now being actively carried on. At the last meeting of the general committee, held prior to this writing (18th inst.), the sub-committee on finance reported that over half the amount needed had been subscribed in the less than one week of work, and not one half of the districts had been canvassed. The committee on commissary, under charge of Dr. W. J. McMurray, who had this matter in charge at our last reunion, reported most excellent progress in the brief and limited canvass that had been made. As a matter of interest to many of our readers, even at this date, nearly two months before the reunion, we give in full as at present constituted, the committee on homes: Leland Hume, Chairman; E. O. Harris, Lee Cantrell, I. J. Howlett, C. H. Eastman, George Holle and George F. Hager, whose duties are "to secure homes for visitors, especially for veterans; to arrange for hotel rates, and in conjunction with the publicity committee to advertise hotel and boarding-house rates for visitors." Now, do not hesitate to write to any member of this committee if you desire to secure quarters before coming. We have not given the street number of these gentlemen, for this is not necessary, as our postoffice people know each and all of them well, as well as every member of the general committee, and any communication addressed to anyone of them at Nashville, Tenn., will be promptly delivered by the "boys who now wear the gray." The Association of Medical Officers of the army and navy of the Confederacy will hold its annual meeting this year as before, in conjunction with the reunion. That they will be amply and well provided for goes without saying. In our next issue we will be able to go more fully into details as to them. At this time all we desire to say is we hope that every one who has attended a previous reunion and every one who can will use his utmost endeavor to be on hand. Yes, come along, every one of you, and bring your wives, your children and their children. Nashville will take care of you, and her people will feel honored in so doing. A MOST VALUABLE REMEDY in conditions attended with malnutrition, general debility, and nervous exhaustion is Gray's Glycerine Tonic Comp. Its reputation is based upon twenty years' successes in cases ur benefited by other treatment. In convalescence from "grip" it is a most valuable "pick me up." CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS. At the request of Dr. Samuel E. Lewis, of Washington, D. C., we place before our readers the following special order of our late Commander, Gen. John B. Gordon: Headquarters United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, La., Jan. 9, 1904.-Special Order No. 23. 1. The General Commanding takes great pleasure in complying with the request contained in the subjoined communication from the Finance and Executive Committee: Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 1903.-Maj. Gen. Wm. E. Mickle, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, New Orleans, La.— General: I beg to notify you officially of the action of the Executive Committee at the recent meeting held in this city, with reference to the Confederate battle flags, and to request that the special committee suggested be appointed by the Commanding General, and the necessary orders be issued in regard thereto. For a number of years past the battle flags manufactured, displayed and offered for sale have not found favor with the veterans for the reason that these latter-day flags were not correct reproductions of the battle flag as designed and used by the Confederate armies, these flags being oblong instead of square, the correct shape. This misrepresentation is perpetuated in the publication issued by the United States Government known as the "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies," where there are what purports to be accurate reproductions of the various flags. The proportions of the stars and bars and the later Confederate national flags seem to be correct, but the battle flag is wrong. This erroneous publication has caused all manufacturers to put on the market an oblong flag, and none other can be obtained without an especial order and enormous expense. This so impressed Dr. Samuel E. Lewis, the member of the Executive Committee from the Division of the District of Columbia that he began an investigation, which he has prosecuted with unwearied persistency; and at the meeting above mentioned, he offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, There appears much difference of opinion as to the shape and design of the battle flag of the Confederacy, a mat ter of such historical importance as to require settlement in authentative manner by the veterans now living; therefore, be it Resolved, That a committee of five be selected to ascertain all acceptable data regarding the origin, shape and design of the same, and prepare a resolution to be submitted for consideration by the United Confederate Veterans to be assembled in convention at the annual reunion to be held in Nashville, Tenn., in 1904. And further, that said committee is also hereby directed to ascertain the laws of the Confederate Congress relating to the afore-mentioned battle flag and the flags adopted respectively on March 4, 1861, and May 1, 1863, and March 4, 1865. The Chairman thereupon named the following as the committee: Samuel E. Lewis, M. D., Washington, D. C., Chairman; Col. Fred. L. Robertson, Tallahassee, Fla.; Brig. Gen. J. F. Shipp, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Col. J. Taylor Ellyson, Richmond, Va.; Gen. A. C. Trippe, Baltimore, Md. Fraternally, W. A. MONTGOMERY, Chairman. FRED. L. ROBERTSON, Secretary. 