The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-10
MEDICAL OFFICERS
 HOLD CONVENTION President Wants Higher Appre-
 citation et Warriors WORK FOR LEGISLATURES Pays Glowing Tribute to Woman Whom He Is Pleased to Gall
 the Florence Nightingale
 of the South"
WORK FOR LEGISLATURES

The Association of the Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confectionery met yesterday morning at g o'clock in the rooms of the Commercial Club, in it's eleventh annual convention. The assem- bly. while probably the smallest of any of the meetings of the various branches of the reunion on account of the scarcity of Confederate surgeons now living, was one of much interest.
 The meeting was called to order by Dr. Jones C. Abernathy, who has had charge of arrangements for the meet ing, and the association was then turned over to President Samuel E. Lewis of Washington, D. c.
 Upon assuming the chair President Lewis delivered his inaugural address. He spoke interestingly of the past work and the work winch now lies ahead of the as- sociation. In concluding his address he lamented the fact that the Southern peo- pie, in recent years, have not retained the proper appreciation of the sacrifices and services of the Confederate soldier and of his present condition and needs. He urged the association to raise it's
 
 of the veterans. and stated that he hoped that the body of physicians would bring the matters alluded to before the legis latures with the object of obtaining speedy and commensurate relief for the old soldiers.
 pr. Lewis also paid tribute to the widow of Dr. Frank Newsome, the daugh- ter of the Rev Dr. T. s. N. King. He spoke of her as "The Florence Nightin- gale of the South,'' in the tenderest tones, after which he introduced the following resolutions, which were adopted:
 Whereas, there is now living in the city of Washington, D. C., noble Christian woman formerly Mrs. E. K. Newsom (now Mrs E. K. Trader, a widow), born Tn Brandon, Miss, a daughter of the Rev. T. S. N. King, a Baptist clergyman, who went to live in Arkansas when she was but a child; there she was married to Dr. Frank NeWsom of Tennessee, who died a short time before the war of 1S6l- 65 began; laboring in which war she sac- rificed her entire wealth of servants and other property, and impaired her health, in her great and distinguished ministra- tion and services to the sick, wounded and dying soldiers of the Confederate army, throughout the entire period of the war, which at that time won for her the great love of the officers soldiers and physicians
 Whereas, this assoclation deems that the devotion of this noble woman is not rec ognized or if so, not appreciated by the people of the South at this time, as it should be; therefore be it
 Resolved, That this association of the Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confectionery at this, the eleventh annual meeting in the city of Birming- ham, Ala, send her loving greeting, with best wishes, that the Supreme Being will vouchsafe to her declining years fullness of peace and comfort; and that the grati flying consciousness that the veteran Con- federate soldiers, and their descendants, hold in kindly remembrance the great and distinguished services which she rendered the sick wounded and dying at a time when the Southern people were them selves suffering and in the greatest dis tress; and be 1t further
 Resolved, That this devoted Confederate woman is hereby commended to the high consideration of the Southern peo- pie of this day; and be it further
 Resolved That the secretary is hereby authorized and directed to transmit copy of these resolutions to Mrs. E. K. Trader, in Washington, D. C., and to request the daily press of this city, and the Confederate Veteran of Nashville Tenn, to give place in their column in behalf of this noble Confederate woman, for this brief sketch of her history and services-and for these resolutions.
 At the conclusion of Dr. Lewis address the association adjourned until this morn- ing at o'clock, when the business of the body will proceed.