University of South Carolina Libraries
WHY THEY WON. A Lower Mortality in the Japanese Army from Disease THAN IN ANY ARMY I That Has Ever Faced a Foe. They Had Very Nearly a Perfect Sanitary System and Well Equipped Hospitals in Which to Treat Their Sick Soldiers. Maj. Louis L. Seaman of New York was the central tiijure Thursday at the convention of Military Surgeons of the United States, at Detroit, 111., when he made answer to the criticisms of his utterance made last Tuesday by Surgeon Charles F. Stokes of the United States navy and followed with a paper on "The Real Triumph of Japan" or "The Conquest of the Silent Foe," in which he riterated many of ids former statements and lauded the Japanese government for its conduct of the sanitary and hygienic phase of the late war. Dr. Seaman's paper was as follows: "Mr. President and Gentlemen: The success of Japan In the recent conllict with Russia was clue preeminently to three fundamental causes: First, thorough preparation and organization for war?such preparation as was never made before; second, to the simple, noti-irritating, and tfcislly digested rations of the Japanese trcops; end third, to the brilliant part played by the members of the medical profession in the application of practical sanitation, the stamping out of preventable dis eases in the army, threby saving its units for the legitimate purposes of war?the smashing of the enemy in the Held. "It must never be forgotten that in every great campaign an army faces two enemies: First, the armed forces the opposing foe; second, the far greater silent foe, disease. "Of these enemies, the history of warfare for centuries has proven that the iirst kills 20 per cent, of the total mortality in the conflict, whilst the second kills 80 per ceut. This dreadful and unnecessary sacrifice of life, especially in conflicts between the Anglo-Saxon races, Is the most ghastly proposition of the age, and the Japanese have gone a long way toward conquering or eliminating it." ijt. i n ' ? - ? - maj. oeaman cited taoies or statistics of battle records for 200 years showing that there has rarely been a conflict In which at least four men have not perished of disease for one from bullets, lie coutldued: ''But the crowning piece of lmbeci lity was reserved for our late war with Spain, where more than ten were needlessly sacrificed to ignorance and incompetency for every one who died on the tiring line or from bullets. This, too, in the short campaign of six weeks. "All of these statistics were studied with the minutest care and detail by the Japanese. Their authorities rec ognizad that, in order to be victorious over a foe like itussia, this great silent enemy that slaughters $0 out of every 100 that fall must be overcome. And the medical men of the army did it." The speaker then showed the actual figures of klllsd, wounded and sick in the Japanese army from February 1904, to the end of April, 1905, which averaged nearly five deaths from bullets for one from disease, or 900 per cent, better than the average in history. Maj. Seaman sa>s: "This record is unparalleled and unapproaohed and the medical men of the army achieved it." How this marvelous result was attained, Maj Seaman said was a work of 10 years, beginning immediately after the war with China, when Japanese statesmen raal zdd Japan would again have to g? to war to preserve her independent as a nation. The great amount of illness likely to appear in the army was taken into consideration and the steps for its elimination were taken. "With this point always in view," Maj. Seaman continued, "she sent her students all over the world to study the army systems in other lands. Upon the declaration of war she was prepared to house, sclent! tically treat and tenderly care for 25,000 sick and wouDiied in Japan alone. Twelve sels 6f main hospitals, each with from one to live attached branch hospitals, were scattered throughout the empire in the chief towDS of the 12 military districts Into which the country is divided. "The original 25,000 odd beds were rapidly Increased in number as the campaign progressed, by the erection of substantial, though exceedingly pain, pine buildings running parallel and so constructed that each was a unit housing 100 patients, but connecting series by covered walks and runways. Great elasticity was gained by this simple form of architecture, for wards could be tacked on indlflnltely Within the limitations of the property ar?a. One and a half years after the commencement of this war, or on the 6th of July, 1905, the 12 great milltary home hospitals possessed a normal capacity of 68,263 available beds. " On this same day, however, only onehalf of them were in use, or, to be exv act, there' were 28,561 patients in hos pital. The apparent hospital overpreparedness suggests that the Japanese themselves failed to realise what marked 6uoocsses would attend