Box 24

Sternberg orders Reed to proceed to Washington, D.C. from Havana, Cuba, in order to continue his investigation into yellow fever at the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C. The letter and order are dated January 17 and January 18, 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Reed reports he is on duty at Columbia Barracks, Cuba for January 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Special Orders #38 specifies Walter Reed as a member of the board of medical officers for the examination of candidates for admission to the Medical Corps of the Army. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Reed is directed to travel to Fort Monroe, Virginia, from Washington, D.C. and to return upon the completion of his duty there. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Reed provides a report of his assignments between June 30, 1900 and June 30, 1901 and lists his areas of expertise. Sternberg provides an efficiency report of Reed's performance. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Reed is detailed to represent the Medical Department of the Army at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Buffalo, New York, from September 16 through September 20, 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Smith requests that Walter Reed be detailed to attend a medical conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan in order to present a paper about his research on yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Bishop requests, on behalf of Victor C. Vaughan, that Walter Reed be detailed to attend a medical conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan in order to present a paper on his yellow fever research. A copy of Vaughan's letter of October 23, 1901 is enclosed. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Hamilton requests that Root detail Walter Reed to attend a medical conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in order to present a paper on his yellow fever research. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Smith requests, on Victor C. Vaughan's behalf, that Root detail Walter Reed to attend a medical conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan in order to present a paper on his work with yellow fever. He encloses a copy of Victor C. Vaughan's letter of October 21, 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Darragh requests that Root detail Walter Reed to attend a medical conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan in order to present a paper about his yellow fever research. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Sternberg states Reed cannot be spared from his duties as a professor in the Army Medical School to attend a medical conference in Michigan. A letter from the Adjutant General to R. P. Bishop informs him and copies the other congressmen who had petitioned the Secretary of War for Reed's attendance at the conference. Endorsements are also enclosed, dated October 31 and November 1, 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Excerpt details orders, letters, and requests regarding Walter Reed's assignments from January 17, 1901 through November 1, 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Walter Reed details his activities for the month of February 1901. He reports that he has returned from Havana and has resumed his duties as Curator of the Army Medical Museum. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Walter Reed details his activities for the month of March 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Walter Reed details his activities for the month of April 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Walter Reed details his activities for the month of May 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Sternberg recommends that Walter Reed be ordered to go to Fort Monroe, Virginia on military business. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Walter Reed details his activities for the month of June 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Walter Reed details his activities for the month of July 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]