Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1899 — FEW SOLDIERS SICK. [ARTICLE]

FEW SOLDIERS SICK.

American Army at Munila Is in Good Condition. The general good health of the American forces at Manila is shown by the hospital report for the past week, issued by the medical department, The report shows a total of 1,889 men under medical treatment, of whom 1,378 are in hospital and 511 in quarters. This gives- a sick rate of less than It per cent, and it is also to be noted that more than one-fourth of the men reported sick are not in such condition as to require' sending them to hospital. These conditions compare very favorably with the experience of other countries in the tropics. At its highest sick rate lias not exceeded 12 per cent, and the serious cases have never exceeded 6 per cent. The total number of Americans wounded in action to date ns 1,586. The number killed in action and died from wounds is 374. The losses of the rebels have been about five times those of the Americans, notwithstanding the fact that the rebels did most of their fighting from intreneliments.