Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
Member Committee on Arrangement.

Member Committee Arrangements.
General Walter Wyman, L. S. NJ. H; Sec
rotary, Maj James Evelyn Pitcher, Penn
sylvania, and treasurer, Lieut.. Herbert A.
Arnold. Pennsylvania.
1t was also decided to hold the next an
nual convention Of the organization in Bos-
ton during the summer of 1903
The nominating committee consisted of
the following: Col. Weaver, Pennsylvania;
Assistant Surgeon Wartenbacker, marine
hospital service Col. Dewitt, U. S. A;
Col. Valery Howard, L. S. A; Maj G. C.
Berkeley, Vermont; Capt. w. NJ Martin,
Kansas; Maj. G. L. Taneyhiu, Maryland;
Col. Winslow Anderson California; Medical
Inspector Dickson, L. S. N. Col. C. D.
Evans, Nebraska; Maj. Thos. C. Clark.
Minnesota: Maj W. r. Root, Colorado c.
+. Sweet, Rhode Island, and Capt Myles
Standish Massachusetts.
The banquet announced for tonight will
be dispensed with, and in its stead a bust
ness session will be held Upon the con-
clusion of this session the eleventh annual
meeting will e adjourned.
Training School Favored
One of the important matters brought up
this morning was the establishing of
school for the training of medical military
officers, and the convention adopted reso-
lulions to the effect that at is the sense
training of medical military officers has be-
come a necessity and its establishment is
recommended" The chair was authorized
to appoint a committee which will be
charged with formulating plans respecting
the project stated in the resolution, and
which will report at the next annual meet
ing.
A resolution was also. adopted recon-
mending the passage of Bill No. 1861
known the Dick BILL since it was con-
n moo he rirarY
National Guard of all the states and terri
tories. The bill. it is stated, requires the
same organization as the regular army of
the United States and gives all arms of the
service the same equipment as is issued to
the United States army.
A resolution. presented by Captain Stan
ton. indorsing the Olympian games to be
held in Chicago in 1904. and pledging the
support of the association to the games was
referred to the executive committee with
power to act During the games, it is said,
there Will be an Interchange Of facts and
incidents relating to the health of soldiers
Captain K. Tamura of the japanese army
read a paper at the morning session on
Original Medical Investigation by a Jap
anese Military Surgeon which was lis
tened to with close attention. At the con-
clusion of the reading Captain Tamura was
greeted with enthusiastic applause attest
ing the appreciation of the audience for his
suggestion
"a Lesson to the World"
paper commanding the interest of the
audience and one which has a practical
bearing upon health matters generally was
entitled The Vaccination of Porto Rico
A Lesson to the World" This paper was
read by Major Azel Ames. late brigade sur
Geon, United States Volunteers In con-
Guiding the discussion Major Ames summa-
riZed the results as follows:
I'm October. 1898, smallpox was endemic
IN Porto Rico. In Decproh +
demc: in January, 1899. 1t had .honey-,
eombed the island. and by February there
were over 1900 recent cases and the dis.
ease was spreading at a gallon. Syste-
matte compulsory vaccination, carefully
and scientifically conducted and recorded.
was begun in February. simultaneously and
with nearly equal efficiency in all parts of
the island. 1t was vigorously prosecuted
Tor four months only, till July /, when
S6OO0O vaccinations had been made In q
population Of about $50, 600. OF these S7H
per cent were successful. The work then
ceased because completed; the disease had
practically disappeared; the fuel for 1t to
feed upon had been consumed by the head
fire Of vaccination.
Rate Of Mortality Reduced.
I'm the two and half years that have
elapsed since that time instead Of the
former annual average death rate Of 621,
the mortality resulting from smallpox has
been but 2 ner annum, in a population Of
nearly million. Can any honest, intelli-
gent person. In the face Of these indisput-