The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
CONFEDERATE ARMY
AND NAVY SURGEONS
Association Elects Officers and
Adjourns to Meet in Birming-
ham Next Year.
MANY INTERESTING PAPERS

The Association of Medical officers
of the Army and Navy of the Confed-
eracy held its final meeting yesterday
morning in the hall of the Central Y.
NJ. c. A., elected officers and adjourned
to meet at Birmingham. Ala. during
the next reunion. The election OF Off
GERS resulted in the selection OF the
following:
President. Dr. Samuel E. Lewis. of
Washington, d. c.
First Nice-President, DR.. u. a. Lew
Second vice-Presldent Brair Bur
we'll, of Virginia.
Third Vice President. DR.. l. G. Will
Fourth Vice-Presdent, DR.. G. E. Phil
lips. of Mississippi.
Secretary, DR.. A. A. Lyons, Of Nash
vile. Tenn.
! troduced to the body and presided over
the later session.
a paper was read by DIR. T. 3. Amiss,
of Luray, Va, giving a number of in
terestlng "reminiscences. story told
of a personal experience on the battle-
field proved of great interest to the
surgeons present. DIR. Amlss told of
finding man badly sunshot and al
most entirely disemboweled The
science of laparotomy was at that time
of the man was supposed to be hope
less. DIR. Amiss washed out his wound,
replaced the dlsarranged intestlnes, re-
| moving from the abdominal cavity con-
! siderable sand and sage grass, sewed
up the wound with the Appliances at
| hand and the man made complete
recovery. The hero of this exploit
proved to be Major snowden Andrews,
afterwards commandments chief of the
| Khedive's army in Egypt
| IS Print
| DR. Tebauld, surgeon general of tho
| United Confederate Veterans, read a
| valuable paper on the history of the as
| ISOLATION since it's organization. DR.
| Alternately introduced resolution
which was carried, TINT the data COM
| piled by various members of the asso-
citation as to tho services of the sur
| seons in tho Confederate service be
complied and published In book form
Thanks were expressed to Genera
Ainsworth, adiutant- general United
states Arnv now in charge of the De
/ partment of Military Records, for th'
excellent y>>rk in which his Office Is
engaged in preparing q roster of the
of thanks to tho officers Of the stree,
| railway y. NJ c. A, and the Contra
| Y Nj. c. A. for the use of their halls
| as meeting places the body adjourned
| to meet during the next reunion.
An interesting point was brought OUT
| by DR. Lewis president OF the assocla-
| ton. In the course Of the discussion on
ione of the papers presented, thnt Mt,.,' ,
| tho Geneva conference met III le"t 8"u
! missed resolutions whereby army sur
| seons, medicines and surgical lnstru,
ments we're exempted from CAPTURE, and
| while the United states arNernmeht
did not enter the Geneva convention
min 1874. vet nr Hunter Mcguire, of
.Ithis city with the approval Of Gene"a,
| Stonewall jackson, had always insisted
/ that medical officers Of either army
we're not subject to cf/turn or lmpr,s-
o,,nnrt and in the operattons of the
\ ccrfederate army several nttemptH
woro mado to provide an agreement
for the EXCHANGE Of army SURGEONS ans,
| the release of hospital supplies and
/ medicines For the use OF Northern
prisoners in tho South, these offers
ALWAYS being refused by the Northern
commanders.