The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
SURGEON GENERAL.
STERNBERG WILL
VISIT THIS CITY
Colonel ForWOOd Pre-
pairing for Him.
MEDICAL OFFICERS EXCITED
MAJOR GIRARD FOR THE NEW
HOSPITAL.
The First California Will Arrive by
the 1st of August and Probably
Sooner-Second Oregon
Starts Monday.
MEDICAL OFFICERS EXCITED
MAJOR GIRARD FOR THE NEW
HOSPITAL.

The approaching arrival of Brigadier
General George NJ. Sternberg, surgeon
general of the army has caused a furry
OF excitement and anticipation among the
medical officers of this department Col
orel William II. Forwood chief surgeon
OF the department, has begun to issue or
GERS right and left and the surgeons and
assistant surgeons are kept on the jump
getting everything In ship-shape order
for the arrival of the surgeon general
Colonel Forwood is determined that his
superior shall find the affairs of his de-
partment up to date.
General Sternberg, with his wife, is ex-
pected here two weeks from next Sunday
He is combining business and pleasure
upon his trip and will be here some little
time. The medical affairs of this depart
ment have assumed such magnitude that
General Sternberg, who is noted for the
personal care he gives to all matters per-
tanning to his department of the army,
las declded to come here in order to have
look at things for himself.
The new general hospital at the Preside
is TO be turned over to the medical depart
ment on July ), and General Sternberg Will
be here and make an inspection of the
buildings before the medical officers take
charge. Major Alfred C. Girard has been
selected TO have charge of the new hospi-
tai: He is an officer of long experience
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During the recent war he was a lieutenant
colonel of volunteers. and was the chief
surgeon in charge of Camps Alger and
Meade. Major Matthews. who has been
II command of the general hospital at the
Preside, will no doubt be under Major
Glrard at the new hospital. General Stern
hospital at the Preside and also the old
general hospital, and he will in all prob
ability visit the other posts in the depart
ment for the purpose OF inspecting the va
hnSnif1lC al arp1hn lof+
Washington last Monday, and 1t is his in
tention to stop over at a number of the
army posts before arriving here
Major Matthews, who was summoned
East on Monday to appear as a witness in
& case, is expected back in a week. Dur
ing his absence Captain Shaw assistant
surgeon, is in command of the general
hospital at the Preside.
The instructions received by Thomas J.
Ford, superintendent of mails at the main
Office in this city from the Postmaster
oregon and Nebraska regiments, be held
here has again started speculation as to
when the First will reach San Francisco.
The officers at department headquarters
know nothing beyond the dispatches re-
ceived from Washington, but it is now
certain that the California will not be the
first regiment TO leave the Philippines al
though it was promised that the regi-
ments were to be returned in the order in
which they left. The Second Oregon will
sail for Portland on Monday and will be
followed by the First Nebraska. which
regiment did not leave Camp Merritt until
the First California had landed at Manila
This, 1t is said, is not q breach of faith
upon the part of the War Department. but
by force of circumstances it is impossible
for the California boys to be the first to
leave. The Californlans are at Negroes
and they cannot relinquish that post until
they are relieved by the Sixteenth Infan-.
try some time next week. Judging from
this, the First should get away from Ma
lila certainly by the last OF this month
which will bring them home hv the first
of August. Some of the officers are in
olined to think that the First California
may arrive here by the middle of July
but hardly before that. If they should
get away by that time it will take a
month for the voyage. so that at the
earliest calculation the men of the regi-
ment can not be mustered out before The
middle of September, and it may be the
last of that month before they again don
the garb of citizens.
Major General Shafter, who has been at
Bakersfield for the past few days, will be
at department headquarters again to-day
O'Clock this morning.
Leave of absence for one month. with
permission to go beyond the limits of this
department and to apply for an. extension
OF one month, has been granted First
Lieutenant John c. Fox, First South Da-
kota Volunteer Infantry.
Private Otto S. Erlebach. Company G.
First. California, and Private George
Gourlay, Company 1, First Colorado, who
are at the general hospital at the Preside.
have been ordered sent TO their respective
homes TO await the dnal disposition of
their cases by the War Department.