MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY. This department, under the direction of the Secretary of War, is charged with the duty of investigating the sanitary condition of the army and making recommendations in referenee thereto, with the duty of earing for the sick and wounded; making physieal examinations of officers and enlisted men; the management and control of military hospitals; the recruitment, instruction, and control of the Hospital Corps and of the Army Nurse Corps (female) ; and furnishing all medical and hospital supplies, except for public animals. In 1903 the depart ment consisted of 1 o- 8 colonels, 12 lieutenant-colonels. 60 majors, 43 captains, 197 first lieutenants. 300 hospital stewards (non eommissioned officers). 400 acting hospital stew ards, and in the Hospital Corps, which is under tire eommand and control of the Medical Depart ment. there were 3300 enlisted men; making a total of 321 eommissioned officers and 4000 en listed men. The Army Medical School is at Washington. D. C., and is organized with a faculty of four or more professors selected from the senior offieers of the Medical Department stationed in or near the city of Washington, and such associate professors as may be required.
The senior officer acts as president, and the junior as secretary of the faculty. Student offieers are selected by the SurgeonAeneral from those medical officers who have been appointed since the last preceding term of the school and such others as may he authorized to attend. The course of instruction is of five months' duration annually, and includes lectures and practical instruction in the duties of medical officers in war and peace; military surgery, the care of the wounded in time of war, and hospital ad ministration; military hygiene; military medi cine; microscopy, sanitary and clinical ; pathol ogy, histology, bacteriology. and urinology hospital corps drill; and first aid to wounded. Civilian physician; and dentists are employed whenever necessary, under contracts entered into by or with the authority of the S:urgoon-C:eneral of the army. (Sec CONTRACT SURGEoN.) Sec SURGEON, 1111.1TARY; HOSPITAL. CORPS; HOSPITAL, section 1/i/itory llospit,t/,.