The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-05
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
Governor Speaks of the Complaint
Made About Barcus.

Governor Speaks of the Complaint
Made About Barcus.
There was considerable Indignation ex-
pressed yesterday among the members of
the Indiana National Guard because a
civilian was among the list of surgeons APP
pointed by the Governor yesterday on rec
ommendation of Captain May and the medi-
cal examining board. 1t was claimed that
this was an injustice to the Indiana Ma
tional Guard, among the members of which
are number of physicians who were appli-
cants for positions The state of affairs
reached the ears of Governor Mount and
he expressed himself as follows:
This complaint that a civilian was APP
pointed is preposterous in view of recent
happenings. / appointed one man, DR.. Bar
Gus, of Charlottesville, out of the twelve
surgeons. He becomes the second assistant
surgeon of the Second Regiment If the en-
tire brigade had been made up of the Indi-
ana National Guard 1 should not have con-
sidered for a moment a proposition to APP
point any one not already member of the
Indiana National Guard. 1t would then have
been a guard affair and members of the
guard only would be considered as appli-
cants in making the appointments. But it
must be remembered that there are five
complete Independent companies and many
of the companies are filled out with re-
Cruits from civilians. The Indiana National
Guard lost nearly a thousand men when
those who decided they did not care to en-
list stepped out of ranks. The brigade which
Indiana will turn over to the United States
is not brigade of the Indiana National
gade will be volunteers who have been ac-
copied since the call for troops. Certainly
one out of twelve surgeons may be APP
pointed from the civilians ranks without
offense.
Five of the twelve surgeons are of In
dianapolis and l understand that there has
peen complalnt that more are not indian
apolis men. There is reason in all things
and when the Indiana National Guard
makes demands that are not reasonable, /
propose to set my foot down and call a
halt The Indiana National Guard has no
legitimate ground for complaint in the APP
pointment of these surgeons.
II offered to DR.. William NJ. Wright the
chief medical officer Of the Indiana National
Guard one of the vacancies, but it was
agreed that he should decline the place in
the expectation of being made the surgeon
on the brigadier generals staff. This talk
ABOUT turning down the brigade hospital
corps IS unfounded Dr.. Wright IS to be. pro,
vided for and Dr. Davis s. already appointed
a surgeon in the First Regiment"
The following are the appointments. the
hrst and second surgeons having already
been commissioned. with the exception of
the Fourth Regiment where DR.. Kimball,
the first surgeon, declined to serve:
First acknowledgment. Thomas c.
Stunkard. Terre Haute; assistant surgeons
Eugene Hawkins, Greencastle; W. S. Davis.
Terre Haute.
Second Acknowledgment, r. r. Charl-
ton. Indianapolis: assistant surgeons. HON.
err |. Jones. Indianapolis: Paul M. Barcus,
Charlottesville.
Third acknowledgment. f. L. Silver.
Fort Wayne; assistant surgeons, w. w.
Barnett. Fort Wayne; r. w. Garstang, In
dianapolis.
Fourth acknowledgment. j. J. Kyle,
Marion assistant surgeons. Foxworthy of
Indianapolis Jacob Buehler, of Indianapo-
lis.