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581 Series II Volume VII- Serial 120 - Prisoners of War

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causes of disease, removal, mitigation - none. 7. Camp, how arranged, how long occupied - parallelogram, three years. 8. Camp, previous use of ground - farm. 9. Tents, kind, quality, condition -good, wall tents, to be supplied by barracks. 10. Tents, warming, ventilation, change of position - used only in summer. 11. Tents, sufficiency, number of men to each - sufficient, five and six. 12. Barracks, construction, size, number of men to each - wooden, 100 feet by 20 feet and 100 feet by 25 feet, 198 men to each. 13. Barracks, heating, cleansing, ventilation - stoves, good. 14. Sinks and cesspools, construction, position, management - wood, over water drain, well managed. 15. Rations, quality, quantity, variety - good, limited variety. * * * 17. Vegetables and pickles, kind, amount, how obtained - none, except in surgeon's certificate. 18. Rations, how cooked, how inspected, messing - stoves, by officer in charge of prison, no mess-room. 19. Clothing, condition, deficiencies - fair for prisoners. 20 Men, morale, sanitary condition, personal cleanliness - good for prisoners. 21. Hospital, topography of locality, soil, drainage - same as prison. 22. Hospital buildings, number, kind, capacity - two wards divided by partition, seventy - eight by twenty-two feet, wood, thirty beds each. * * * 24. Wards, warming, ventilation, lighting - stoves, side, partial ridge and end, coal oil. 25. Ward water-closets and sinks-two, one over vault, other over water drain, good, clean. 26. Ward discipline, police - good. 27. Water, source, supply, quality, effects - wells, abundant, good. 28. Fuel, whence obtained, kind, supply - wood, abundant, good. 29. Diet, quality, quantity, and variety - good. 30. Diet, how cooked, how inspected, messing - sufficient. 31. Medical and hospital supplies, quality, condition, deficiencies - good. 32. Instruments, hospital, personal, condition, deficiencies - sufficient. 33. Commissary stores, medical comforts, condition, deficiencies - good. 34. Hospital records and accounts - properly made out and kept. 35. Hospital muster and pay rolls - properly made out and kept. 36. Reports of sick and wounded and of operations - properly made out and kept. 37. Requisitions and returns - properly made out and kept. 38. Morning reports, provision returns - properly made out and kept. 39. Hospital fund, how expended, accounted for, condition - end of July $422. 28, properly exchanged. 40. Hospital washing, how performed, how paid for - by prisoners of war. 41. Surgeons, number present and absent - 1. 42. Assistant surgeons - 1 acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army. 43. Chaplains - none. 44. Hospital stewards - soldier detailed from regiment acts. 45. Cooks and nurses - 3 cooks, 10 nurses. 46. Sick, ratio of, to strength of command - 105 treated in July in hospital; number of prisoners, 3,166. 47. Sick, condition, cleanliness - good. 48. Sick, beds for, superficial area and air space per bed - sufficient. * * * 51. Medical and surgical treatment - fair. 52. Surgical operations, how performed - by surgeon in charge and assistant 53. Nursing, how performed - prisoners. 54. Diseases prevalent - diarrhea, dysentery, fevers, pneumonia. 55. Diseases of local origin - some of diarrhea and dysentery. 56. Diseases, prevention, mitigation - more vegetables. 57. Recoveries from diseases, wounds, rapid or tardy - tardy. 58. Mortality form diseases, wounds, per cent. - eight deaths in July 59. Vaccination - none since 1st of July. 60. Interments, how conducted and recorded - properly.

Special reports respecting the skill, efficiency, and conduct of officers and attendants connected with the medical department: S. S. Schultz, surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, capable, but not attentive; I. M. Abraham, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, fair.

C. T. ALEXANDER,

Surgeon, U. S. Army.


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