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Special Orders #31 orders Carroll to report to Washington, D. C. for duty in the pathological laboratory of the Army Medical Museum. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #172 orders Carroll to Havana to continue the investigation of yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #226 directs Carroll to return to Washington, D. C. no later than November 1, 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following: informed...

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Special Orders #178 grants Carroll a leave of absence. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #247 grants Carroll an extension to his leave of absence. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...

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Special Orders #129 selects Presnell to accompany 2nd artillery. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #243 directs Pilcher to Ft. McHenry for medical examination and Godfrey to the Philippines for duty. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #51 grants Kean and Hepburn a leave of absence and assigns Teeter to Columbia Barracks. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #18 assigns Kean, Amador, and Cooke to a board of survey to decide about posts that have been infected by yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #260 revokes Special Orders #256 for Kean. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Kean, Brewer, and Truby are appointed to investigate the loss of medical supplies at Columbia barracks.

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Special orders #22 specify that Kean is to travel to Washington, D.C. for an examination for promotion, and then to return to his post at Quemados, Cuba, when no longer required by the board. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #54 directs Kean to Columbia Barracks in order to relieve Stark. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #256 directs Kean to Ft. McHenry. Pilcher is retired from active service. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #50 assigns Kean and Reed to a board of survey. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Special Orders #5 assigns Lazear to investigation of recent yellow fever outbreak. Included is a note written by Truby. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Lazear is ordered to report to Tampa, Florida, for transfer to Columbia Barracks, Cuba.

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Lazear is ordered to proceed to Pinar Del Rio to collect pathological material on the recent yellow fever outbreak.