Armed Forces

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]

Webster encloses the Cuban railway plans which are near Camps Columbia and Lazear, and gives some additional information concerning the various sites.

Matas provides references on yellow fever, and gives information on his own work and experience with the disease.

Blue orders Carter to assist U.S. Navy officials with mosquito control at Quantico, Virginia.

Blue directs Carter to Camp Meade, Maryland, in order to conduct a malaria survey.

Blue asks Carter's opinion on sanitary engineering problems at Quantico, Virginia.

Blue writes that he opposes War Department control of the U.S. Public Health Service.

Sparkman requests fifteen to twenty copies of “The Etiology of Yellow Fever” from Sternberg.

Sparkman requests 150 to 200 copies of “The Etiology of Yellow Fever” for distribution. He believes several thousand copies should be distributed to southern States.

Sparkman encourages the printing of several thousand copies of “The Etiology of Yellow Fever” so that the people of the Gulf Coast can be informed of the mosquito theory. Sparkman realizes that it is very important that the yellow fever issue be cleared up, as there are numerous variant theories about the cause of yellow fever.

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]

Wallach describes plans for a national and possibly international Walter Reed commemorative publicity campaign under the auspices of the Reed Memorial Association, and stresses the importance of the campaign in light of communism.

Jennings is responding to a request by Hench for aerial photographs of Cuba. Hench's letter has been forwarded to the U.S. Army General Staff because of policy regarding foreign areas.

Miller informs Kean that he is unable to supply a list of commissioned officers in Allentown.

The Secretary of War details the arrangements for Reed's funeral procession.

Reed is ordered to return to Washington, D.C. instead returning to his proper station in Cuba. This is an amendment to Special Orders #246. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

The Assistant Secretary of War sends two copies of “The Etiology of Yellow Fever.”

Agramonte is informed that his contract as surgeon will terminate June 15, 1903.

The Chief Sanitary Officer requests that Shimer be assigned duty in the Sanitary Department.

Moran is appointed clerk in the Canal Zone Health Department.