Evening star., 1937-09-19
By JESSE FAINT EVANS.

Gghty-six yeers, in September, was
born q man who not only gave Amer
ica patriotic service as an Army sur
geon, demonstrated rare teaching abil-
1ty ~ 4 professor OF international
esninence in the fields of pathology
and bacteriology at the Army Medical
School and at the George Washing
ton University Medical School, but
achieved Immortality by proving to
IN incredulous world that certain
mosquito was the carrier of yellow
fever.
This man was DR.. Walter Reed,
who. for his successful experiments
virtually stamping out yellow fever,
has been lifted by fame to a niche
beside such microbe hunters as Pas
teur, Koch, Ehrlish and Smith.
Just of Washington's Sixteenth
street, our United States Army's chief
medical center bears his name in trib-
ute to his Offices for suffering hu-
manity. To Walter Reed General Hos
pital have been sent for its skilled
recuperative procedure in medicine,
surgery, physiotherapy and occupa-
tional therapy, thousands of war vet
Grams and soldiers scattered all over
the United States, from Alaska to
Panama and Puerto Rico to the
Philippines. With the soldier of the
microscope they are one in spirit as
they are returned to health and
strength amidst its naturally wooded
slopes and delightfully."- Handicapped
stretches of greensward
Sacrificed Life in Teaching.
He sleeps in Arlington Cemetery.
overlooking the Nations Capital, where
death overlook him November %,
1902, following an operation for a
chronic appendix. It's warnings Of
preliminary. disaster he had neglected
In his absorption in his teaching and
research work at the George Wash
ington Medical School and his duties
at the then newly organized Army
Medical School.
To many still living here in Wash
ington. as well as to his immediate
family, DR.. Reeds personality and
the magnitude of his great work for
humanity are still vital memories. His
wife, at 81, is active, gracious and
vitality interested in all that pertains
TO the alienation of human suffering.
she had stood by the Army surgeons
side and had seen him engrossed in
research problems in medicine that
were to track the deadly mosquito and
20 conquer citadel Of biological
science. A son, Maj. Gen. Walter
Reed, is on duty here as Inspector
General Of the Army in Washington.
A daughter, known in Army circles
from coast to coast by her first name
Of Blossom. lives in nearby Blue Ridge
Summit, where she conducts a popu-
lar and successful business enterprise.
Each fondly tells of DR.. Reeds mag
netic charm Of manner, of his delight
1ul sense OF humor, his fondness for
children and young people and ami
n1as, and of his marked simplicity
and modesty, even when he was being
showered with the acclaim of the
scientific world.
vir9inian by Birth.
The man who Was destined to be-
come the conqueror OF yellow fever,
youngest Of 1 family Of six, was born
in September, 1SSl. near Belroi, Glou-
cester County, VI. Son of Lemuel
Sutton Reed, for 20 years consecrated
10 the ministry Of the Methodist
Church In America, he was, after he
had reached the age OF so, to attain
Immortal fame for q series Of expert
ments made by himself and his asso-
ciates which have resulted in the al
most total disappearance Of yellow
fever. Previously It's ravages had taken
toll Of thousands upon thousands Of
lives and more than any other one
factor had held at bay the completion
Of the Panama Canal
Ten years old at the beginning OF
the Civil War. he had to give up his
studies because of it and in the course
Of one of Sherman's raids, he and his
brother were captured along with some
live stock which they were guardisg on
the family homestead. Taken to q
Union camp, they were returned as be-
Ing too youthful to be of consequences
IN the fortunes of war.
The year 1866 found the Reed family
In Charlottesville, Va, where Walter
entered the University of Virginia at
16 by special arrangement with its
faculty and Board of Governors. Since
It was almost Immediately apparent
that the slender resources of his
father would permit but limited stay
IN the university, young Reed, aflame
with courage and determination. again
petitioned the University OF Virginia
authorities. This time he sought per-
mission to secure his medical degree
with the graduating class, provided he
could pass the necessary examinations