Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
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Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
Medicine, Military; Military hospitals; World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Medical care -- United States
These agitators that I have spoken of, these demagogues, have learned
what you can do with a scared member of Congress, and we used to say
that the thing that emphasized most a scared Congressman was two. We
don’t have them I think any more.
My friends, let us hope that Congress is so constituted at the present
time, and we will assume that it is, that it will courageously and
fearlessly and without any regard as to what the results may be to
themselves, rise up and respond to what you gentlemen, through the heads
of these various Departments and the Federal Board of Hospitalization
may indicate and will enact into law such legislation, and if there are
any in the Congress who may have any fears about the results if they do
so act, I would say to them they have less to fear by keeping courageous
and standing for what is right, regardless of the comment at the time,
or the criticism that may come from certain sources.
Gentlemen, I thank you for the privilege of these few words and I hope
that all of you and each of you will be generous and diligent in
communicating, whenever you have any suggestions to make with reference
to bettering this service, in order that they may have the consideration
of these co-ordinating Departments that were so ably described this
morning by General Dawes. I thank you.
GEN. SAWYER: General Ireland, have you anything to say?
GEN. IRELAND: I don’t believe I have. I think it is time well spent and I
trust that there will be further meetings of this kind.
ADMIRAL STITT: I can only repeat what General Ireland has said. I have
learned a great deal from this Conference and feel sure that everyone
agrees that we should have a similar Conference, possibly every year.
GENERAL CUMMING: I have nothing to say except to express what I know is the
appreciation of everybody here to you as Chairman of the Board for
having inaugurated such a Conference, and, secondly, I think we owe
something to Colonel Forbes as an agent for having brought us all
together.
COL. MATTISON, N.H.D.V.S.: I can voice the sentiments just expressed. I
expected this meeting to be exceedingly valuable and it is vastly more
so than I had ever anticipated. I am very glad indeed to have had this
opportunity.
DR. WHITE: I want to express my personal appreciation for having had the
opportunity of coming into personal contact with all of you men who are
engaged in this work. I have long felt that one of the very great values
of a congregation of this sort is that resulting from personal contact
with men who are doing the same work.
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