MARCH 2 (calendar day, MARCH 4), 1932.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. CAREY, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the

following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 1975]

The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 1975) to amend an act entitled "An act to recognize the high public service rendered by Major Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause and means of transmission of yellow fever," approved February 28, 1929, as amended, by including Roger P. Ames among those honored by said act, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with the recommendation that it do pass.

A similar bill was reported favorably to and passed by the Senate in the Seventy-first Congress, but failed of action in the House. The committee's report on the former bill is made a part of this report and reads as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to include the name of Roger P. Ames among those honored by the act of February 28, 1929. Although Doctor Ames's name does not appear among those recommended by the Surgeon General of the Army to be included in the above-mentioned act, there is no doubt that he was present and was one of those in immediate charge of the yellow-fever experimental camp, known as Camp Lazier, near Columbia Barracks, Cuba, the latter part of 1900 and fore part of 1901, and actually contracted yellow fever while at the camp. In chapter 3 of a pamphlet entitled "Yellow Fever" (S. Doc. 822, 61st Cong., 3d sess.), appears an article by Walter Reed, M. D., surgeon, United States Army; James Carroll, M. D., and Aristides Agramonte, M. D., acting assistant surgeons, United States Army, with regard to the yellow fever experimental camp, which includes the following:

"The personnel of this camp consisted of two medical officers, Dr. Roger P. Ames, acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, and immune, in immediate charge; Dr. R. P. Cooke, acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, nonimmune; 1 acting hospital steward, an immune; 9 privates of the Hospital Corps, 1 of whom was immune; and 1 immune ambulance driver."

Although the report of The Adjutant General of the Army claims that Roger P. Ames took no part in or submitted himself in any manner to the experiments conducted by the yellow-fever board, it is plain that he was on duty at the camp, in immediate charge, and did contract yellow fever. In view of this fact, your

committee feels that he is entitled to the bon z bert

these experillenta.

The report of the War Department on the bill is as foll-wa

Hon. DAVID A. REED,

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, Apr 3, 1990.

Chairman Committee on Military Afairs, United States Senate DEAR SENATOR REED Carfil consideration has been given to the Senste bil No. 2817, Seventy-first Congress, second session, to amend an set entitled "An act to recognize the high public service rendered by Maj. Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause and means of transmission of yellow fever, approved February 28, 1929, by including Roger P. Ames among those honored by said act." This bill you forwarded to this department under date of March. 24, 1930, with a reg lest for the views of the department thereon. I am inclosing herewith a report in duplicate from The Adjutant General setting forth the record of service of Roger P. Ames as extract acting assistant surgeon and as a medical officer of volunteers to which your attention is invited.

In an act of Congress approved February 25, 1923, the Secretary of War is authorized and directed "in special recognition of the high puble services rendered and disabilities contracted in the interests of humanity and science as voluntary subjects for the experimentations during the yellow-fever investigations in Cuba" te publish annually in the Army Register a roll of honor and the officers and men whose names shall be placed on the said roll are specifically stated in that act. The part taken by these men in the experiments conducted at Camp Lazear is fully set forth in the report of the yellow fever board which is published as Senate Document $22, Sixty-first Congress, third session, serial No. 5919.

The name Roger P. Ames is not included in the list of names appearing in the act of February 28, 1929, above cited, and nothing has been found of record in the War Department to show that he took any part in or subjected himself in any way to the actual experiments conducted at Camp Lazear under the direction of Maj. Walter Reed in the years 1900-1901. As one of the medical officers on duty at Columbia Barracks and at Camp Lazear he had professional charge of the experimental cases of yellow fever. This was purely professional work in which during the years above mentioned many other medical officers, nurses, and enlisted men of the Hospital Corps participated.

A high courage and self-devotion was exhibited by all those who submitted themselves, at what they believed to be the risk of life itself, to be experimented on by the yellow-fever board in order that certain questions regarding yellow fever, its oirgin and transmission, which could only be answered through actual experimentation on human beings, might be settled.

Included in the list of names appearing in the act of February 28, 1929, are those of 14 men who actually suffered attacks of yellow fever as a result of these experiments, but Roger P. Ames, was not an experimental case. He contracted yellow fever in the ordinary performance of his duties as did numerous other members of the Medical Department. All experimental cases of yellow fever were reported in the published pape.. of the yellow-fever board. (See S. Doc. 822, above cited.)

