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3878 1 (1900)

handle is hein.usccsset/usconset31253 and id is 1 raw text is: 56TH CONGREss, SENATE. DocumENT 1st &ession. fNo. 426. NUMBER OF DEATHS OF SOLDIERS IN THE PHILIP- PINES, ETC. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMTTING, IN RESPONSE TO A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF MAY 22, 1900, A STATEMENT IN REGARD TO THE NUMBER OF DEATHS OF SOLDIERS, VOLUNTEER AND REGULAR, IN THE PHILIP- PINES; ALSO AS TO MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIP- PINES. JuNE 2, 1900.-Referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 1, 1900. Sr: I have the honor to transmit herewith, in response to the reso- lution of the Senate of the United States, dated May 22, 1900- Resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to send to the Senate the following information: A statement of the number of soldiers, volunteer and regular, who have been killed and died from wounds received in the Philippine Islands since August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; the number of regu- lar and volunteer soldiers who have died from diseases or suicide during that period; the number who have been wounded in action, or otherwise, and what proportion of them are still incapacitated for duty; the number who have committed suicide dur- ing said period; the percentage of sick, disabled, and invalid soldiers therein; what diseases have been prevalent, if any, in the military camps on the islands of the Philippine Archipelago during said time, and what steps, if any, have been taken for the better protection of their health, and a statement of the number of soldiers who have become insane since the close of the Spanish-American war while in service in the Philippine Archipelago, and the disposition which has been made of them. And also that the comparative losses and disabilities of white and colored troops in the Philippine Islands be included. Also, the territory over which the military operations in the Philippines extended from September first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to May first, nineteen hundred. The places in which garrisons were established during the period from September first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to May first, nineteen hundred. The places occupied as garrisoin by American troops on May first, nineteen hun- dred. S. Doc. 36-1

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