The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31
THAT NAVY FUSS
The Bottom 0fThe Brown.
son Controversy
Surgeon General rsixrs Makes n state
m,nt Asserting fil> istgiht-"hS
nrur ADMIRAL Hruefh-on
Resigned
(vashlrxton Herald }

Resigned
(washlrxton Heraidp
The resignation - Rear Admiral
willard brow nSou from the ofa'V -
CHIEF ~ tn Bureau 81 NaFisaN'eh
because President Roosevelt otTtt1+"
his objection 10 placing a uaNat ~
r.on In command of a hospital snap.
= not likely to end the c~ontroNcrS$
between the line and the stau ~ tae
naval service involved IN this inctdcnt
Admira Brownson's protest was the
breath applied - the sih"'4'h'.
flame. and those who have known 81
an the trouble that has been bre"lnS
Tor : LONG time realize that the mat
Ter cannot be adjusted without hAasH
discussion and the distribution oI
some hard knocks
Coming right on top of the pubai
cation OF Henry Reuterdahis ai'a'"
0n the bureau system OF the Navy De
.rarfment the controversy between
admiral ana Gen
erai Rixev assumes an important anu
f~ar-reaching aspect II has served 70
call attention 10 the differences 'lA'
exist between the bureaus OF thc
Navy Department. and % demonstrate
the need OF a more harmonious ad-
ministration
Thorough Airing Coming.
Nothing more viii he needed to
Il XII IA { AZ SO
MI. Rtuterdahls structures, and Wheh
the senate and the House reassembl'
after the holidays there Is bound 70
De a thorough airing Of the causes
which have operated 10 bring ABOUT
conditions which nasal oflcerS ththl-
selves are anxious to remedy.
Surgeon General I&ixey came into
the limelight last night by giving out
a prepared statement of his size 81
the controversy with Admiral brown
son. which led 10 the latter's rcSignu~
ton. There is enough IN what he
urgeo General says 70 indicate that
his statement has the sanction OF
President Roosevelt IT presents the
Presidents attitude in the controversy
in an authoritative ~Ey, and from
some OF the Surgeon Generals express
sions il is impossible to escape the
.conviction that the President Is re
sentful OF the radical course pursued
bv Admiral to emphasize
his adherence to a principle.
The internal administration Of
the Bureau OF Medicine and Surgery,
says the surgeon General, h IS the
chief of that bureau, has been, IN
my opinion, too much inteTfered with
by the Bureau OF Navigation. rms
interference has. at times. caused me
grave concern as TO how | could meet
the needs of those under my care
Admiral Rixey's snappy utterance
will not be lost on those who believe
there is much truth in the criticisms
of the inharmonious working or the
naval bureau system, ana additonai
food for thought Will be supplied in
another declaration OF Admiral Rixey,
that if il had not been forthe Bureau
Of Navigation the naval hospital shlp
Relief. the dispute over the command
of which brought about Admira
Brownson's resignation, would now be
with Admira Evans fleet, instead Of
ont IN the Pacific coast
IN Interesting Affair.
The trouble which brought about
the retirement Of Admira Brownson
from tn. Bureau OF Navigation is in
tereeting II me rhole official cen
tingent IL Washington, IN account of
its personal aspect. Admiral Brown
son has been President R~Oosevelts in
innate friend for years. Surgeon
General RiXey is the White House
physician, as he was when Mr.. McI<in-
ley wa; President. Both Admiral
BrOWnson and Surgeon General Rixey
were on terms Of intimacy with the
Roosevelt family.
Many naval officers are inclined to
believe the surgeon General used his
personal influence to greater advan-
tage than Admiral Brownsoa, and thus
won out in the dispute as to whether
q line officer or a surgeon should
command the Relief.
DR.. Rixc,'S Statement.
DR.. RiXey's statement gives a de-
tailed exl lana:ion OF his and President
Roosevn!t's attitude in the ontro-
"Admiral Brownson apd I have beer
/, / friends fer many years. When on duty
in Washington as naval attending sur
geon, | was his family physician
HOSPITAL ships, as a rule, alway
have been commanded by medical of
ficers."
The Relief, formerly belonging to
the United states army. was always
commanded by a medical officer whei
used as d medical ship"
"A joint board Of army and navy
medical officers recommended thai
hospital thips should be commanded
by medical officers. and the recon.
m~endatioI was approved by both the
Secretary of War and the Secretary
Of the Navy
The question was settled definitely
during the civil war. and all hospita
ships and medical transports placed
under the Surgeon General OF thu
army. and have remained 50 up TO thu
present ime.'
japanese naval hospital ships were
commanded by medical officers"
The Internal administration OF IT,,
Bureau OF Medicine and urger ha,
, been, in my opinion. to much inter
fered with by the Bureau of Naviga
tioi- IHtS lHlEfIfftlcS mas at Tune!
caused me great concern as TO how
: could meet the needs Of those undeI
our care"
1T is hard To understand how Ad
mlral Broynson could be specially in,
volvcd, % his duties pertain entirel,
10 another bureau, and in which h.
, should not interfere unless directed
by the Secretary"
I SURGEON GENERAL RIxFY
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Oxford Orphans Had MERRY Christina