Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection

Letter from James Carroll to Howard A. Kelly, November 15, 1906

WAR DEPARTMENT,
SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE,
ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY,
WASHINGTON.
Nov. 15^th 1906.
Dear Doctor Kelly:

I have
just run across another
characteristic letter of
Reed's and I send it to
you for perusal. You
will find in it a con-
firmation of the statements
I have already made to
you in writing about the
promotion promised to me
but which was given to Stark,
one of the men mentioned in
Reed's letter, instead. Thus

I was made to suffer because
Sternberg did not appoint
Kean a member of the board
vice Lazear. The combination
was thus:- Reed, Kean and
Stark were all F. F. V's and
through another whom I could
mention the decision of the
Secretary was moulded to
suit their purpose. I could
tell and prove more in this
connection that would shock
your sense of honor and justice
but I prefer to remain silent
unless the truth is forced from
me to secure justice for my
family.

May I ask you to return
the letter after perusal, and
greatly oblige,

Yours very sincerely

James Carroll
. P. S. The decision of the Secretary did not stand in
the way of the re-appointment later of D^r Lain's who
was Gen Wood's attending physician.
J. C.