Show SHOULD RECEIVE PENSIONS E Three men Dr Reid and his assist assistants assistants assistants ants Lazier and anti Carroll C gave their lives 1108 to prove that yellow fever is disseminated by ly the bite of a mos mosquito mosquito mosquito quito Their discovery enabled the United States to exterminate the yel yellow yellow e elow low plague in Cuba by exterminating ting the mosquito that carried it It en cn enabled enabled the New Orleans health author authorities authorities authorities aided by government officials to check an outbreak of yellow fever feer long before it became a deadly dea ly epi epidemic epidemic demic Thanks to the sacrifice made by Reid Lazier and Carroll there Is no yellow fever feer on the Isthmus of Panama in the Phillipines or In any of our possessions Their discovery is entitled to rank with the discovery of oC anaesthetics It has prevented suffering and death throughout the world Those three men died as bravely as ever a soldier died on the battle field They gave their lives lIes for humanity and the na nation nation nation tion should be proud of oC them Also the nation should be generous to the dependent dependent ones one they left behind The widow of Dr Reid hay has ha been granted p a t n Bills are now pending pend pending pending ing in the house of representatives granting pensions of oC per month each to Mrs Irs Lazier and Mrs Carroll They rhey should be passed without delay In fact they should have been passed a long l ng time ago |