OCR Text |
Show THE BEE 12 came its president ine association mm bet'll of valuable service iu furuUhing men to the government iu the present and is likely to grow far beyoud iti war IARCE INCOMES THEY SACRIFICE TO OUIl ARMY sum; EONS SERVE UNCLE SAM. tnlMal fipMlsIUli Wlio A rm Nw With the I'nlUd Mlr Army -- Tb War OfT. r Opportunities For Valuabl Ciwrlvnr Not to t Found Any&vhrro Fla. "I made $21,000 iujiuy practice la-- t year," raid a surgeon not much past 30 m few days ago, "and tliey offer mo a plaea i:i tlio army now which will juiy mo jr.t $2,500 " Tlietiamoof thin man has not yet upjearel in tho list of appointments given out in Washington, but it is likely to do so when tho lemml call volunteers aro mustered in. Tho sueeersful surgeon is not likely to be flattered by tho offer of any joi-tioin tho United States army which bo can given him, yet there are dozens of surgeons among tho rtxent volunteers who have gone into tho service knowing that it meant the loss of of their income during tho time they remained in the army. Such eminent specialists as Dr. Nicholas Senn of Chicago und Dr. John Guiterasof Philadelphia are now serving their country in uniform with the rank und modest emoluments of surgical officers. Many others of more or less note ull over tho country have sacrificed incomes two or three times as great as they will receive in tho army and have run tho risk of injury to their practices in order to servo in the present war. In fact, Undo Sams surgical service can claim tho highest attainments in several special lines likely to prove very important in n . five-sixth- s ( "thiswar. "Tho importance of having the high- est professional skill available iu behalf of the wounded maybe judged, " says Surgeon General Sternberg, from tho fact that in tho civil war for every 11 men killed in battle 7 died of their wounds or died in hospitals, according to tho records. Antiseptic surgery and skillful operators should make it possible for us to improve on that record in this war." Another consideration, asido from patriotism, that may have had an influ-- . ence in bringing some eminent practitioners into the service is the opportunity for valuable experience. This may hve been of weight iu the case of Dr. Senn, who is now in charge of the medical department at Camp Thomas. It is precisely in operations for gunshot wounds, and especially for those wounds of the abdomen which were conceded to be fatal in the war of 1861-5- , that Dr. Senn has made his most interesting discoveries. Little known in the east outside of his profession, he is one of the most popular surgeons in Chicago and Milwaukee, where he made a reputation before his removal to the western metropolis. ' It is probable that Dr. Senn received from his private practice not less than ten times what his pay in the service will be. Twenty times might come nearer to the correct figures. This is certainly no light sacrifice for a professional man to make. Dr. Senn was at one time surgeon general of the Wisconsin national guard, and while in that position he conceived the idea of organizing the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. The society in 1891, and Dr. Senn be origiual plan. The chief surgical officer of the United Stales, Brigadier General Sternberg, it a physician of rare attaiumenta and au investigator of originality and darDr. ing iu the obscurer germ disease in bacterioloresearches the Sternbergs have of attracted great pneumonia gy attention iu the profession. On accnuut of the professional standing which he has given tho urrny service many au ambitious youug surgeon is glad to servo under him even if bo does have to s of his income for sacrifice the sake of tho country. Next to tho surgeon general tomes, in the medical deiuirtment, the assistant surgeon general, who has the rank and nine-tenth- The Straw Hats are Going at Your Own Price SUMMER UNDERWEAR, HOSE, HANDKERCHIEFS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, NECKWEAR, NIGHT ROBES, PAJAMAS, NOVELTIES IN ALL THE ABOVE LINES. pay of a colonel iu tho army. Tho inWOODRUFF COMPANY. cumbent, Colonel Green leaf, is now BROWN, TERRY is Miles. Tho General next grado with with tho rank deputy surgeon general, Thero are ten colonel. of lieutenant deputy surgeon generals iu tho regular service, and seven have been appointed iu the volunteer service, with tho titlo In All Households That Send Their of chief surgeon and tho rank of lieutenant colonel. It is to this grade that Dr. Senn has been appointed. SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, SHIRT The next grade is that of surgeon, with the rank of major. There are 50 of WAISTS and ROUGH FAMILY these in the regular service. Their pay is $2,500 per year. It is this position DRY TO US, which the New Yorker quoted at the beginning of this article had reference to and which many other young surgeons have accepted in spite of the loss of from two to ten times that sum iu 166 HA1N Tis Best on Earth. yearly income and the prospect of much discomfort. personal A large number of such appointments have been made in the voluuteer service. The men have tho rank of chief surgeons and serve as chiefs with divisions. Every regiment of tho regular has a surgeon, with the rank and pay of major. Next below them are the assistant surgeons, the lowest grado iu tho department. The curious diversity in regular and voluuteer grades Is fejown in the president's appoiutimiits, auue 4, of assistant surgeons with tho rank of captain to be brigade surgeons with the rank of major. Among these appointments from civil life was the noted yellow fever expert. Dr Gciteras of Philadelphia, I acteriolugist of the University of Pennsylvania and for some years connected with t Lie marine hospital service. Special (for. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. AND TASTELESS. PURE, CHRYSTALLINE ANALYTIC RESULTS DEMON & PEACE REIGNS TROY STEAM LAUNDRY, STREET, GEN. ROSSERS UNIFORM. STRATE ITS SUPERIORITY BLE TABLE BEVERAGE. . Will Only Need a Flannel Shirt, Shoulder Straps and a String Around 11 is Hat. Among tho Virginians who have recently isitcd Washington there has been no more striking figure and nono on whom more eyes were turned in admiring gaze than the stalwart form and sunburned, swarthy countenance of General Thomas L. Rosser. A newly appointed officer asked Rosser where he was going to have his uniforms made. They will cost you a lot of money, " said he. I have had six suits made, and they cost me $700. "I will only need," responded Rosser, a flannel shirt, which I can buy in Washington anywhere on the avenue; a pair of shoulder straps and a string or of braid around my hat to desig-- i nate that I am an officer. Yon will hsve to tp.t a fine horse, general. con OVER ALL EUROPEAN LITHIA WATER. VALUA UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDIAL AGENT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AILMENTS. RECOMMENDED BY ALL EMINENT AUTHORITIES. TEL. 673. METCALF &SONS BOTTLING CO., 331 S. WEST TEMPLE tmued the interlocutor, uenerai rmi- ler has had a $400 black stallion presented to him, and other generals have secured fine horses." Well, replied coo perate uevu s own wora: m aes-encount- commend ns to the Albemarle. Two Things to Remember. Rosser, I have some good stock down on my farm, but from what I can learn Santiago is the place and the duna horse will not be the suitable thing iu geons of Morro Castle the prison where Cuba. I think a mule will be best, and the captain and 36 of the crew of the it is my expectation to ride a mule. Virginius were tortured and murdered It may be that this Confederate vet by the Spanish in 1873. When our eran with his flannel shirt and string troops raise the stars and stripes over ,around his hat, bestriding a mule, will Santiago, they will be remembering the no Virginius as well as the Maine. exactly in trim to court an or Journal. in looking glass caper nimbly jorou3 a ladys chamber to the lascivious pleas- Subscribe for The Bee. ing of a lute, but for a Black Douglas. am-piec- e lis |