Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-06
[special correspondence Of The PhnnI,


Washington, d. c., Nav 4.
Washington, more, perhaps, than anv
| other city is popular meeting place for
public organizations. Scarcely a day pass
| es without gathering of professional
| men and women convened for the pur-
pose of considering subjects of public in
| terest.
Men of national standing in their sew
eral professions meet here in advisory
council, confer with those of international
reputation and inaugurate progressive
methods calculated to benefit mankind,
socially mentally and physically
Many OF the more prominent national
organizations have already provided at
tractive buildings for their annual meet
lngs' and it will not be long before all Of
the larger associations will have suit
able headquarters here.
Last week, before the Colonial Danes
of America closed a successful meeting.
they subscribed $4,000 to a fund the OBJ
Ject OF which.is to provide for the cree
ton Of the proposed George Washington
memorial building, in this city. where
permanent quarters for this patriotic So
ciety will be established
Vermont, and especially Brattleboro,
has had number of representative men
mere during the past week, either sight
seeing or in attendance upon some one of
the many important public meetings
which have occupied the period More
than 100 of the country's distinguished
medical and sanitary authorities appeared
before the Senate committee on public
health and urged the adoption of the
Owen bill, which provides for a depart
ment of health with a cabinet secretary
ship. Among those in attendance upon
this meeting were DR.. Henry d. Holton,
secretary of the board of health of Yer
mont, and incidentally, as spectator, DR..
Gorham of Bellows Falls, the latter re-
turning from a winters sojourn in the
South, stopping over here to attend the
annual convention of the American larynL
illogical, Pathological and biological So
ciety, which attracted fully 100 physicians
from various sections of the country. A
large banquet was held at the New Will
lard, and the session concluded with a
conference on Monday at which several
of the prominent delgates spoke Nearly
1900 delegates attended the convention of
the American Physicians and Surgeons
this week, at which your distinguished
townsman, DR.. Holton, was cordially well
Another important conference was that
Of the eighth annual meeting of state
and territorial boards of health, with the !
United States public health and marine |
hospital service. This conference was
presided over by Surgeon General Walter |
Wyman, VINO addressed the delegates on |
the Importance of fumigation, Transport
tation of bodies through the different |
states by common carriers, and espec-
ALLY on placing the ports of American !
in good sanitary condition.
The efforts of the Red Cross society
we're responsible in a great easure for
he report of the House committee on for
eign affairs favoring a bill prohibiting the
use of the Red Cross symbol for any pur-
pose whatever, excepting those Of Ameri-
IAN National Red Cross.
The secretary of war has established
EN- camps Of instruction for the regulars
ma the militiamen, each to be command
ID by the commanding general of the de-
'artment in which the camp is situated,
Except where especial assignments are