Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-21
THIRTY NE, GRADUATE
DIPLOMAS FOR ASSISTANT SUR
GEoNs OF THE NAVY.
Finish of Course of Study at Naval
Medical School-Address by
Secretary Moody.

Thirty-one young assistant surgeons of
the navy medical corps were presented with
diplomas by the assistant secretary of the
navy. Mr.. Charles FL Darling, in the lecture
hall of the National Museum this morning,
on the completion of It's course of study at
the navy medical school in this city. The
exercises incident to the presentation of the
dipIomas were interesting in the extreme.
Secretary Moody, Admiral Rixey and DR..
A F. A. King of the Columbian University
addressed the graduates, and the Marine
Band gave an excellent program of music.
The naval medical school was established
in connection with the museum of hygiene,
in the fall of 1902. The school grew out of
the oft-expressed need of the officers of the
medical department of the navy for some
institution where the younger surgeons
could take a course OF advanced study IN
the special branches of the science of medi-
cine that would benefit them in the per-
Torrance of their duties. The work of the
service schools of the army and or the
schools established for the technical train
ing of the line officers of the navy in the
particular branches of the art of war to
which they had been assigned brought 10
the direct attention of the medical omcers
the ACCESSIBILITY of doing something OF the
same kind for the medical corps OF the
The Request Granted.
With this object in view representations
were made to the Secretary of the Navy
and resulted in an allowance for the estab-
lishment of the medical school Here Off
GERS newly appointed are sent to receive
the supplemental course in medicine that
is designed to place them on an equality
with the men who have gone before them
and who have been compelled to learn
much of the matter taught at this school
q
al the school were fixed from o clock in
the morning until 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon with half an hour each working day
for luncheon. The first graduation exer-
cises were held last spring. when small
number of officers received diplomas. The
course this year, the end or which was
marked by the exercises today, began in
october last and mas continued without
interruption There are nine officers and
members of the faculty of the school who
fulfill the following duties: Medical -Di-
rector r. A. Marmion. U. s. N, president
of the faculty; Medical Director John w.
Ross. u. S. N, military diseases and trop-
icaf medicine: Medical Director John c.
Boyd T. S. NJ. duties of naval medical
officers; Surgeon H G. Boyer. y q 8. N
military and operative surgery; Surgeon
e. r. Stitt. u. 8. N. bacteriology and
chemistry: p. A. Surgeon r. d. Myers. U.
Wilson, q. s. N. retired, signals. physical
drill. tactics sword. ETC.: Mr.. E. p. Hanna.
solicitor of the Navy Department. naval
law.
The Opening Exercises.
DR.. Marmion presided at the exercises to-
day The hall was draped with flags. and
before the formal opening of the exercises
selection was played by the Marine Band.
stationed tn the right of the platform.
which had been erected on the north side
of the hail. After an invocation by Bishop
Satterlee DIR. A. F. F. King of the med
ical school of Columbian University was