Armed Forces

Hench informs Nogueira that the U.S. State Department and the Surgeon General's Office would like to receive an official invitation in order to send a representative to the dedication of Camp Lazear. There remain only two survivors from the experiments: Hanberry and Cooke.

Hench generally approves of the selection of names to be honored on a plaque at the dedication of Camp Lazear. He asks to have a phrase clarified from Nogueira's last letter concerning the qualifications necessary to receive the Finlay Award.

Hench thanks Hamer and the National Archives staff for their help and inquires about two missing volumes of records. He also requests records on Godfrey.

Hench discusses the inclusion of Cooke for the Lazear memorial ceremony.

Hench requests permission to examine the files that contain the letters and telegrams between the Surgeon General's office and Walter Reed, dated 1900 and 1901.

Hench wants to testify before the Committee on Armed Services regarding Lambert's inclusion on the Roll of Honor. He asserts Lambert deserves honor, but it should be distinct from the Roll of Honor.

Hench submits propositions to the Senate Committee on Armed Services regarding how to recognize the contributions of Lazear, Lambert, and Ames.

Hench thanks Webster for his help in finding the location of Camp Lazear and in identifying the "false camp." Hench discusses his plans to honor the site of Lazear's death.

Hench suggests a Reed memorial which would have long-range value to the public rather than a short-term publicity campaign. He discusses Camp Lazear and Building No. 1, and his efforts to have this site memorialized. Hench informs Wallach of the work of the Walter Reed Memorial Association, and other attempts to publicize Reed's work.

Hench requests permission to examine the photographs that the Signal Corps of the Army took at Columbia Barracks, the Post Hospital and Camp Lazear from 1899 to 1901.

Hench seeks assistance in locating maps of Camp Columbia and summarizes his discovery of the lost Camp Lazear.

Hench requests a copy of the 1937 Army Roll of Honor and the addresses of surviving participants in the yellow fever experiments.

Hench describes to Michie the role played by Major R.E. Lee Michie in the yellow fever experiments, and suggests that he contact Kean and the War Department for more information.

Hench inquires if the army has any information about Hanberry's desertion from the army.

Hench provides biographical information about some of the men involved with the yellow fever experiments. He stresses the importance of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Reed's work.

Amador congratulates Kean on his review of the Gorgas biography. He discusses his own plans to write a popular history of the yellow fever story for Panama.

Gooch responds to Hench's questions concerning Gooch's yellow fever research.

O'Reilly requests that Reed be ordered to Fisher's Island, New York, to investigate an outbreak of typhoid fever among the troops. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

O'Reilly confirms that his office has no objection to the approval of a bill that proposes increasing the pensions being provided for Jennie Carroll and Mabel H. Lazear. The letter is accompanied by a partial copy of Report No. 431 of the 60th Congress, which specifies the rationale for the proposed bill. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Patterson thanks Moran for the donation of his yellow fever certificate to the Army Medical Library.