Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
MEMORIAL SERVICE TONIGHT.


Addresses by Distinguished Men on
theS Life and Labors of DR.. Reed
Immense Importance of the Doc
tors Reinforcement With Reference
to the helPreventIon of What Has
Hitherto Been the scourEe of the:
Tropics, as Well as at Times of
More Northerly Latitudes-simpli-
city OF the DIscovcry-seemin
an Inspiration. ..$ IS
WASHINGTON. d. c.. December so.
Especially Senator Martin, upon the re-
assembling OF Congress, will offer bill
granting. a pension Of 5000 a year to the
widow OF the late Major Walter Reed, sof
the medical s. department. OF the United
States army, who discovered that mosqui-
toes communicate yellow fever. In speak
ing of his intentions. Senator Martin said
that Major Reed was. a Virginian by birth
and breeding, but he had been a benefac-
tor of mankind sto such an enormous ex-
tent that the government ought to suita-
bly,. provide for his widow. Senator Martin
said: - .5
consider the discovery of DR.. Reed
to be oneaof the grandest discoveries of
modern times Virginia has a right to
be proud to- have been his native State;
and the. scene Of his ,boyhood days. Tie
more. look into the matter the more
valuable think his discoveries were. y
shall do everything in my power to have
Congress htly recognize his services
Dr.. Reed was born September IS, 1852.
in Gloucester county. Va He was the
son of Rev. Lemuel, Sutton Reed. He re-
ceiyed his early education in the public
schools, and at the age Of sixteen entered
the Il: s1,rsity of Virginia. There he
nlade c!ieEofSthe most remarka Bile record 3
ever made by a medical student, icomplet-
ing the course in medicine in nine months.
From there he went to New York, where
he held positions of the highest honor and
trust. before he was of age. In 1915 he en-
tered THE army. From that day to the
day Of his death, his career was an un-
usually brilliant and honora BILE one. He
died on the 2Srd OF last November a vic
tim Eof. appendicitis. He is survived by a
WHY dtl0 -uduSltIS1. sWliO ave &luSSHdSIl~
iEgton., and a son, Lieutenant w. T.. Reed.
ofsthes Tenth Infantry, now seeing service
in the Philippines.
To Honor His Memory.
Tomorrow night there will be held in
this city a service in memory Of Major
Reed. The service will be held In the
School, under the auspices of the Medical
Society of the District Of Columbia, and
it will be the occasion for the gathering
Of some Of the leading members of the
medical profession in both civil and mili-
tary life throughout the country. Adj
dresses will be delivered on the life and
labors of DR.. Reed by the following - DR..
Samuel s. Adams. president of the socie-
ty; Medical Director Robert a. MarmiQn,
United States navy: Surgeon J. r. Kean,
United States navy, Professor A. y. "A.
King;i Professor Charles Wardells stiles.
General Leonard Wood. United States
army; and Professor W. II. 9Velcll, of
Johns Hopkins University.
1t was DR.. Reed who discovered that
the mosquito is absolutely and entirely
responsible for the, spread of yellow fever.
and it was due to this discovery that Cuba
is to-day withoutfa single case Of yellow
fever. It was OF DR.. Reed and sllis work
that. Secretary Of War Root, in an adj
dress before the Army Medical College,
said that his discoveries In connection
with the propa tion and prevention Of
yellow fever was worth more to the peo-
pie Of the United statesi than the entire
cost Of the Spanish Amer rican war. In con
ferring4 the degree OF Master OF Arts upon
him, President Eliot OF Harvard, said
that he deserved it t5befanse e8had given
the world the means t9 rid itself Of s yellow
fever.
Yeuow-Fevert tEpidemics.
AS very one knows, yellow fever has