DIRECTIONS.
In regard to this Report, the utmost punctuality and exactness will be required. It will be accompanied by a general Sanitary Report, to

be written on alternate pages of foolscap paper, with a margin of one inch on the left side of each side, and to be folded in four equal folds; in
which the medical officer will furnish information respecting all those agencies which may have influenced the sickness and mortality of the
troops such as the medical topography of the station; the climate; prevalent diseases in the vicinity; the duty and employment of the
troops; the nature of their barrack and hospital accommodations; diet, water, clothing, and general habits of the men as to cleanliness, tem-
perance, &c. Cases of unusual interest will be reported in detail. Diseases of women and children, if given, must be reported separately. No
duplicate of this report is required.