.

During the year 18,633,900 cubic feet gas were manufactured; 4,065,000 pounds gas coal and 6,806 gallons oil were used for this purpose.

The receipts and disbursements are shown in statement of special contingent fund, marked "C."

In this connection I desire to call attention to the fact that the demand on the gas works has been more than doubled in the past seven or eight years, and it is necessary to increase the present plant, which will be but a temporary expedient, or to remove it to another location and build a much larger plant.

SPECIAL CONTINGENT FUND, UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.

This fund is derived from the rent of hotel, stable, restaurant, post-office, and from miscellaneous receipts, such as junk, etc.

Expenditures for the repair of the buildings which pay rent are made under the direction of the Superintendent out of funds derived from the rentals.

During the year the following expenditures were made to buildings which pay

rent:

Hotel, material, $178.65; labor, $799.03; total, $977.68.

Store and restaurant, material, $4.03.

In addition to the above this fund may be used, under the direction of the Superintendent, for subscription to periodicals and for incidentals not otherwise provided for.

Statement of the receipts and disbursements under this head are included in statement marked "C."

Very respectfully,

J. B. BELLINGER,

Major and Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Quartermaster Military Academy, Post Quartermaster, and Director of Gas Works. The ADJUTANT UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.

A.-Statement showing receipts and disbursements, etc., of funds pertaining to the appropriations for the support of the United States Military Academy during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901.

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