The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-21
HIS CAREER MOST
REMARKABLE one
Dr. Thomas r. Marshall to Ii.
cate In Richmond After Ten
Years Absence.
is SOLDIER OF SEVERAL WARS
is SOLDIER OF SEVERAL WARS.
Remarkable Medical and Surgical
Experience OF FORMER Prac-
titioncr Here.

Or. Thomas Rolling Marshall a wells
known physician formerly of this city.
mas just returned to bis old home after
an absence OF nine years, during which
he has had an experience IN science.
government affairs and travel such as
seldom falls to the lot OF any man. His
varied experience and his scholarly At
tainments will make him doubly welcome
to his former home, which will also be
MS future homea3i brief history of his
remarkable career would make volume
as interesting as romance.
DR., Marshall Is a native OF Bedford
Ills professional education was acquired
IN Baltimore, In New York and In Eu-s
rope. In 1886 he came to Richmond as
n member OF the faculty OF tho McdIc,A
College of Virginia, and also entered
upon practice here
at tho outbreak Of the Spanish
American War, he resigned his posi-
tion. closed up his affairs here. and
entered Inc regular army as a sur
seon, with Eeihunderstnn dIng, at HIS
own request, tlintahG would lie sent to
the front. He Joined the Sixth United
States Infantry ut Tampa, Fla. AZ It's
surgeon, and accompanied the reg-
! nent to Cubu. The history of that
war records the experience OF the Sixth
Infantry during the battle Of Santiago,
where, with scarcely six hundred men.
II was thrown In the centre In tho
gallant charge on San Juan Hill, and
| in few hours 1t had suffered q loss
OF II officers and 1aG men, killed or
wounded. The magnificent conduct OF
this regiment under such trying con-
ditions won for It cfflcial praise from
| r. M M nd T)r bul
Its surgeon, was especially mentioned
| In general orders for gallant nnG -neri-
t0rinus conduct under fire.
Upon conclusion Of this battle Dr. Mar.
| shall was ordered to duty as operative
| surgeon at the field hospital and when
| the wounded had all been transferred
1 to the permanent hospital at Siboncy. no
was detailed rs physician to the fever
hospital. which had been established con-
| lvenicnt to the troops around Santiago
/ Here tho gallcnt physician was stricken
| down with yellowiIfevcr and came near
sacrificing his ifcHto his duty. Whan
convalesccnt he was sent to Monta,Li
| Point, n. y, and subsequently to Y!r-
| sina. where he soon rcgnined his
1 strength.
| Thereupon DR.. MARSHALL Joined General
! Fitzhugh Lees Corps and Went with It
| to Havana, where he witnessed the sur
render Of the Spanish garrison and the
| surrender of Havana He was later made
1. operative surgeon at Military Hospital
1 No, !, and was associated with Major
Franklin A. Ncacham in the investigation
and work Of controlling and preventing
| the spread OF yellow fever in Havana.
Goes to Philippines.
While engaged inathis work he was
ordered to tho United States anu
thence to the Philippine Islands as
surgeon of the Fortyfirst Infantry.
Arriving in Manila, January q, 1900.
he went with his regiment into the
field and there remained, fighting In
surrectionary Filipino forces, until the
i outbreak OF the Boxer trouble in
! China. He was selected to accompany
J the American troops to the scene of
/, this trouble. After the capture OF
\ Pekin by the allied forces, DR.. Mar
4 shall returned to Manila, and was soon
4 detailed for duty rs a health expert
/! with the civil government, then being
! established. Here he was engaged in
4 the suppression OF bubonic plague and
! smallpox, both Of which were pre-
i yalent in A4nnila.
4 When this end had been we'll ac-
Il complished In March, 1902. the great
cholera epidemic started in Manila
/ and swept over the entire islands, KILL
| Ing in two years many thousands OF
people.
| Inc Gl|Icl Ilcu!tl OIHCc-tOL lhc lrlllllp-
/ pines died shortly after the epidemic
/ began, and DIR, Marshall was selected
l by Governor Taft ard the commission
to succeed to that office. one of the
most important at that time in the
.lislnnd 8. III o soon demonstrated his en-
ccntive ability and his talents Us a
leader OF men, His work as an orr
ganizer is attested by the records of
the Bureau of Health OF! the Phillip
.itpines, which stands to-day q tribute
to his ability.
4 Having completed the task to which
Inc addressed himself DIR. Marshall re-
4 signed from tho government service
last October. and after several months
,stny in Europe has returned to his
native State ana his adopted city. Rlcll-
'Ilniond, to again take up the practice
,of his profession.
l I Or, Marshall is the author OF many
! papers on medical and surgical subjects
ii among tho most important In recent
years being his writings on Aslntc
cholera and bubonic plague. tho publ!ca-
| ton of which Is by the Federal govern
mont During the past nine years DR..
\ Marshall has visited almost every cOun-
try and city OF Importance In the world,
and has twice circunna vigated tho globe.
7 in addition to his knowledge Of ysclentlhc
matters, he Is regarded as good lin
gust and an art critic and ali authority
on colonization particularly. In tho Eur
Il East and IN the tropics.
j Finley Director M, and O..
& A fS. On