Total Army. TABLE VIII.-Armies, regular and volunteer, 1898 and 1899-Admissions to sick report, discharges, and deaths from various causes, with their ratios per thousand of mean strength, as compared with the corresponding ratios of the Regular Army for the decade 1888-1897-Continued. TABLE VIII.-Armies, regular and volunteer, 1898 and 1899-Admissions to sick report, discharges, and deaths from various causes, with their ratios per thousand of mean strength, as compared with the corresponding ratios of the Regular Army for the decade 1888-1897-Continued. TABLE IX.-Number of white and colored applicants for enlistment examined physically during the year 1899, with the number accepted, rejected on primary examination, and declined, with ratios per thousand. In addition to the foregoing, 35 Indians were examined, of whom 19 were enlisted as scouts and 10 for regular service; 6 rejected. TABLE X.-Nativity of white and colored recruits accepted during the year 1899, with ratios |