The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-24
Gracious Colonel Harrison.

The Colonel carried out the request, re-
plying to question that the President was
resting or that 1t had been decided to take
him away In the carriage without a
formal escort. The orders We're given to
the captains of the militia and the heads
of the police and at 3:15 everything being
in readiness. the dash to the hospital was
made
Immediately preceding the start to the
hospital the newspaper correspondents
that accompanied the President on his
special were seen to make a hasty de-
parture from the club and to run around
the circle toward Washington Street.
Colonel Wilson. the private secretary
of Governor Durbin. who occupied the
Presidents carriage before the Presi-
dent came out was asked what was the
matter.
The President Is to be taken to the
hospital to be operated on and the west
ern trip is abandoned" he replied, but
do not bulletin it yet" This was the
first intelligence to the local newspaper
men waiting on the outside of the club.
On the arrival of the party at the St.
Vincent's Hospital the sentinels that were
promptly posted at all the entrances of
the building prevented the gathering of
any information of what was transpiring
within and it was only by dint of ques-
tioning Colonel Harrison or others who
from time to time came out on the steps
of the hospital that any knowledge could
be CLEANED Of what was happening.
Mr.. Roosevelt Sits Down.
AS soon as the party entered the build
ing they were taken into one of the re-
ception rooms near the entrance. Here
the President sat down for a little time
while Drs. Oliver and Cook were Complet-
ing their preparations in the operating
room on the next floor The President
chatted cheerily and laughed at the
serious countenances around him. In a
short time the doctors came for him and
he was taken up in the elevator and
made to recline on the operating table.
The only ones beside the doctors who
were present at the operation We're Sec
rotary Root and Private Secretaries Coz
telyou and Loeb,
The operation was simple and was skill
fully performed in few minutes
The following is the official statement
issued by Cortelyou:
''At 3:15 p m. the President went from
the Columbia Club to st. Vincents Hos
pital in his own carriage, and shortly
after he was in the hospital the operation
required was performed by DR.. George
H. Oliver of Indianapolis, in consulta-
ton with the PRESIDENT physician, Dr.
George A. Lung and DR.. George J. Cook,
DIR. Henry Jameson and DIR. j. ]. Rich
ardson. At the conclusion of the opera
ton, the physicians authorized the fol-
lowing statement: AS a result of the
traumatism (bruise) received in the troll
ley accident at Pittsfield, Mass, there
was found to be a circumscribad collec-
ton of perfectly pure serum in the mid
die third of the left anterior tibial re-
gion, the sac containing about two
ounces, which was removed. The indi-
cations are that the President should
make speedy recovery. 1t is absolutely
imperative. however, that he should re-
main quiet and refrain from using the
leg The trouble is not serious but tenn
porarily disabling.
George B. Cortelyou,
Secretary to the President"