CONTENTS. Page. Measures for the relief of legal representatives of Asst. Surg. John W. Certificates to be furnished relative to character and capacity of medical officers applying for promotion............. Officers detailed to attend medical and public health associations. Medical board, Ford's Theater disaster..... Board to establish a quarantine station at Southport, N. C.. REPORT TO THE SECRETARY. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE SUPERVISING SURGEON-GENERAL, M. H. S., Hon. J. G. CARLISLE, Secretary of the Treasury. November 1, 1895. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the MarineHospital Service of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1895, being the twenty-fourth annual report of the Service and the ninety-seventh year of its existence. In addition to the statistical information pertaining to the fiscal year, the operations of the Service to the present date, being near the close of the quarantine season, are included. MEDICAL CORPS. During the fiscal year no board was convened for the examination of applicants for admission into the Medical Corps, there being no vacancy. Twenty applications are on file for permission to appear before the next examining board. Appointments and promotions. One successful candidate was appointed to the grade of assistant surgeon and four assistant surgeons were promoted after examination to the grade of passed assistant surgeon. Casualties. No deaths have occurred. The passed assistant surgeon mentioned in the last Annual Report as having been placed upon waiting orders because of tuberculosis, has transmitted certificates showing no improvement. Of the two assistant surgeons incapacitated by the same cause, one has been continuously on waiting orders, and the other, after reassignment to duty at San Diego, and nearly a year's freedom from evidence of the disease, reported a recurrence thereof, and is at present on leave of absence. MEASURES FOR THE RELIEF OF THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF ASST. SURG. JOHN W. BRANHAM. Notwithstanding the bill for the relief of the legal representatives of Assistant Surgeon Branham was favorably reported by the Commit. tee on Claims in the House of Representatives, and there was no opposition thereto, it was not acted upon by Congress. I beg leave to refer to the Annual Report for 1894 (pp. 9 to 12, inclusive), which contains a full statement of the propriety and justice of the proposed measure, and to pages 10 to 12, inclusive, of the Annual Report for 1892, containing a list of officers who have sacrificed their lives in their efforts to prevent the invasion or spread of epidemic diseases. I would call attention to the fact that these officers were engaged in protecting not their own States or localities, but at points remote from their own homes, were performing their duties in the interest of the whole country. I believe that Congress will yet recognize the justice of providing for the families of these men by the payment of a sum equivalent to their salaries and allowances for two years, a precedent for which is found in the act of March 4, 1882. CERTIFICATES TO BE FURNISHED CONCERNING CHARACTER AND CAPACITY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS APPLYING FOR PROMOTION. For the double purpose of stimulating the younger officers of the Service to establish an excellent record, and of furnishing information to boards convened for the examination of candidates for promotion the following form has been issued: Information required of commanding officers, Marine-Hospital Service, concerning candidates for promotion. Form No. 161.] TREASURY DEPARTMENT, To medical officers of the Marine-Hospital Service: WALTER WYMAN, ing the mental, moral, and professional fitness of U. S. Marine-Hospital 18-, to, 18-. U. S. Marine-Hospital Serv 2. What duties were performed by said officer or steward during the period stated, and for what length of time did he perform each duty? 3. In what manner did said officer or steward perform each of these duties? 4. Did said officer or steward exhibit zeal, intelligence, and judgment in dealing with attendants and patients during the period stated? 5. What special duties, other than the ordinary routine duties of his position, were performed by said officer or steward during the period stated, and how was each of such duties performed? 6. What was the general conduct and bearing of said officer or steward during the period stated? 7. Was said officer or steward given to habits of intemperance at any time during the period stated; if so, to what extent? 8. From your knowledge of said officer or steward and the service he performed during the period stated, do you consider him mentally and professionally fit to perform all his duties in a higher grade? 9. From your knowledge of said officer or steward, do you consider him morally fit for promotion to the next higher grade? 10. What was the general condition of the health of said officer or steward during the period above stated? 11. Considering the possible requirements of the Marine-Hospital Service in time of epidemics, do you consider said officer fit to be entrusted with important independent duties? If not, state reasons? (This question does not apply to hospital stewards.) I certify on honor that I believe the above entries made are true and impartial. (Name of station) (Date) U. S. M. H. S., in command. OFFICERS DETAILED TO ATTEND MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS. During the fiscal, ear, and to date of this report, officers were detailed to represent the Service at the Eighth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography in Budapest, and at the meeting of the American Public Health Association in Montreal, as reported in the previous Annual Report. Surgeon Stoner and Passed Assistant Surgeon Kinyoun were detailed to represent the Service at the meeting of the American Medical Association at Baltimore, April 25, 1895. |