Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1911-07-28
A FINE ENDORSEMENT.

AFlNE ENDORSEMENT.
DR. ]. A. Mattison, New Governor At
b. M. 8. Comes Well Recommended.
Since the departure Of Col. James e.
Miller for New York last week, Major
". H. Stanley has been temporarily in
charge Of the Battle Mountain Sanitar.
ium but on August Let, DR. ia. Ma.ti-
son, Of Marion, Indiana, will assume
the position Of governor aud chief
surgeon. this vacancy being caused By
the promotion Of Dol. Miller to the
office of Inspector. General and chief
surgeon for all Of the national homes
for disabled volunteer soldiers.
Referring to the new governor tho
Marion, (Indiana) News. Tribune has
the following:
"Dr. James A. Mattison, who has
been connected with the hospital Of
the Marion National Military Homo
for the past nine years, has been given
splendid promotion as result of
which he will become governor and
chief surgeon at the Battle Mountain
Sanitarium at Hot Springs, South
Dakota, August lst. DR.. Mattison
has orders to 60 to Hot Springs July
lst, thus Offering him months time
to become acquainted with his new
surroundings before taking charge of
his new position.
"The board Of managers In charge of
national military homes offered DIR.
Mattison the Hot Springs position
several weeks ago, and only the closest
friends and associat 's of the we'll known
surgeon, were told that he would ac.
cept the post. His leaving will be- Q
matter of regret not only among those
at the Home, but with his numerous
friends In the city as we'll.
1.-THE new position comes TO DR..
Mattison in the form Of double pro-
motion 10 that he is made both eovsr.
nor aud chief surgeon Of the Battle
saDuntAin -tjanitars9m, the pcsitioh
carrying with It q very lucrative salary.
The promotion came TO the Marion
man In recognition Of hia exceptional
ability and eminent as we'll as peculiar
fitness for the place. The institution
ct Hot Springs is IN every sense Of the
word Q sanitarium to which point
veterans are transferred from all over
the country for special treatment.
The climate at Hot Springs is most In
viting to persons suffering with rheu.
matism. bronchial and pulmonary dis.
orders. and several hundred Veterans
are on the roll Of the institution.
TN view of the fact that the institu-
tion is sanitarium, the board desired
to have at the head Of It q man with
both executive and medical ability. and
In DR.. Mattison the msnagers have
exactly that kind of man. The Mar.
ion man is brilliant scholar and has
had an unu sually liberal education in
America and abroad AZ q surgeon
DR.. Msttison has foremost standing,
and be is generally considered an
authority on diseases of old men. his
consultation and advice being sought
from all quarters. In his school work
DR.. Mattison has given particular study
to such diseases aud his experience in
that line has been unlimited, perhaps
greater then any other medical man in
the country. For the past nine years
bis work has been devoted to slleviat.
ing suffering Of old men and be has
treated thousands OF them. Most Of
bis time In recent years has been given
over to surgery.
"From the very day he entered the
Marion Home, Dr.: Mattison's ability
was recognized and he Was advanced
rapidly. For the past few years be has
been assistant to Major Harry Miller.
chief surgeon Of the Home. q poeition
he has allsd most satisfactorily. DR..
Mattison rsnks as captain in the local
Home, and enjoys the warmest friend.
we'll - all the officials and employer.
He is graduate Of the University Of
Nashville, Tennessee, having received
his bachelor of arts degree there.
Later he entered the medical depart.
ment of the University Of Michiean.
graduating from that school With
honors, after which he spent one year
In the hospital at Ann Arbor. DR..
Mattis0n was an Instructor in the
Toledo medical college and has taken
any number Of postgraduate courses
In this and European countries. He
is ex.president of the Grant County
Medical society and former president
Of the Surgeons Club, Of Rochester.
Minnesota. He also belongs to the
Masonic and Elks lodges Of this city.
and is member Of the Golf Club.
"'We are sorry to lose him aud yet
No arc glad to have him co. said
Major Miller yesterday in commenting
on DR.. Mattisonl leaving. 1T seems
that this Home will sufYar 4 anaat losa