It is the opinion of this department that the limitations by the terms of the act of February 28, 1929, of the benefits proposed to be conferred thereby to certain persons named in the act is both just and appropriate and that should Congress see fit to remove these limitations by so amending the act as to include the name of any person not connected with the yellow-fever experiments in any essential manner, the Congress would shortly be faced with the necessity of greatly extending the list and would belittle the honor, which, it is believed, was intended by the act of February 28, 1929, to be conferred only on the members of the yellow-fever board and on such persons as voluntarily submitted themselves to the actual experimentation and who thus made it possible to bring the work of the board to a successful termination.

In view of the facts above set forth, it is recommended that the proposed legislation be not favorably considered.

Sincerely yours,

PATRICK J. HURLEY,
Secretary of War.

CASE OF ROGER P. AMES, ACTING ASSISTANT SURGEON, CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT SURGEON, AND MAJOR AND ASSISTANT SURGEON OF VOLUNTEERS

April 2, 1930.

The honorable the SECRETARY OF WAR. SIR: The official records show that Roger P. Ames served under contract as acting assistant surgeon from May 14 to November 30, 1898, when his contract was annulled under honorable conditions. He did not serve outside the United States under this contract.

He again entered into contract as acting assistant surgeon April 15, 1899. He reported at Military Hospital No. 1, Habana, Cuba, April 25, 1899, and was on duty there until April 10, 1900, when he was assigned to Columbia Barracks, Cuba. On November 20, 1900, he reported for duty at the experimental sanitary camp, near the barracks, established by the yellow-fever board under the direction of Maj. Walter Reed and was assigned to the yellow-fever ward. He appears

to have remained on duty at this camp, which was known as Camp Lazear, until January 27, 1901, when he contracted yellow fever, for which he was treated until February 5, 1901, when he returned to duty at post hospital, Columbia Barracks, Cuba. His contract was annulled on his acceptance on April 26, 1901, of an appointment as captain and assistant surgeon of volunteers.

He was relieved from duty at Columbia Barracks and ordered to report to the commanding officer, Pirotechnica Militar, Habana, Cuba, at which place he was on duty from June 15, 1901. He left Cuba November 16, 1901, and arrived in San Francisco, Calif., November 18, 1901, remaining on duty at the Presidio Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., until November 27, 1901, when granted two months' leave of absence. He was appointed major and surgeon of volunteers January 6, 1902, and was ordered to Manila, P. I., at which place he was present on February 19, 1902. He reported back to the United States March 9, 1902, and remained in the United States on duty at various points until February 1, 1903, when he was honorably discharged from service.

He again entered into contract as acting assistant surgeon February 27, 1903, and his contract was annulled under honorable conditions March 15, 1907. Under this last contract he did not serve outside of the United States.

Nothing has been found of record in this office to show that Roger P. Ames took part in or submitted himself in any manner to the experiments conducted by the yellow-fever board.

Respectfully submitted.

72D CONGRESS 1st Session

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REPORT No. 392

AUTHORIZING SECRETARY OF WAR TO SECURE TITLE TO CERTAIN PRIVATE LANDS CONTIGUOUS TO AND WITHIN THE MILITIA TARGET RANGE RESERVATION, UTAH

MARCH 2 (calendar day, MARCH 7), 1932.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. SMOOт, from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 3342]

The Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3342) to authorize the Secretary of War to secure for the United States title to certain private lands contiguous to and within the militia target range reservation, State of Utah, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass with the following amendment:

On page 2, line 14, after the word "hereby" and before the word "appropriated", insert the words "authorized to be".

A similar bill (S. 64) was reported favorably by this committee and passed by the Senate in the Seventy-first Congress.

The facts concerning the proposed legislation are set forth in letters from the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Interior, as follows: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., February 12, 1932.

Hon. GERALD P. NYE,

Chairman Committee on Public Lands and Surveys,
United States Senate.

DEAR SENATOR NYE: Careful consideration has been given to the bill (S. 3342), Seventy-second Congress, first session, to authorize the Secretary of War to secure for the United States title to certain private lands contiguous to and within the militia target range reservation, State of Utah, which you transmitted to the War Department under date of January 29, 1932, with a request for information and the views of the department relative thereto.

This bill appropriates $120,000 for the acquisition of 12,000 acres, more or less, of privately owned lands within the boundary lines of the militia target range reservation, sometimes referred to as the Jordan Narrows Reservation. The bill is similar to S. 1733, Sixty-eighth Congress; S. 785, Sixty-ninth Congress; S. 1314, Seventieth Congress; S. 64, Seventy-first Congress; and S. 684, Seventysecond Congress, which have been previously reported on by the War Department.