Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-29
SEAMAN INSISTS
That Criticism Of Govern
ment Medical Service
is E0Trnct---GjVps p2nor m tho
IS Correct Paper on the
Service In Japan.
al'l'aT Surgeons Urgently Request Re-ss-
tabIiShment Of Army CaRieen.

he''olt' Mich. Sept. 2S.-Major Louiz
A. seaman of New York. was the cS-,-
H.il inquire today, at the convention r
hiiI't"iE surgeons of the United States.
Wien i!e made answer TO the criticism
vi ms uttcrances, made last Tuesday.
ny surgeon Charles F. Stokes. of the
il''i Ht2t2s navy, and followed with
paper on THE Real TrturnDh Of
Japan. OF the Conquest of the Silent
Foe III which he reiterated many of
hlS former statements and lauded the
JapaE'Sc government for its conduct of
the SanitI"y and hygenic phase of the
late Nar
Al executive sessions OF the conyen-
ton held. during tho forenoon. it WAS
said by members certain uttrr4rccs at
iribltci I" DR.. Seamcl II III interview
~ IN evening p;t.rT II r.. !Ist night,
were COnSid-r''. Dr. Seaman was
quoted in tn iI.tcrvi"A- ;i- saying that
g crlrhrAt t.ri, Jean woman nhysl-
cifn n-.-. ".' ;d.'i'i by tie Japanese
IG'1,.; M AK la>tfGcnt XXX Il monumental
!. :isun,..
.- i' I. ..:.it NJ l'c feeling e1sender-
a.. " ,.?, rr t..., ..rgy between d.. Sea-
N" r ",.l DIs cri:i-s. ID. Seaman, at
XXI" 1'AG.siCn rf lis paper, today,
't ,lCd Aie edge Of membership ana
i"naticn 70 the secretary. If it was
WIZ ,l. ,,:... @,.tcI that he had at no
fi3.c i.,t,lJdrt ~ make the slightest re-
Ak tirn against any Individual in the
government medical service, but was
rritiCiSirG 1T al times the system.
Dr. Anita NeWcomb MCGEE Of Wash
ilGtun. read a paper on her experiences
With hcr party of American nurses in
@Apauase hospitals. She furnished
much Information of 4 technical nature
md while discussing the prevalence OF
E"ri-beri among the Japanese soldiers,
said that if all the beds in the Hinos-
Nt:'H hospital were placed side by side
they would extend for six miles.
consequently" she said, lit is per-
fcctly true when 1 state that 1 saw
miles of bcri-beri cases"
Fleet Surgeon T. Lloyd Thomas. of
~" English nav. read a paper on the
Physical Effects of Gun Fire
DR.. Seamaa's paper was enthusiast
ticaly received and nc was given much
applause at its conclusion.
4 resolution offered by Gen. ]. D.
Griffith of Missouri, requesting the
secretary Of war to use every effort for
The rc-cTta blishment Of the canteen and
declaring that its abolition had resulted
III 4 marked increase Of disease among
the soldiers. was unanimously adopted.
A the final session, this afternoon.
inc following officers We're elected:
President Lieut.. Col. Albert II.
Briggs. Buffalo y. Y.
Vicc-prcsidents. General Robert M.
OReilly. q. S. A.. Washington, d. G.;
Admiral p. NJ. Rixey. Y. S. N. Wash
ington. 2. e.: Assistant Surgeon Gen.
oral q. T. Vaughan. p. H.. and NJ H.
=. Washington. ID. c.
Secretary, Major ]. i. Pitcher, Carl
isle. p.
Treasurer, Major II. A. Arnold, Ma
tional Guard Of Pennsylvania, Ard
more. pa.
Ii WAS voted to hold the next meet
iuS Of the convention in Buffalo, n. Y.
Or. Suzski, surgeon general of the
japanese navy. made n brief address
ca The Jananesc explosive shimose,
which ~ declared was not poisonous as
hid b"cn stated III some quarters, dur
nag ~" war.
1T is no more poisonous than the
I.nGIish cordit" " the French melinite,"
said he. Its fumes are unpleasant to
iru"!" but not poisonous"