the enforcement of their new code of military hygiene and sanitation, as applied for the tlrst time In the field. ^ 44Whether the medical department prepared this immense hospital system for sick or wounded Is of little Importance; the fact, however, being that when the ghastly cortege from Mukden did arrive in Japan in April there was hospital room for every disabled aian of the thousands and thousands, and instant medical attendance and care and nursing ready and wait lug. "The pharmaceutical side of these T military hospitals is an auxiliary machine, working in perfect harmony with the whole. Like the field service, it is indisputably responsible for all the medical and surgical supplies, and Issues them upon requisition of the doctors and surgeons. Besides this the department is responsible for all sterilized milk, washing of band ages and rerolling, disinfection of bedding, and the making of chemical y tests of urine. "Every hospital throughout Japan and every base and Held hospital In H Manchuria has Its bacteriological lab- 1 oratory. t "Too much cannot be said in en- c thuslastio commendation of this side of the service. Undoubtedly tne pains c taking researches have been the means a of saving thousands of lives by fore- 11 stalling possible epidemics, and sav- * ing Individual life by prompt determi- 1 natlou of the trouble. No man suf- 8 fers from temperature but whose blood P goes under the microscope. Malaria is h malaria, and typhoid is typhoid in the ^ Japanese army. Diseases are uot P guessed at, as they were in Cuba, the Philippines and South Africa, where s often for a full week the physicians 13 attempted to diagnose cases by bleight 1 of hand and trick of eye. d "The limits of this paper do uot u admit of more than the merest referonce to the splendid system of sanlta- e tiou followed in the Held. Sutllce it to say that during the campaign txteuding over a year and a half, with from ^ 800,000 to 000,000 soldiers undergoing * the severest hardships and privations K of active service, there are in the 1 Japanese army 36 men out of every 8 100 who have never reported at sica call; 36 men who never saw the inside 9 of a hospital or were sick in quarters, w a record absolutely unparalleled. The t war has taught many lessons and de- * U t"Vr* unrl iwu i? irlnn lis ?111 ? uviv;bu uicvujr lUCAia 111 iUiilltOlft Hi I 11 - ^ tary, as in mailers surgical, in surgical technique, or in the after-treat P ment of the wounded and sick, the 14 Japanese have taught the foreigner 0 comparatively little, but In the tield ^ of sanitary science and dietetics they * have demonstrated, what has never a been done before, that preventable dismasts are preventable. n ''They have pres< rv*rl their armies t for the legitimate pi rp ?sds for which a armies are enlisted; loo killing or onqueriug of an open enemy in the tield, v instead of having four fifths of its a mortality victims to the silent foe. "It is against thisdreadiui scourge, e this needless sacrifice, that the Japan- * ebe have made their hardest light and 1won their most signal victories?vie f tories that will redouud more to their & credit than even the expulsion of tue Muscovite aggressor. * "A dispatch received in London on ^ September 21 from the Tokyo cor res- 1 poudent of the Loudon Standard, giv- 1 Ing the statistics of the war to tnat ij date, reports; a "'Killed, 40,180; died of wounds, a 10,970; died from sickness, 15,000.' ^ rn ui. . ' < . ? - 1 aui? percentage 01 ueain to blueings ? was less than one-fourth of the total dead, which is a ?eeord not paralleled t in toe annals of war. b "When conteinplating these mar- P velous figures, with what a ghastly o and melancnoly smile the hero o? 11 Manila must recall his action in can- P soring the cablegram of the chief sur- a geon who had requested 5(J addiulonal { medical cllloers and 200 more nuisis when the hospital wards were over- 11 crowded, because such a dispatch t would prove the faiSity of his claim t that he had the situation well In v hand.' Months afterwards the sur- 3 geons and nurses were provided, but not until the horrible condition was a intensitied, and taps had sounded the P requiem for many a poor boy who had 11 joined the great majority. "Perhaps the same delight may so- a lace the contemplative commander In c the Cuban campaign, when he recalls 0 his famous order at Tampa, directing 0 the unloading of a ship filled with L morllnti I U n A hnjnlfnl nnn-ll<". * ? O tuwxxvwi uuu 11\j 1 \H* i nU^pilCD lUf Dftll tiago. and the substitution of a load c of mules lustca:i. ? "Or of another major general during that war, who on being waited 8 upon by certain medical officers with 11 a protest against the use of certain u water said, in response to their complaint: 'When 1 want your advice, 1 i( will send for you; uutil 1 do, you can h attend to your own business.' "Or even if the then