In the last 26 years there has been only one increase in the salaries of men connected with this service. but during this same period .we have enacted over 22 different laws. placing additional duties and burdens upon the men engaged in this service. I want to refer just briefly to just a few of these laws which place additional burdens and responsibilities upon the men in charge of this service. placing the others in the RECORD. In 1891 we provided for the medical inspection of immigrants. that the medical inspection of immigrants should be made by the medical officers of this service. In 1894 we passed an act for extending the benefits of the marine hospitals to the keepers and crews of lifesaving stations. We passed an act In 1895 providing for the prevention of the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia. under the direction of men of this service.
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