2. The Commanding General hereby orders that this committee at once set about gathering the information desired, and that due diligence be used to obtain all the facts in existence, so that the utterance of the Nashville convention on this subject may be final. 3. If there be time to undertake the additional labor, the Commanding General instructs the committee to secure all possible information as to the State, naval and other flags carried by regiments or companies, or flown at sea and on the coast during the war between the States. By command of J. B. GORDON, General Commanding. Official: WM. E. MICKLE, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Note Address communications to Samuel E. Lewis, M. D., No. 1418 Fourteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. GENITO-URINARY TONIC.-W. B. Buckley, M.D., National Home, Milwaukee County, Wis., late Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, says: "I have tried, with excellent results, your valued preparation, SATYRIA, and was much pleased with its results. I am convinced of its great worth as a genito-urinary tonic, and wish you deserved success." Editorial. PRELIMIMARY PROGRAMME. The Seventy-first Annual Session of the Tennessee State Medical Association will be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., at the Read House, April 12th, 13th, and 14t, 1904. Opening with Prayer. Address of Welcome. Response to Same. Medical Organization, by J. N. McCormack, M. D., LL. D., Secretary Kentucky State Board of Health, of Bowling Green, Ky. Membranous Croup, with Report of Cases, by J. T. Herron, M. D: of Jackson. Diphtheria, with a Resume of Cases treated with Antitoxin, by J. B. Witherington, of Munford. LaGrippe and its Complications, by A. J. Swaney, M. D., of Gallatin. Brain Abscess, by W. A. Bryan, M. D. of Nashville. Therapeutic Treatment of Phthisis, by Rufus Pitts, M. D., of Murfreesboro. Therapy of Sodium Chloride, by J. S. Nowlin, M. D., of Shelbyville. Irrigation - Its Therapeutic Application, by E. P. Vaughan, M. D., of Manchester. The Therapeutic Application of Light, by G. P. Edwards, M. D., of Nashville. SYMPOSIUM OF PNEUMONIA. Special Order for the Morning of the Second Day. I. Louis LeRoy, of Nashville, Bacteriology and Pathology of Pneumonia. II. Jno. A. Witherspoon, M. D., of Nashville, Early Diagnosis and Semiology of Pneumonia. III. E. G. Wood, M. D., of Nashville, Medicinal Treatment of Pneumonia. IV. E. A. Cobleigh, M. D., of Chattanooga, Local or External Treatment of Pneumonia. V. Jno. S. Cain, M. D., of Nashville, Bloodletting in Pneumonia. VI. Jas. B. Murfree, Jr., M. D., of Murfreesboro, The Heart in Pneumonia. Renal Surgery, by Richard Douglas, M. D., of Nashville. The Surgical Treatment of Bright's Disease, with Report of a Case, by M. Goltman, M. D., of Memphis. Surgery of the Hand, by Paul F. Eve, M. D., of Nashville. Visual Inspection of Railway Employes, by C. M. Capps, M. D., of Knoxville. Operation for, and; Specimen of (a), Gall Stone in Common Duct; (b), Cancer of Umbilicus; (c), Cyst of Kidney; (d), Fibro-Myoma of Uterus; (e), Tubercular Ostitis of Femur, by W. D. Haggard, Jr. M. D., of Nashville. After Treatment of Abdominal Section, by Lucius E. Burch, M. D., of Nashville. Some Anomalies of Chronic Appendicitis, by Jno. A. Gaines, M. D., of Nashville. Sanitary Advances, E. H. Jones, M. D., of Murfreesboro. Typhoid Prophylaxis, by H. C. Chance, M. D., of Cumberland Gap. Leucocytes in Typhoid Fever, by Wm. Litterer, of Nashville. Internal Antisepsis in Typhoid Fever, by J. A. Crook, M. D., of Jackson. Inflammation and Ulceration of the Pelvic Colon, by F. B. Reagor, M. D., of Shelbyville. Chronic Dysentery —A Protest, by A. B. Cooke, M. D., of Nashville. The Microscope in Diagnosis, by W. P. King, M. D., of Lutts. The Present Status of the Etiology and Pathology of Malignant Growths, by Raymond Wallace, M. D., of Chattanooga. Hydrostatic Test for Infanticide, by J. R. Gillespie, M. D., of Dayton' Hysteria, by J. W. McQuillan, M. D., of Chattanooga. Fractures of the Elbow Joint, by J. B. Murfree, Sr., M. D., of Murfreesboro. Fractures in the New Born, by G. C. Trawick, M. D., of Nashville. Some Causes of Error in Pulmonary Diagnosis, and their Explanation, by C. P. McNabb, M. D., of Knoxville. The General Practitioner's Relation to Insanity and Its Management, by M. Campbell, M. D., of Eastern Hospital for Insane (Lyon's View), Knoxville. Local Anesthesia Chattanooga. Holocain, by Frank Trester Smith, M. D., of Duty of the Profession in Reference to So-called Medical and Religious Subjects, by Y. L. Abernathy, M. D., of Chattanooga. Venereal Diseases and the Social Order, by Otey J. Porter, M.D., of Columbia. Rheumatoid Arthritis, with Report of Case, by David R. Neil, M.D., of Nashville. Treatment of Puerperal Sepsis, by J. T. Altman, M.D., of Nashville. Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Otitis Media, by N. C. Steele, M.D., of Chattanooga. Honesty and Ethics, by Jno. M. Kennedy, M. D., of Knoxville. ANNUAL ADDRESS of the President, I. A. McSwain, M. D., of Paris |