secretary of war, who, when inspecting the camps at Montauk Point with the president 1 of the United States, said on looking at a glass of water furnished the troops of this infected camp, and which certain medical mon had pro- r nounoed to contain germs of disease: e 'Why, it looks all right to me.' p "Until the line and staff officers of h the American army is taught the I necessity of sanitation, and the medi- v cal officer is given rank and authority to enforce it, our medical department l must remain humiliating failure. fl Its continuance under present oondl- t tions is no less than an evidence of a national imbeoility." o Typhoon. j1 A destructive typhoon swept over 0 Manila on Monday, killing five per- v ons, injuring 200 and rendering 8,000 v homeless. t PLAIN TALK. t / i New York Baptist Minister Calls McCall a Thief FROM HIS PULPIT. he Preacher Taking for His Text, the Commandment, "Thou Shalt Not Steal," Said the Insurance Man Had Violated That Com* raand by his Act. The New York American says John I. McCall, president of the New fork Life Insurance Company, was oatbingly assailed from the pulpit of he Riverside Baptist Church Sunday >y its pastor, the Rev. Dr. A. LiuOlu Moore. A demand was made for the tinaediate resignation of Mr. MoCall, n rl lit- ^A/ilo iiiu , iuuuiD ULVjiaicu r* mil (JAUSIULI' ,te earnestness that the head.of the >Iew York Life had grossly violated he commandment ''Thou shalb not teal" in taking vast sums of the iolicy-holders money from the treasiry of the company and contributing hese funds for partisan political mrposes. Dr. Moore took as his text Exodus, ;x., 15: "Thou shalb not steal." His utire sermou was devoted to drawing he distinction between honesty and lishonesty. His unexpected attack ipuii the president of the New Yurk jlfc created a sensation in thecrowdd church auditorium. "We all recognize," said the divine mpresslvely, "the rights of property, e that property great or small?the ddow's mite or the fortune of the reatest millionaire. This brings us o the forgotten commandment,' 'thou halt not steal." "If you would always call stealing tealiug, and a thief a thief, there muld be less stealing and fewer hieves. If an otttoe boy steals $100 rom the c nice In which he is employed he is prosecuted and sent to jail; ut if the president of the same comany 11 inches a few hundreds of thousuds or millions of dollars from the orporation's funds, he is hailed as a Napoleon of finance and men will be ound to become apologists for his colors. "The commandment "Thou shalt iot steal" should be branded in lttors of tire in the olllce of evory bank, nd life insurance company of the and aud in the heart of every man mo haudles other people's money nd property." Dr. Moore then electrified his hearra by his scathing invective against Resident McCall, of the New York jife. In doing so he quoted largely rom an open letter that he mailed to Ir. McCall ou Saturday. "I have read the testimony of John L. McCall, president of the New fork Life Insurance Company," said )r. Moore, "and from reading that estimony I have concluded tnat be as arrogated to himself the power nd right to use the investors' money t his own discretion, unmindful of he fact that the money so used bejngs to othefrj. "Upon what ethical grounds does his man base his right?" cried the muster, serving in a niuciary caacity, as a L)u?tee and not the own r, the testimony of Mr. McCall, with Ls unblushing confession of misapropriatlon, in..representation, ndsi&nagement anrl possible speculation, eveaiy his manifest moral unfitness jr the responsible position that he olds, an oflice which he Las discredled and betrayed. Ortice is a sacred rust, anil to betray that trust is the rorst because the meanest kind of teallng. "Tne actions of John A. McCJali re flagrant violations of the lirst riuoipies of honesty and are utterly Qdeft sible in law.etnics and business. ' I unhesitatingly atlirrn tuat nis ctlon in taking vast sums of the pollV holders money from the treasury f the company without authority tlier than his own, and devoting hose sums to partisan political pur oses, was a gross violation of the omaiaridment, "Thou Shalt Not teal." "That money was stolen just as urely as if ne had placed his hand i tne policy holder's pockets and til Lied It from them." The minister then quoted the foljwlng verse, which i? embodied in Is letter to P/esidenf McOall: in vain men call old notions fudge And bend the conscience to their dealing; 'he Eighth Commandment will not budge And stealing will continue stealing. ''That money wrongfully taken, so umor says, was undoubtedly employd either directly or Indirectly In rostituting the ballot and debauohag American citizenship," continued )r. Mo >re, as he pounded his pulpit rith emphatic earnestness. "Thus wrongdoing Is ever .produclve of wrongdoing, and the moral Inuence of such men as MoCall