The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-12
DR.. S. R. M. KENNEDY.
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
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! Kennedy, late captain Medical Corps
4 u. s. army, was born in New Orleans
| November "a, 1878. the son OF DIR. T.
i s. Kennedy and Ruby La Mallory, both
deceased. He is the grandson Of the
late Stephen r. Mallory, secretary OF
! the navy Of the Confederate States of
| America. He received his collegiate
education at Roanoke college and
graduated in medicine at Tulane in
1908.
Immediately after graduating, DR..
Kennedy accepted position in Cen
trail America with the Louisiana State
board Of health, and was active dur
| Ing the closed quarantine season in
| keeping yellow fever out Of the port
of New Orleans. In the winter of
1903 he moved to Pensacola and took
| up the active practice of medicine.
In 1905 he was placed in charge of
| the immigration inspection work for
the u. s. Public Health and Marine
Hospital service, later assuming charge
| of all Marine hospital patients at Pen
sacola, which position he held until
1917. when he requested an indefinite
leave of absence from the service to
accept a commission in the U. S.
army. He received his commission as
captain in May, 1917, and arrived in
London on June 25. Upon arriving in
London he was loaned to the British
forces by the liason officer, and in less
than a week was in France. Reporting
to the deputy director medical service
at Boulogne, he was ordered to No. 32
Stationary hospital at Wivereaux,
where he remained for a few weeks,
when he received orders to proceed To-
the 59th division, b. e. F., which had
just returned from Ireland and were
located on the Somme front near
Havrincourt Wood. Here he remained
until he was transferred to No. 48
Casualty Clearing Station, B. e. F.,
which with No. 81, G. c. s., handled
all Of the wounded from the Cambria
show, which started on the morning bf
November goth, and lasted until De-
cember 5th.
Forty eight Casualty Clearing Sta
ton was probably the farthest adj
vanced c. c. S. in the British forces,
handling thousands of operative cases
and often subject to the enemy's fire
and bombs from German planes.
In January. 1918, Capt Kennedy
was invalided from the front to Lon
don. From there he was sent to No.
A, r. C. NJ. hospital at Liverpool, and
returned to the United States In April
1918.
From the Walter Reed hospital he
was ordered to duty at Camp john
ston, outside Jacksonville. After be-
ing boarded and pronounced only fit
for domestic service, he was assigned
to duty as consulting surgeon to the
city of Jacksonville and also had
charge of the prophylectic station
there. These duties he performed un-
til discharged in January, 1919.
He was twice recommended for a
majority, the first time in France and
again at Camp Johnston just before
the armistice, but like many others he
failed to receive the coveted promotion
and came out as he had entered, a
captain. The British government,
however, recognized the service he
by presentation of the highly priced
military cross, which he received
through the adjutant generals office
at Washington on June 18th, 1919.
After receiving his discharge he re-
turned to Pensacola and took up his
work with the u. S. public health
service. receiving a commission in the
reserve corps as a +. A. surgeon on
June 18th, 1919, and being placed in
charge Of all service work at his sta
ton.
The work rapidly increased and
with the large number of bureau of
war risk insurance patients to care
for and the advent of bubonic plague
in June. 1920, he was relieved of his
Marine hospital duties in order to
give all of his attention to the quar-
antine work, and since then has been
most active in keeping plague out of
other ports.
DIR. Kennedy is charter member OF
the Pensacola Rotary club. and has
been chairman of the committee on
public health since the organization
of the club.
He Is director of the state board OF
health venereal disease clinic at Pen
sacola, and has done splendid work in
combating venereal disease at that
port.
In 1898 he married Sarah Strother
Logan, of Salem, Va, and has one
child. Thomas s. Kennedy.