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Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling orders that medical officers in charge of naval hospitals or medical departments of a naval station are authorized to use the term “in command of” rather than “in charge of” to designate their official positions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-23
The Navy Department is instructed to change regulations to permit naval medical officers to use the words “in command,” and to make it clear that they have military command of their corps.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-22
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of the Navy Metcalf that he is familiar with the naval situation regarding medical care. He believes a hospital ship should be assigned to the Atlantic coast, which would be commanded according to Metcalf’s previous letter to the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Surgeon General Presley Marion Rixey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-01