and hose associated with him in the mangement, or rather mismanagement f the New York Life Insurance Com any, will inevitably result In a deady harvest of wrongdoing throughout ur land. With many, a premium rill be placed upon dishonesty, and rlth others, business Integrity will teoome an empty name. 1 "I am convinced that the testimony of Mr. McCall has proved his moral unfitness fer the responsible office of president of the New York Life, and from this pulpit I demand that he resign. That reslnation will he in the interests of tho company in particu'ar and of morality in general. "1 am a small policy holder of the New York Life, and Ills my profound , belief that John A. McCall ought to be oompelled to restore the funds he has removed from the coffers of the 1 company, or he ought to bo arrested t and Incarcerated. ; "There is an universal Inclination to steal, loth among the rich as well ( as among the poor. There are two sorts of stealing; personal and official. Under the first head are catalogued unfair bargains, unfair wages, mis representation of goods, the evasion of taxes, refusing to pay outlawed debts, Idleness and dependence. The sluggard Is the very prince of thieves. "Official stealing Is the very meanest sort of thievery, since It concerns the stealing of other people's money. The revelations recently made of the mismanagement and dishonest methods prevaliiug in tho big life insurance companies have astounded this country. Men regarded as representing ail that Is best In the business world, politics and finance have fallen like shattered idols. "Tho monopoly of any commodity or a combination formed to put up the price of the necessaries of life Is a iiagrant form of stealing. Many monoplles are organized robbery. Men determined to raise or lower the price of stocks or to water stooks ou the declaration that tlio earnings Justify it are thieves. "New Y >rk may or may not be a gay summer resort, but It is certainly a watering plac3. Wall Street is lo cated under the sign of Aquarius, judging from the volume of wate; that Hows from it. "Old fashioned honesty has been supplanted by new-fashioned dlshon esty, and untruth has taken the place of probity; but the Ten Command ments of Jehovah will never be out grown, for the Decalogue must abide as the stanch and imperishable frame work of society." KILLED WITH CLUilS. Two B?vh Fight for Thoir IjIvor With Hugo Haglo. Courageous and ferocious to the 1?Vit". u54.^1 n an A morlnan nmrln 'Piiau. day fought two boys and a dog, his talons tearing the clothing of the boys and ripping the lldsh of the dog. The scene of the encouter was neai Vails burg, N. J. Felix and Elwin Hitters, aged twelve and thirteen years, were on their way home from a hall game when the huge bird swooped down on them from the sky, his beak open, his talons set and ncek feathers ruffled for attack. So swift was the eagle's decent that the boys did no', see it until their dog, )olping with feat, scrambled out of the clutches of the cruel claws. The animal's Hash was torn, but he go^. away. Angered at his failure, the bird rose a few yards in the air and agalD swooped?this time at the bo} s. Time and time again they struck the great bird with their baseball bats, each time knocking it back, but never heavily enough to main or kill It, and with every repulse the creature returned to the assault with redoubt d determinat ion. For ten minu'oes tin battle raged. Then, by a lucky stroke one of the lads felled the eagle to the ground. Even then it still fought them, but the dog seeing his recent enemy laid low, regained his courage and attacked it, getting for ills palm several more gap'trs from the ugly talonB. Finall , ti eagle being al most exhausted. rn? 1/ the boys hit It a blow that Icilu ' ! r d they car nrri it now, wn?;r? v s measured and showed slx^y-six inches f:o:n tip to tip of its wings, Will 1'akt) .V(ljr IVlllO. The Rev. Dr. William Leach, of the Chicago Fulton Street Methodist Rpi.scopal ohurch, In his sermon Sun day made a spirited defense of the use of tainted money for religious pur poses. Calling down the blessings of heaven o.i rich men who distribute "soiled wealth," he cxpra sed his regret at not being possessed of money 1 gathorli g talent, and declared that it i takes a wise man to acquire wealtn "The cry of 'tainted money' is almos> criminal," he declared. 