Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-05
ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL
CLOSING EXERCISES IN NATIONAL
MUSEUM LECTURE HALL.
Hoff Medal Awarded and Six Students
Given Special Honors-The
Graduating Glass.

The exercises incident to the close of the
sessions of the Army Medical School began
| this afternoon in the lecture hall of the
| National Museum. Before the exercises are
| concluded diplomas will be presented to
| twenty-sx student officers by Secretary
! Taft, who it is understood, will make
| short address. Lieut.. Gen. Adna R. Char
| fee will present the Hoff medal for the best
standing IN the classes, and an address Will
be made by Prof. Charles A. L. Reed, M. H.,
president of the Pan-American Medical
Association and ex-president of the Amer
lean Medical Association. Col. Charles L.
| Heizmann, president of the school, is the
| presiding officer; Chaplain Charles c..
| Pierce, Artillery Corps u s. A., is desig-
mated to pronounce the invocation and the
benediction, ard the band of the Engineer
Corps of the army will give musical pro-
gram during the exercises.
The Army Medical School was first organ
lied in 1893 for the purpose of giving the
younger officers of the medical department
of the army a chance to take course IN
| the special branches of their profession
which would be of most use to them IN
their work in the army. and which cannot
be gained at any other schools. Inc rae
ulty of the school is made up entirely or
officers of the medical department OF the
army, with the exception of the lecturer on
military law and the instructor In equlta-
ton. All have had ample experience and
are considered to be authorities IN the
studies they teach.
The school has been a pronounced success
since it's organization The classes nave
grown each year and the work has been
demonstrated to be of great value TO the
young officers who take it up. To stimulate
the students to high endeavor Lieut.: COL
John Van R. Hof Of the medical department
of the army offered a gold medal to the
man making the highest percentage IN ms
examinations. the medal to be known as the
Hoff medal, in memory of Col. Hof fathef
at. ,1,oI n
ton to this the men making higher than
so in their examinations are known as
honor graduates of the school ana are
mentioned as such in the army register IN
all official lists and directories of army
officers.
High Standard of Work.
The standard of work in the scholl has
been very high ever since its organization
and each year 1t is getting higher. The
work of the students is hard. In addition
to the purely medical branches of their
profession they are required to familiarize
themselves with military law and tactics,
and they are also required to learn horse
manship. The president of the school TINS
year is Col. Charles L. Hermann he is
assisted by Majs. William II. Arthur, Will
liam c. Borden, Walter d. McCaw ana
James D. Glennan. ~apts. Fred P. Reynolds
and Carl r. Darnal Lieut.. James Carroi
of the medical department or the army,
x.
general, U. S. A, lecturer on military law
and Lieut.. Warren w. Whitside. 10th cav
airy Capt. harry G.. Trout, I'd Cavalry
was detailed as instructor in equitation
during the earl part of the school year,
but when the I'd Cavalry departed for the
Philippines Capt. Trout was retired ana
Lieut. Whitside of the 18th Cavalry was
detailed in his place.
The Hoff medal is awarded to First Lieut.
AID Assistant Surgeon Lloyd LleWelyn
Smith who has made the highest mark OF
any member of the class. The honor grad
yates include Lieut.. Smith and Lieuts Ed
ward Bright Vedder, enry Flanagan Pipes,
I.euben Boyd Miller. Joseph Franklin Siler
and Robert Ernest Noble.
Members of the Glass.
The other members of the graduating
class follow all of wnom are assistant sur
geons In the army with the rank of first
lieutenant: James Downie Heysinger,
Ernest Grey Bingham, Craig Richard Sny-
der, Chester Jewett Stedman, Jay ralph
Shook James Irving Mabee, Edgar VII
liam Miller, William Henry Teft, John
Braiden Higgins, Charles Lovelace Foster
John Robert Bosley, George Frederick
Juenemann, Arthur Maunder Whaley, Gld-
con Mcdonald Van Poole Robert Courte-
nav Loving Fred Wheeler Palmer, Park
Howell Percy Lancelot Jones, Henry Stew
ems Kiersted and Orville Graham Brown.
| Two of the graduate officers nave peen
assigned to duty at posts in or near TINS
| city Lieutenant Robert Ernest Nope nav
| ing been ord cred to duty at the Washing
| ton barracks and Lieutenant Henry stevens
Eiersted to take station at Fort Myer' Sd'