Armed Forces--Medical care

United States Navy Surgeon General Rixey praises the Japanese Army’s medical department. The Japanese Army allocates a large number of personnel and a great deal of money to its medical department, and it is led by a number of officers of high rank. During the recent Russo-Japanese war, the Japanese Army was constantly transporting sick and injured soldiers from the front to hospitals in Japan, in addition to maintaining well-provisioned field hospitals. While they have not made discoveries in the field of sanitation, they have maintained good conditions for their troops and thus prevented sickness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10

Creator(s)

Rixey, Presley Marion, 1852-1928

After meeting with Surgeon General of the Navy Presley Marion Rixey and Surgeon General of the Army Robert M. O’Reilly, President Roosevelt has concluded that regulations for the medical corps in the Navy should be analogous to those in the Army. It appears to Roosevelt that the Navy Bureau of Navigation has not been efficient in their dealings with the medical corps. He asks Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte to speak with him about the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A statement, possibly meant for a press release, written regarding Louis Livingston Seaman, a military surgeon. The document, created from a statement by government worker Frank W. Carpenter, is edited by hand with lines struck through. Seaman “was the most prominent witness before the Beef Commission, and his testimony was rather sensational.” He claimed the army was being overfed, and although he was sent to the Philippines as a contract surgeon, he was there more to conduct business for himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-29

Creator(s)

Carpenter, Frank W. (Frank Watson), 1871-1945

Colonel Roosevelt describes operational mismanagement and the appalling conditions under which he and his men are fighting and surviving. Food and medicine are scarce and he is purchasing food for both wounded and able-bodied soldiers with his own money. Of the 600 men with whom he arrived, over 300 are dead or in hospital from disease or wounds. He is very proud of his regiment and thrilled with their accomplishments.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-07-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919