1 I will no devilish means to make money for God, but I will take all the money I i cm get from the devil and pub It into , G d!y work. It is no longer tainted when touched by heavenly hands, would like to turn th3 devil's barrao* into Christian hidwarks " Hettl<-rH Murdered. A succession of individual murder . of settlers in German East Africa are reported, and in many quarters the | prospect of a long and costly campaign j are being reckoned. The character of the situation is indicated by the announcement that the resignation of Maj. Gen. Leutwaln of his appointment ah governor of the colony has been accepted and that the governor designate, Ilerr von Lindequlst, late Qerman consul general at Cape Town, will assume office during the month of October. Voted It Out, aq election was held in York county Tuesday on the question of remov ing the dispensary at YorkvlUe, the only one in the county. Eight hundred and thirty seven votes were polled, 706 being against the dispensary, and 131 In favor cf its retention. Yorkville is the home of Senator Hrloe, author of the law under whiob dispensaries are being voted out of the various oounties in the state. BANK OF OON W/ CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSET OFFIC B. G. COLLINS, President. 0. 1\ QUATTLEHAUM, V-Prks. Our Bank, being a local instituti building of 1 lorry County and for the filing this policy wo take pleasure in accommodation when consistent with With gratitude for the liberal | cordially solicit your future businoss. Respect fu D A SPIVE Robt. B. Scarborough, II. T President. Vice-l1 BANK OF Couwa; Capital Stock Dili EC I *< >1?t. B. Scarborough, 1 lal L. Buck, George J. Ilolliday, Wo will pay you 5 per cent, into ish savings banks to those wishing Try our plan for saving your nicklea these little banks and the interest wo help yon. Thet'HU ire '*>>. This brand on a shoe means THE BEST for your money call J. IC. 'IN: IstohachJJ I* | 1 "R body gets ita lifo from - I A food properly digested. r] Healthy digestion rncana pure M blood for tho body, but stomach troubles arise from carelessness H in eating and stomach disorders U upsot tho entire system. Improp- fl erly masticated food sours on too stomach, causing distressing J8| pains, belching and nausea. Rjj When over-eating is persisted in |vs the stomach becomes weakened Ma l and worn out and dyspepsia H claims tho victim. Thodford's Black-Draught cures dyspepsia. It frees tho stomach and bowels of congested fffl matter and gives tho stomach B new lifo. Tho stomach is quickly invigorated and tho natural Ig stimulation results in a good 89 appetite, with tho power to thor oughly digest food. You can build up your stomach with this mild and natural remedy. Try Thcdford's BlackDraught today. You can buy a package from your dealer for B 25c. If ho docs not keep it, send W tho money to The Chattanooga M Medici no Co., Chattanooga, |3 Tonn.. and a packago will bo jul mailed you. H ihebfobd's 1 ^black-dbaughtJ '//v > *r . ? BrayiEg and Hauling I have secured all the Board ends at the Conway Lumber Company, and T will furnish them cheap on short notice Best cook wood you can get. r have headcjuavters at the store of the Hal L. Buck Co., and oiders for draying and hauling left with me will be promptly attended to. S. M. Tompkins. Sea-shor R. R. Conway I)AII Y SCHEDULE. Lv Myrtle Beach 7 a. m Ar Conway 7:40 a. m Lv Conway 9:00 a. m Ar Myrtle Beach 9:45 a m Lv Myr'lo Beach 1:30 p m Ar Conway 2:15 p. m Lv Conway 5:.70 p. ro Ar Myrt e Beach 6:10 p. m i*o*t Lum. Major General Corbln, cabling to the war department regarding the reont typhoon In Manila, sayB that a 1 of the officer a and six passengers ou board theLayte, the government coast guard boat, were loet. The dispatch adds that temporary shelter posts at six points were destroved. CONWAY. ^Y, S. O. SUURPLU8 FUND, $20,000. S, $180,000.00. ERS: I). A. SPIVEY, CASiiiKR.r M. W. COLLINS, Asst. Cashikr. on, lias always striven for the upi bottorinont of lior citizens. In perextonding to our customers every sound banking. )atronago received in the^ past, wo 1 ly yours ~ ^ ASHIER i. Ruck, WilPA. Freeman, resident. Cashier. IIORIIY. y. S, C. $25,000 TORS: W. R Lewis, \V. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman rest on yearly deposits. Will furn; to open small accounts with us. and dimes, and you will find that will pay you on your savings will B'SHOE. something! If you want I for "The llub. For sale by icliols Professional Cards. McCord & McCord,, SURGEON DKNTISTS, Conway, S. c. Bfcay*()ver Bank of florry. M- Burroughs, ?i c ? *. itjniuiaii <11 iv.i uui^UUli) Conway, S* COTscARBRauGir CONWAY, S. 0., ATTORNEY AT LAW H7H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. S. C. G. FRED. Stalvey Attorney find Counsellor at Law, j CONWA Y, S. C rWoffbrFWait7~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Conway, S. C. Office in Spivey Building. Dr. C. 8. Deitz, DENTIST <? OPTICIAN. Conway, S. C. Room No 4, Spivey Building. Spivej & Collins C Fire Insurance. uk okb:ka g ic. D. A. Sivey, President. M. W Collins, Secretary. Conway Market Fresh Meats and Sausage always on band. Orders are taken and promptly delivered every day. Geo. li. Marsh, Frop rotor. $5*liins?le?! I have opened a Shingle Yard and no n 4i 11 if aiiw am vu? 11*4 jr villi, v/i" ders promptly. HBt l BUCK. Livery and Drayage. ' Phone 30. Horry Tobacco Warehouse! J. E. Coles.