Evening star., 1928-06-17
Capital Sidelights

ter Reed. whose work brought immeas-
urahle blessing TO mankind. whose best
monument Is the Army Medical Center
at the service hospital here which bears
his name, has been sent broadcast
throughout the country by Representa-
tive Schuyler %. bland of virginia. In
whose district, at Belroi, Gloucester
County, Va, Reed was born. The story
was written In appreciative and SYM
pathetic vein by Col. Jefferson Ran
dolph Kean. Medical Corps. U. s. A.,
retired, editor Of the Military Surgeon,
formerly chief surgeon at Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lees headquarters in Cuba when
Dr. Reeds experiments were conducted,
and who was q devoted friend.
DR.. William Fl. WEIGH, now the Nestor
of medical science In America, paid
this tribute to Reeds work:
"Dr. Reeds researches In yellow fever
are by far the most important contribu-
tions to science which have ever come
from an Army surgeon. In my judg-
ment, they are the most valuable con-
tributions TO medicine and public hy-
giene which have ever been made in this
country, with the exception of the dis
covery OF anesthesia. They have led
and will lead to the saving of untold
thousands OF lives. am In position
TO know that the credit for the original
ideas embodied in this work belongs
wholly 10 Mai. Reed. Such work, IL
done In Europe, would receive substan-
tial recognition from the government"
Refuting q statement In a recent
biography Of Gen. Gorgas that Reed,
when he had completed his demonstra-
ton, did not know how to use his
knowledge and was pessimistic because
he did not see how mosquitoes could be
fought, Col. Kean says:
Between Reed and Gorgas there was
never any rivalry or any feeling but the
most cordial friendship and confidence.
Their relation as thay saw IL was we'll
expressed in a letter from Gorgas to
Reed, dated from Havana, August 2s.
1901, In which he said;
II am very happy to shine In the
more humble role OF being the first to
put your discovery TO extensive practical
application
performance Of the greatest feat of
sanitary administration that the world
has seen. That OF Reed Is admirably
stated In the citation OF President Eliot
Of Harvard University. which IL the
epitaph on Reeds tomb:
He gave 10 man control Of that
dreadful scourge, yellow fever
HE has indeed built a monument
more lasting than bronze annd loftier
than the pyramids Of kings, which
neither storms nor winds nor the i'm
measurable flight of time can destroy
The Joy Of the open road, the greater
love Of our country that comes with
touring over our good roads system
that is bringing the people of far remote
places into closer neighborliness. Is be-
Ing sung by Representative James
O'Connor Of Louisiana, who, by lati-
tudinal and longitudinal excursions
awheel. has gathered first-hand infor-
nation Of the marvellous panorama Of
improvement, possibility and lure Of
nature that the Federal rQad-building
program has opened Up. He says:
Frequently In honor Of some great
occasion n1otorcades are organized and
public-spirited men move over long
distances. taking many days to CON-
plete the journey. In order that they
may bring the feiicitations and good
wishes Of o section remote from the
end Of the trail on which they began
And these motorcades are productive
cf wonderful results. Jason and his
Argonauts, who went In search OF the
Golden Fleece, brought back with them
something even OF greater value, the
knowledge and the wisdom that may
be acquired only through travelling from
one country 10 another. He that would
bring home Of the Indies must carry
the wealth OF the hides with him. SO,
too. In travelling. He that would bring
nome wisdom must carry wisdom with
him. Neither the days OF chivalry nor
the days OF adventure, II they may be
differentiated, are at an end.
There are many wonderful trips
which have the thrill and the kick
that make for the pleasure of Ameri-
cans ok this generation. Three years
ago made one Of great motorcade
that left historical old New Orleans
and over the Jefferson Highway. passed
through a great number Of wonderful
hamlets, villages, towns and cities. and
the great States that intervened before
we reached Winnipeg across the Cana
dian line--a city about an thoroughly
English ~ one could find any place in
the world outside of England itself. One
cannot describe many things In the
life Of America. No one can describe
the Grand Canyon, and 7 do not think
there are many who can ever describe
the wonders that apparently rolled by
while making such q magnificent trip
40 I made from palm TO pine.
ITO 20 from city where the Missis-
sippi River Ia q mile wide up 10 Lake
Itasca, where. at the first bridge across
the Mississippi River, the stream Ia so
insignificantiy small that I Jumped
across II, Is performance TO re-
member
Last year I rolled along from New
Orleans to Quebec over the Appalachian
Highway and connected up with the
Susquehanna Road. crossed the st.
Lawrence River. and, after an unfor-
gettabie journey along the banks of that
historic river, made the end Of the
trail. am glad that I lived long
enough to witness the wonders of the
Appalachian Highway.
"6cenic grandeur that cannot be sur
passed In the Alps or the Andesl Veri-
tably have looked into the American
fairyland!"
Now. In view OF the fact that presi-
dent Coolidge has gone into that region,
the center OF which Is Brule, and Is
going 10 fish there, IL Is likely that
there win be some tall fish stories pub
lished by the newspapers--for which.
OF course, the spokesman Of Brule
cannot be held responsible. But Just
70 set mark for amateur fish stories,
here u classic Indian story belonging
to that locality. which makes Jonah
look like piker.