Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1854, Oct. 3 | Born, Mobile, Ala. |
| 1875 | Graduated, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. |
| 1879 | Awarded doctor of medicine degree, Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, New York, N.Y. |
| 1880 | Commissioned lieutenant, United States Army Medical Corps and assigned to duty in Texas |
| 1885 | Promoted to captain |
| 1888 | Transferred from Fort Randall, N.Dak., to Fort Barrancas, Fla., to aid in control of yellow fever epidemic |
| 1898 | Promoted to major Appointed medical officer in Cuba during Spanish-American War |
| 1899 | Assumed duties as sanitation officer of Havana, Cuba, with American occupation forces |
| 1903 | Promoted to colonel in recognition for services in Cuba |
| 1904 | Appointed chief sanitation officer of the Panama Canal Zone during period of canal construction |
| 1907 | Named member of Isthmian Canal Commission |
| 1914 | Appointed surgeon general of United States Army with rank of brigadier general |
| 1915 | Promoted to major general |
| 1916 | Chief of Yellow Fever Commission, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1918 | Official retirement from United States Army |
| 1920, July 4 | Died, London, England; buried in Arlington Cemetery |