The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-21
ONLY TWO STAFF MEMBERS
ARE AGAIN NOMINATED
Administrative Board Holds Up APP
pOintments OF Medical
College.
SHARP DIVISION is EXPECTED
Choice OF STAFF for Virginia Hospital,
Now Operated by City, Is Cause OF
Much DiScussiOn-City Attorneys
Advice Is Asked.

Advice Is Asked.
The Administrative Boards action
Yesterday III passing by the coniirna
tkon Of the Virginia Hospital staff uom-
mated by the Medical College of VIZ
;;inia. promises to he followed shortly
by 4 sharp conflict in the board IL :
self upon the personnel OF the stan
that is TO he appointed. The difficulty
lies In The fact that tl,e~-iominecs sub
miticd to the board yesterday include
only tx" men who were members of
The city Home staff. several members
Of which. II is Stated. have strong
reason to expect appointment
Chairman l.. 4. Morris. OF tho cx-
"cutire committee OF the Medical Col
l"gc of Nirr !nia, presented to the board
report nominating for appointment
10 the medical STAFF OF the Virginia
Hospital. Drs. stuart Mcclure, Hugh:
NJ. Taylor, y. Murnt Willis. Douglas
Nandcrhoof. Manfred call. Edward Nc
Cure. j. y. White, Charles Il. Robins.
Lewis G. Bosher. and John T. VIM
OF ;he Zen men nominated only two.
brs. robins and Cali, were members
OF the old City Home staff.
Under tho contract or February 4.
1911. between the Administrative Hoard
aud the Medical College OF Viryiniu
the board ~ given the right ITO Sc
'cct the visiting stan OF said hospital
having charge OF medical and surgical
services therein upon the nomination
of the executive committee OF the board
Of "iSitors of tho Medical College OF
Virginia. provided. however that the
said administrative BOARD may select
onc-fourth OF the said visitini. STAFF
INDEPENDENTS OF such nomination and
outside the nominees OF the said .x-
ecutiVc committee. and provided furth-
or that the chief practitioner of nodi-
fcin" and surgery shall always he Sc
lcctcd from the nominees OF the said
executive committee. who have been
elected by the said Administrative
Board"
BOARD ASKS ADVICE
or CITY ATTORNEY
II is further stated in tho agree
nent that the hospital shall lie con d.
Quoted in all respects in accordanc.
with the ordinance Of June -. 1912
establishing the STAFF and directing
corps except where conditions are
changed by the contract The OK
tcutiVe committee Of the Medical COL
lege of Virginia has taken the view
that the provisions of the ordinance
as regards the staff are not affected
by the agreement. and have accord
ingly submitted ten nominees. who. il
confirmed, would make the stan of the
Virginia Hospital the came in size az
the staff Of the old city Home
tn" college executive committee, il
~ stated was guided in this view bv
the advice Of Eppa Hunton. Jr.. who
acted for the college in the ncgotia-
tons with the city. The Admiiiistra.
tive Board is Of the belief that the new
requirements provide for IL STAFF OF
twelve members. To clca pup the sit.
uation IT. applied yesterday to the CITY
Attorney for II ruling on this point
holding up the confirmation of the col
leGe nominees until his opinion is re.
ccivcd.
The board conflict is expected when
the matter of confirming the nominees
comes up. Several members Of the
old CITY Home staff it Is stated. are
piqued ut their failure to land 1t place
on the new staff. and have taken their
grievance to the members Of the board.
Ia the number are several who active
~ espouscd the reelection of Mr.
Hirschberg, and the latter il is be-
licvcd. VIII he slow TO give his APP
prevail to the appointment OF a stan
upon which they are given no place.
If the City Attorney holds that the
new staff is to consist Of ten members
the Administrative Board will have
the right to elect two of the ten in
dependently of the nominations of the
Medical College Of Virginia In that
event, two OF the nominees presented
Yesterday VIII be dropped, unless they
happen also 10 be the choice OF the
board. which is not likely.
SEVERAL MAY FAII.
OF CONFIRMATION
In tho event that the city Attorney
holds twelve TO be the right number,
the board will elect three members.
The language of the agreement, which
bears on the stan. appears to be far
from clear, and 1t is even believed that
under IL the Administrative Board has
the right 10 elect as many independent
members of the staff AS II chooses.
Three is no definite statement either
OF the boards power to reject alto
Eether the executive committees nomi-
nations
Tho staff OF the City Home as last
constituted consisted of:
Physicians-Drs. l. r. Gorsline, Man
fred Call. Alex. G. Brown and j. Gar
nett Nelson.
Surgeons-Drs. George Ben Johnston.
Charles X. Robins. j. w. Henson and
ii. Stuart MacLean.
Specialists-Drs J. A. White and
Clifton Nj. Miller.
OF the entire old City Home staff.
Dr. George Ben Johnston alone, by
reason of his membership OH the board
Of trustees of the college. is ineligible
for reappointment The nominees sub
mitted by the medical college in Chair
man Morrls's report include only two
members OF the old staff. One of the
MacLean, is n brother-in- law OF Rob-
ert Whittct, Jr.
Unless all signs fail. the board will
divide sharply on the question of cbn-
frming the medical college nomina-
lions. 1t is regarded as probable that
several Of the nominees will fail of
confirmation, and that others will have
to be substituted in their place by the
college authorities.