The Washington times., 1902-06-05
Convention to Open at
New National Theater
This Morning.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK
Prominent Medicos From Abroad to At
tend the Meeting, Which Is of Much
Interest to Those Associated With the
Army and Navy-Two Daily Sessions

The eleventh annual session Of the
Association of Military Surgeons of the
United States will be opened this morn
ing at 10 o'clock by President Roosc-
welt, at the New National Thoater.
Prominent citizens from all parts of the
country will attend the meeting. The
Secretary OF War. the Secretary CT the
Treasury, the Secretary of the Navy,
will occupy seats on the platform.
Ranged on the other side of the stage
will be the Surgeon General of the
Navy, the Surgeon General of the Ma
rine Hospital Corps, the Surgeon Cen
eral of the District militia, District
Commissioner H. B. F. mcfarland. Gen.
Leonard Wood, General Haywood.
Bishop Sattcrloe, and others, in addition
to the officers of the association.
The representatives of foreign nations
who are to attend the session will
be provided with special reserved seats
commensurate with the dignity and rank
Of their respective countries.
The Foreign Delegates.
They are: Great Britain, by Colonel
Exham. of the Royal Medical Corps;
France. by Prof. Niemier. OF the Military
Medical School of Val de Grace; Japan,
by DR.. Kamura Toruke. sugeon- in chief
Of the first class. Japanese navy; Italy
DR.. Eurooco Cestelli; Mexico. by Lieut..
Col. z. p. Molina
During two days of the convention the
meetings will be held twice daily at the
hall of the New Willard Hotel. The
morning session will begin at o'clock,
and the afternoon session at o'clock
The program is especially Interesting.
because of its evident importance from
a scientific. medical and military stand
point. 1t will include the reading of a
number Of papers by members of the as
ISOLATION, which have been divided for
the sake OF convenience into these
classes-national State medical service:
hygiene and sanitation; military hos
pitfalls and military nursing; tropical
service and tropical diseases. military
surgery, and other unclassified papers.
First Aid Exercises.
feature of the session will be
what is known as first aid exercises.
to be given by the hospital corps COM
pany of instruction at the Soldiers
Home tomorrow afternoon. beginning al
5 O'Clock. The exercises will last about
one hour. The hospital corps will also
entertain members Of the association
and friapde The aftarpoon fra-,, IN m
O'Clock by field drill. which will take
place at the United States Army General
Hospital, in the Arsenal grounds. The
drill will include the pitching and strik-
ing of the regimental field hospital.
showing the arrangements for tents and
the organization of the different depart
ments of the army field hospital service.
Both social and business headquarters
of the association will be established at
the New Willard Hotel this evening.
There was an informal reception given
at the New Willard last night to such
members of the association as had ar
rived in the city. While the affair was
thoroughly a success, the greater num-
bers that will attend the various func-
lions beginning today will give an i'm
petus to the gathering of the surgeons.
During yesterday and last night mem
bers of the association arrived in con-
siderable numbers from various points.
Program of Entertainment
The program for the entertainment
of the surgeons and their friends in
cludes an excursion down the Potomac
on the Dolphin this afternoon. Tomor-
row evening there will be a reception
by Major and Mrs. La Garde at the
Soldiers Home. On Saturday the sur
geons will be received by the President
at the White House. On Saturday
night, beginning at o'clock, the en-
tire association will hold its annual din
ner at the New Willard.
The Association of Military Surgeons
numbers at this time about 1000 mem
bers. These officers of the medical SER
vice are drawn from the army and navy
and the National Guard organizations of
forty States.
President, Lieut.. Col. John Van R. Hoff,
deputy surgeon general. United States
army; first vice president. Brig Gen.
Robert A. Blood. surgeon general. Mass
achusetts volunteer militia; second vice
president. Surgeon General Walter Wy
man, United States Marine Hospital
Service: treasurer, Lieut.. Herbert A.
Arnold. assistant surgeon Pennsylvania
National Guard: secretary and editor,
Major James Evelyn Pitcher. brigade
surgeon, United States volunteers, cap
tain. retired. United States army; as
sistant secretary, Lieut.. T. w. Richards,
past assistant surgeon, United States
army.
Association Founded in 1891.
The Association of Military Surgeons
was founded at Chincago in September,
1891, at the suggestion of Surgeon Gen
eral Nicholas Sem, of Illinois, ard
seven annual meetings have been held.
in Chicago, st. Louis, Chi
cago, Washington. New York, Columbus
and Minneapolis. The last convention
was opened by President Cleveland, and
attracted the attention OF all classes of
scientists and public men at the Capt.
tai The founder of the association
and its president up to that time, Sur
geon General Sem. presided. and the
were participated in with
the most lively interest and the deep
est earnestness by a large number of
military surgeons from
all parts of the country.