The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19
RICHMOND DOCTOR
BARRED FROM ARMY
DIR. w. A. ellis Dismissed Be-
cause He Complained of Treat
ment by Officers.
FLOODS CAT HAS COME BACK
Army Officer Gets Him Out OF
Hadcs-Physician Seeks
Nindication.
FLOODS CAT HAS COME BACK

Charging that he WAS treated un-
fairly and with discourtesy by officers
of the War Department. and that when
he protested and sought his rights. he
was illegally and without cause dis
missed from tho army. DR.. w. Armi-
stead Gills OF Richmond. a membcr of
the army medical reserve corps. has
made public the circumstances in the
case.
Dr. ellis. one OF two physicians in
Virginia who qualified and were com
missioned as officers of the United
states Army I'm what is known as the
medical reserve corps. is seeking jus
tice and Vindication. He feels he has
been outragcously treated, and VIII APP
peal TO Representative James Hay. of
tho Seventh Virginia District. and
chairman of the Committee on Military
Affairs in the House, and to Represen-
tative Andrew jackson Montague. of
the Third District, who appointed DIR.
ellis to the army medical school In
1905, TO see that he gets his rights. .
Floods Cat Bobs Up.
Incidentally. the exposure resurrects
the famous campaign cat of Congress
man Hal Flood. who has not been
heard of since the contest of 1911, and
who was supposed TO be dead. DR.
ellis has a letter from Colonel ]. Il.
Kean. one of the officers of tho army
which reads as follows
You stand as much chance to get a
denomination as an asbestos cat in
hell would to catch Il tallow dog.
-. r. KEAN
Lieut.. Col. Medical Corps. L. s. A.
The Hal Flood cat was put In the
position two years ago of saying that
Jones and Glass stood rs much chance
OF being nominated to the United states
Senate IS Il celluloid dog stood to catch
-
Governor Cole Blease consigned the
Constitution OF South Carolina
In Army Medical school.
DR.. GillS, who has been n practicinG
physician in Richmond a number of
years, has served as ambulance sur
Eeon, militia surgeon and instructor in
anatomy in the Medical College of Nir-
Einia In 1905 he was appointed by
Governor a J. Montague under an act
of Congress as a student in the army
medical school. At the conclusion of
the course he was given certificate
uf attendance, but was denied n diplo-
ma of graduation This. he says. was
due to the fact that he was i'll during
one Of the examinations, and that one
OF the instructors made a mistake In
marking his papers in another course.
Soon thereafter, DR.. ellis made APP
plicaton for n commi ssion in the
army medical reserve corps. with which
his failure in the medical school had
nothing whatever to do He was APP
pointed by President TAFT In Deccm-
Der, 1910, and confirmed by the Senate
The reserve corps Is an active branch
of the army medical service, and it's
members nre entitled to all the rank
and privileges of regular medical men
III the army. The current Army Reg
lister shows l24 reserve corps men on
active duty just rs regulars.
still anxious to have n diploma from
re examination. one OF his efforts
brought forth the letter quoted above
from Colonel Kcan. Members of the
Virginia delegation In Congress were
Interested and helped TO secure re-
examination. which DR. G!lls took last
February He says that he asked to
be excused on hygiene ana surgery, on
which subjects he passed IN 1905. but
was made TO take them again. Fur
iher. he was required TO he examined
on all matters which are new since tho
time he attended the army medical
school. This he regards az distinctly
unfair. sun, lie believes that an i'm
partial examination of his papers will
show sufficiently. nigh grade to en-
Title him TO the diplort.i
Complaint Hcsults--Dism
But he was again refused the diplo-
ma. AS a result. ON April Ii last he
MED with the adiutant- general OF the
army his charges against those officers
VINO, in his opinion. had done him in
justice in the matter OF his eXamina
ton. He included protest against
The flppant note OF Colonel Kcan, which
the War Department said later was no,
in It's files
Rather than probe his charges. and
AFRAID, he thinks, To tackle him by
court-nartial proceedings the War
department dismissed him from the
army service on April % 1t was sup.
posed 70 he an honorable discharge. bu,
pr. Siils points out that tho humblcs,
private cannot be fred without notice
and without reason. and that he had No
notice nor are there charges agnins,
MIN lie asserts that men are admit.
yea TO The medical reserve corps with
OUT examination as required by law
ana mat aged physicians have beer
placed In the corps in defiance OF Tn,
act which places an age limit Of forty.
I'VE years Lastly. he demands vindi.
cation for himself. since he has nee,
injured by his failure to secure d..
pioma from the army mcdical school