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Show . . . The salaiies piid are very meager, as ..will .be: seen from: the followi in^ ' . it,:' . table : TABLE7. -Number of Phy8idans in :he Indian a d c e a nd aalmleapaid. -- .-.,.a - . . . df~oi adl enimation. ' OfEotl doaignation. 'I".,,, . ' . . A..g.e noy physician ................. 40 ............................. .... do .............................. ... do ...................... . .. .... do ............................ .. ..:.do .............................. ....d o.. ...... ., ..................... A~erageaalary. ............. ~h,&iclan a t achon.l a, ........ .'.... ........ do .............................. do .............................. .... do. ........................... ;. ........ do .................. .'.... ...... do.. ......................... .. . - ~ The inadequacy of these salaries mill be seen when me co'mpire them . . with those paid by the, ~ove ruhentto physicians in the. Army and the : Navy. The following table shows those that are given in the Army : Tnn1.n 8.-Medical Corps, Uni!ed . State8 Army. . ' $1,300 1,200 1,000 900 TOO 300 --20 0 1,062 . $L 200 .. 1,000 . 600 .. m. ) 300 " --24 0 ' , A~ e r s g aea lary ................... Avorage salary for the entire lfat. Total coat for ~s lnr ie.s. ........... No. ORicinl deaikmstion: 4 a 1 2 1 -1 11 --8l a 1,028 84,300 Snrpoon-Genornl ................ Chicf ruedioal purroycr ......... Aasishnt. 8..u.r.g.e..c.n...p.e.n..o.r.n.l. ......... .. Snrgoona 'A8~istantlllodi~~l~~~.0..~ 0~8.. $5,500.00 3,500.00 3.5Do. 00 3,500. UO, a, ooo. ow 3,000.00 65 2. Goo. 00 176 i.GOO.00 160 2,000.00 100 025 The subjoined comparative exhibit is very suggestive : O5cinl debiioation. Pay. TABLE 9.-Com~arative statement as to n~~mbaenr dpay of Physicians in the Army, Navy, and Indiax aeraics. Forwad ......................... Scrr!ce pny of above ooetlmatea. .. =tired pay of 15 oWcera. "at& tiona, Su~geon.Genamal'sOOBce". I Omtract an~geon's ay and trap-eling erpanaea nlgaed ......... Hospital motron'a p n a~t $ 132 .... Hospital e t e w d s pay at NO... Acting hospital ateward'a pay at $300- ............................ Privates hospitalcorpa at $158 .... Tfithont attempting to set forth an ideal sjstem, elitborate and ex-lensive, I wish to emphasize some few changes and improve~ueutsw hich ;hould be made on the score of humanitx. --- (427,900.60 114,300.04 40,5i5,00 -Em,m -5 CO 79,88887 23,100.00 86,400.00 ao.om.oo 97.500.00 316,36627, |
