This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...time of the injury; th'e evidence of Captain E. S. Vickery who was in the immediate command of the company at the time; and the evidence of James L. Evans who was surgeon in charge of the Fifth Infantry at the time of the accident and who took charge of Mr. Green immediately after his injury; and the evidence of Dr. E. W. Ames, who was a physician on the field near Mr. Green at the time of the accident; and, also, the evidence of Oliver P. White, who was inspector of rifle range and only a few feet from the petitioner at the time of the injury. These witnesses fully establish the claim of the petitioner and show conclusively that Mr. Green was injured in the line of his duty, acting under the command of his superior oflicers during the encampment at Camp Lincoln in August, 1897; and that he was guilty of no carelessness or negligence whatever on his part contributing to said injury; that the rifle exploded accidentally causing the laceration of the thumb of the left hand of Mr. Green and rendering him permanently injured. The nature of the injury is substantially that of the entire left thumb reaching to the middle line of the palm of the hand to the wrist; that the thumb was blown back on the hand and was hanging by only about three-fourths of an inch of the skin and a little flesh; the bones were badly shattered and the evidence shows about twenty pieces of the bone were taken out of the wound. Considering the nature and extent of the injury as shown by the evidence in this case and that the claimant's thumb is shriveled and stiffened at the joint and that the injury is a permanent one, we are of the opinion that the claimant is entitled to an award of seven hundred and fifty dollars; and that amount is fixed upon by the...