Another subject of great importance was an efficient medical examination of the troops prior to muster out, in order to secure a correct record of the physical condition of each man as it then existed, with a view to aid the settlement of future applications for pensions. The following table exhibits the results of the examinations. It will be noted that 18,117 individuals, or over 81 per cent of the total present, make no claim of disability, although upon examination 100 of this number were found disabled, 4,168 claimed disability, and of this number, 485 claims were allowed; in 3,599 cases disability was found not to exist, and in the remaining 83 cases disability was found to exist, but not contracted in the line of duty.

Claims for disability contracted in the line of duty were allowed in but 586 cases, less than 3 per cent of the total number present for

muster out.

Consolidated report of the result of the physical examination, at San Francisco, of the officers and enlisted men of the 25 regiments of United States Volunteers present at muster out.

General Orders, No. 17, Headquarters of the Army, dated February 15, 1901 (see Appendix), contain minute instructions for the muster out of the several organizations on their arrival at San Francisco.

The Eleventh Cavalry, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Infantry, having been organized in the Philippine Islands, were, to a large extent, composed of former members of State volunteer organizations who had accepted discharges in the Philippines and immediately reenlisted. Upon examination of the rolls of these regiments it was ascertained that 33 officers and 195 enlisted men of the Eleventh Cavalry, 40 officers and 436 enlisted men of the Thirty-sixth Infantry and 36 officers and 439 enlisted men of the Thirty-seventh Infantry had reentered the service in the Philippine Islands. To enable the officers and

men of the above-mentioned regiments to receive travel allowances upon muster out, especially in view of their efficient service, Congress, on the recommendation of the War Department, passed the act of February 8, 1901, which is embodied in General Orders, No. 16, Headquarters of the Army, dated February 17, 1901. (See Appendix.)

It having become almost certain that some of the organizations would not reach San Francisco until after July 1, making it impossible, by muster out before that date to do full justice to the interests of the Government and to such volunteers equal to that extended to earlier arrivals, the Secretary of War directed that they be retained in service for the convenience of the Government for such length of time after July 1 as might be necessary to accomplish the above object the date of discharge and of payment to be the actual date of

muster out.

The following are the organizations mustered out subsequent to June 30, 1901:

Company B, Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry, mustered out July 5, 1901; Forty-first Volunteer Infantry, mustered out July 3, 1901; Company B, Forty-second Volunteer Infantry, mustered out July 8, 1901; Forty-third Volunteer Infantry, mustered out July 5, 1901; Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, mustered out July 2, 1901.

Under the instructions of December 11, 1900, the volunteer organizations left Manila and arrived at San Francisco at the dates indicated in the following table, which gives also the strength of the regiments present at muster out as telegraphed to this office by the chief mustering officer.

The following tables are compiled from the general field returns of the volunteer regiments, as telegraphed to this office by the commanding general of the Department of California immediately after the arrival of the several organizations at San Francisco.

The following tables are compiled from the general field returns of the volunteer regiments, telegraphed to this office, etc.-Continued.

The difference in the number of officers and enlisted men as telegraphed to this office by the chief mustering officer upon the muster out of each regiment and those in the general field returns as telegraphed upon the arrival of the regiments is explained by the fact that authority was granted the commanding general, Division of the Philippines, to retain in the Philippine Islands all volunteer officers on special duty who desired to remain after the departure of their respective organizations, with a view to their discharge not later than June 30; also by the further fact that some officers and enlisted men were retained in the service in order to take the examination for commission, while a few enlisted men were discharged for urgent reasons after the arrival of their regiments at San Francisco and prior to the date set for muster out.

It is very gratifying to note from the reports made that the discipline of the volunteers while in camp was so uniformly good as to call for little criticism, fully justifying in that respect the wisdom of the method adopted of organizing them and of selecting the senior officers from the regular establishment. These officers were in every instance selected for purely military reasons. The line officers were selected on their efficiency records as volunteer officers. All in all, the Government has never had more satisfactory troops than these volunteers, and these troops are entitled to the gratitude of the people and the Government.

Eleventh Volunteer Cavalry.-This regiment was organized in the Philippines under telegraphic instructions to the commanding general of the then Department of the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps.

Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., by recruitment from the district embracing the New England States, excepting Connecticut, and the portion of the State of New York north of the forty-second degree of latitude; proceeded to San Francisco September 6, 1899, and arrived September 17; embarked on the transport Grant September 25, reaching Manila October 24, 1899.

Twenty-seventh Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Camp Meade, Pa., by recruitment from the district embracing the State of Connecticut, the portion of the State of New York south of the forty-second degree of latitude, the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia; left camp August 30, 1899, and arrived at San Francisco September 6, and embarked on the transports Tacoma and George W. Elder September 21; the Elder arriving at Manila October 21, and the Tacoma October 27, 1899.

Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Camp Meade, Pa., and recruited from the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; left for San Francisco September 25, 1899, arriving October 2; embarked on transports Tartar and Newport October 26, and reached Manila November 23, 1899.

Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Fort McPherson, Ga., and recruited from the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas; left for San Francisco September 22, 1899, arriving September 28; embarked on transports Zealandia and City of Para October 5, the former arriving at Manila November 2, and the latter November 3, 1899.

Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Fort Sheridan, Ill., and recruited from the States of Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; left Fort Sheridan September 6, 1899, and arrived at San Francisco September 11, where on September 23 it embarked on the transport Sherman, and arrived at Manila October 21, 1899.

Thirty-first Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Fort Thomas, Ky., and recruited from the States of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee; left for San Francisco August 26, 1899, and arrived September 3; embarked on the transports Manauense and City of Peking October 25-28, and arrived at Manila November 28, 1899.

Thirty-second Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and recruited from the States of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, the Indian and Oklahoma Territories; left Fort Leavenworth September 16, 1899, and arrived at San Francisco September 21; embarked September 30 and October 1 on the transports Charles Nelson, Sheridan, and Glenogle, and arrived at Manila October 27-29, 1899.

Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and recruited from the States of Texas, Arkansas, the Territory of Oklahoma, and the Indian Territory; left for San Francisco September 15, 1899, where it arrived September 19; embarked on the transport Sheridan September 30, arriving at Manila October 27, 1899. Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry.-Organized at Fort Logan, Colo., and recruited from the States of Minnesota, North and South Dakota,