Mr. Conger to
Mr. Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Pekin, China, September 1, 1900.
No. 399.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith
the hospital record of such United States marines as were treated in
hospital during the “siege of Pekin;” also a general summary of
casualties.
These have been kindly furnished me by Dr. Gustav Velde, Stabsarzt of
the Seventy-fourth Regiment of Infantry, the official surgeon of the
German legation, who was in charge of the hospital at the time, and
rendered such unselfish, impartial, intelligent, and successful
service as to merit the most grateful recognition of all.
For his constant care and tender devotion to the sick and wounded of
our detachment I have on their behalf and my own offered him by
letter expressions of high appreciation and profound gratitude.
I have the honor to be, etc.,
[Inclosure 1.]
International hospital—List of wounded
Americans.
| No. |
Name. |
Nationality. |
Nature of wound (disease). |
Date. |
| Admitted. |
Discharged. |
| 14 |
Kehm |
U.S. marine |
Contusion of back from
shell |
June 24 |
June 30 |
| 20 |
Gold |
do |
Flesh wound right leg |
June 25 |
|
| 25 |
Muller |
do |
Shot left leg and left
hand |
do |
July 25 |
| 44 |
Dr. Lippett, surgeon. |
do |
Shot left thigh; femur
fractured. |
June 29 |
Aug. 18 |
| 45 |
Schroeder |
do |
Shot left elbow joint;
typhoid. |
June 30 |
Do. |
| 55 |
T. F. Hall. |
do |
Flesh wound right
knee. |
July 1 |
July 1 |
| 58 |
T. Silva. |
do |
Left elbow joint;
chest. |
do |
Aug. 7 |
| 75 |
Moody |
do |
Flesh wound left leg. |
July 4 |
July 15 |
| 77 |
Dr. Reid. |
American missionary |
do |
July 5 |
Jul 17 |
| 120 |
Westmark |
U. S. marine. |
Ascaris lumbricoides;
fever. |
July 23 |
Aug 9 |
| 125 |
Captain Myers |
do |
Typhoid fever; spear wound
right knee. |
July 27 |
Aug. 18 |
| 150 |
Michel |
do |
Bullet wound right arm
(humerus fractured). |
Aug. 14 |
Do. |
| 155 |
Hoskins. |
14th U.S. Infantry |
Bullet wound left thigh
(flesh wound). |
do |
Aug. 14 |
| 156 |
Lynch. |
do |
Bullet wound head (scalp
wound) |
do |
Aug 15 |
| 157 |
McGrain |
do |
Sunstroke |
do |
Aug 17 |
| 158 |
Josef F.
Carr. |
do |
do |
do |
Do |
Velde,
Stabsarzt, Surgeon in Charge of the
Hospital.
Pekin, August 30,
1900.
[Page 190]
Casualties during the siege in
Pekin.
[Inclosure 2.]
|
Officers. |
Men. |
Killed and died of wounds. |
Wounded. |
Casualties at legations. |
Died of diseases, men. |
Volunteers and independents. |
Total. |
| Officers. |
Men. |
Officers. |
Men. |
Killed. |
Wounded |
Total. |
Killed. |
Wounded |
Killed. |
Wounded. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.
ct. |
P.
ct. |
P.
ct. |
|
|
|
|
|
| American |
3 |
53 |
|
7 |
2 |
8 |
12.5 |
17.8 |
30.3 |
|
|
1 |
7 |
11 |
| Austrian |
5 |
30 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
11.4 |
31.4 |
42.8 |
|
|
|
4 |
11 |
| British |
3 |
79 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
3.7 |
24.4 |
28.1 |
|
3 |
6 |
6 |
26 |
| French |
3 |
45 |
2 |
9 |
|
37 |
22.9 |
77.1 |
100.0 |
|
2 |
6 |
13 |
42 |
| German |
1 |
50 |
|
12 |
|
15 |
23.5 |
31.4 |
54.9 |
|
11 |
25 |
13 |
16 |
| Japanese |
1 |
24 |
|
5 |
|
21 |
20.0 |
84.0 |
104.0 |
|
35 |
8 |
10 |
29 |
| Italian |
1 |
28 |
|
7 |
1 |
11 |
24.1 |
41.4 |
65.5 |
|
|
|
7 |
12 |
| Russian |
2 |
479 |
|
4 |
1 |
18 |
4.9 |
23.9 |
28.3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
20 |
| Total |
19 |
388 |
4 |
49 |
9 |
136 |
13.1 |
35.6 |
48.7 |
2 |
12 |
23 |
67 |
167 |
| French |
1 |
30 |
1 |
4 |
|
8 |
516.1 |
525.8 |
541.9 |
|
|
|
5 |
8 |
| Italian |
1 |
11 |
|
6 |
1 |
3 |
550.0 |
533.3 |
553.3 |
|
|
|
6 |
4 |
| Total |
2 |
41 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
11 |
525.6 |
527.9 |
553.3 |
|
|
|
11 |
12 |
| Grand
total. |
21 |
429 |
5 |
59 |
10 |
147 |
14.2 |
34.9 |
49.1 |
2 |
12 |
23 |
78 |
179 |
Velde,
Stabsarzt, Surgeon in Charge of the
Hospital.
Pekin, August 30,
1900.
