The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-28
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Major Seaman Contrasts Sanitary
Methods Of United States
and Japan
HARD ON HIGH OFFICIALS [, !. \
The Achievements Of Japan, He
Says, Have$Never Been
Parale1lcd. H
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"a. NEW YORK, September 27.---A sensa--
ton has been caused by the address de-
8lvered before the Association OF Milf
Stary Surgeons at Detroit, by Major Louis
l.. Seaman, OF New York, In which he
3censured the United states high dignll-
Btarcs aud praised Japan. Flo said:
'.Mr. President and Gentlemen, Tho success
OF Japan In the recent conflict With Russia
was due prc-emlncntly TO three fundamental
causes; First. thorough preparation and orr
iganlzaton for 5war--such preparation as was
meyer rl,ade before; second. to the simple, non
part played by the n,enteru 81 the medical 1!
aea III ot 81 q
.SSlns ~ uss
Lett must never be forgotten that In every
great cnlnpaign an army faces two enom!es;
second ,As fsu Silent III foe
'.ot these enemies, the history Of warfare tor
eentusss shaa
19t Wills; the second kills elsnty s, eH9s
especially In confIiotA betv een the Anglo Saxon
ase, ana the Japanese have gone Z Hlong way roy
Major Seaman q ted tables Of statistics Of
battlo records { for 200 years showing that
ssss hss Gas s Ss.
for one from bullets He continued 81 S
Piece Of Imbecility.
but tho browning piece Of Lmbscllity was
reserved for our late war with spain' where re-
ignorance and ncompoonoy for every ono ,,s who
died on the. firing line, or from bullets THIS,
tse s ,hsse 8 sa
tho, Inlnutest care and detail by the Japanese.
Their authot1tlss recognized order t.
100 that fall. must Do overcome, And the the
The speaker then showed the actual figures
killed WOUNDED and SSk r. thS sna
from bullets for ono from disease or 900 per
cent better Than the average in history. Major
This record !, Unparalleled and unappreae Il;
How this marvellous result was attained
atar
aindep s as = nation, The great amount
take, into conslderation ana ths seps FOR It's
elimination were taken, y -. 5 AMI 3,
more aan 1ss e 81.
system OF sanitation followed In the neld.. sui
flee 70 ha s aSaa teo
70 eoo, 900 soldiers undergoing the saye s,;o
hardshlps and prtvatlons iof active services wee
there are In the Japanese army thlrty-six men
out OF every 100 who have never reported "a; a.
sick call thirty;slx men who never Haw Z. the
Inside Of q hospital or !, s ! y quarters
IA dIspa tch received IN London on september
s the
war to that date reported al NY,
~. 5 q Mauns sssi az; d'sf
death 10 sickness was less than one, fourth Of
the total dead. which Is q record not parallelr#
ed In the ANIMALS OF war. 44t9:5s
Hero Of Manila.
when contemplating these marvellous Y gu, a..
ures with what ghasty and me ~ sn,to
tho dha Ihsf
n''e dispatch MaeSs Weud proys w tas|ty h|s
dItion was inten.hed, and taps had sounded ths
requiem fop nagyi p0of Dey Who "aa '0Asa
|, Perhaps the same delight may solace tle
nsisn. When he recalls his famous order at
Tan,pa, directing the unloading Of a ship filled
T sae % sa qnS hfs saPnssa OF u.
'a:{sse ! - sna =. during 4. var
Who on being waited upon by certain medlcal
u
Amt: wv nen Nuht yout
send Tor you; until ] do, you can attend to
your own business . y ~, . ~ 4
OR even ~ tho then Secretary Q. W , r %no.
With tia .PreHdent OF tho Un!tad states, SAID hd
on looking at glass Of water fusnishsa afa
m lreGRa + men had contain germs
OF disease; n Why, It looks al right e me;A
American army is taught the necessity Of SAM.
aon and offcer y s.ge ra az.
nnrtment must remain q hunilliatng failure
fts Continuance under present conditions Y no
less than an evidence; OF national lmpeclil'y'5