Armed Forces

Reed requests and is granted a one-month extension to the leave of absence he was granted on November 18, 1885.

Reed informs the Adjutant General about his appointment as Assistant Surgeon. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Reed acknowledges the receipt of his commission as Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army, February 17, 1876.

Reed reports that he has taken up his assigned post as Post Surgeon, Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Reed reports that he has taken up his temporary assignment at his posting at Fort Yuma, California.

Reed approves and endorses Carroll's application for admission into the Medical Corps of the Army. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Reed requests the address of a fermentation tube manufacturer, as well as a copy of Smith's paper.

Reed writes about an experiment with pigs and work involving the bacillus icteroides.

De Niedman offers his recollections of yellow fever work in Cuba, including investigations of Sanarelli's bacillus and sanitary measures undertaken.

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]

Borden provides details of the surgical operation for appendicitis that immediately preceded Walter Reed's death.

Borden certifies that Reed died in the line of duty. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Gorgas informs Bushnell that his medical staff is full at present, but that he will consider adding physician Alexander Murray if there is an increase in staffing.

Gorgas writes about a planned increase in the Canal Zone medical force, and encloses correspondence recommending physician Alexander Murray for service in Panama.

Gorgas requests assignment of John W. Phillips for duty in the Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Gorgas requests the assignment of Raeder for duty as a nurse in the Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Reed's experiments have convinced Gorgas that the mosquito theory is valid. Gorgas discusses the implications for sanitation and non-immune troops.

Gorgas requests that Carter go to South America in order to continue his yellow fever work for the Rockefeller Foundation. He mentions the work of Guiteras and Wrightson.

Gorgas writes that he favors combining the U.S. Public Health Service and the War Department. Gorgas does not know if he will be retained after his retirement, although he looks forward to resuming yellow fever work after war.

Gorgas writes about yellow fever cases in Panama, as well as sanitary efforts and political maneuvering.