President D. D. Saunders then read his annual address which was given in full in the May number of this journal.

DR. COWAN: I do not think, comrades, after listening to that masterly address that we can afford to let it pass in silence. I therefore move you that we return our thanks to President Saunders for the splendid address he has delivered. I must say it has never been my pleasure to enjoy such a thing more than I did this, and we should render him a vote of thanks for that grand contribution to the literature and history of the Southern Confederate soldiers and surgeons.

A motion to this effect was carried unanimously, having received many seconds.

Miss Kate Tannehill Stout, daughter of Dr. S. H. Stout, of Dallas, Tex., then read his paper, he being too feeble. His daughter, however, with full and musical voice, in a most charming manner, entertained the audience most delightfully, as was manifested by the careful attention given her, and the exceeding interest on the part of everyone present. This paper, with the others that were read, will appear in subsequent issues of this journal.

The following resolution, offered by Dr. Roberts, was unanimosly adopted by a rising vote:

Resolved, That the most sincere thanks of this Association are hereby tendered to our beloved and esteemed comrade, our great regret being that he is not as Stout physically as he has ever been in behalf of all that was right; ever holding high as his standard that emphatic expression of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the one word, Duty.

To his daughter, Miss Kate Tannehill Stout, do we also tender our sincere thanks for the entrancing delivery of her father's paper, as a true daughter of the South, we will ever hold her in kindly remembrance. A true "chip of the old block," may Our Heavenly Father protect her, and all of her name, so well and widely known by the inestimable services of her illustrious father.

DR. S. H. STOUT: I can afford to say but a few words on account of my weakness, but I must say this, that throughout my services in the Confedrate Army and my association with my medical brothers, I have never received other than kindly regard and affectionate consideration. I have never envied a professional brother in my life, and it is with pleasure that I say it now, that when I parted with the Officers of the Army of Tennessee it was with affection, and I am glad to say that that affection has again been demonstrated. I never expect to go to another reunion, and I regret to say, that when we part to day it may be to meet no more on earth. I have been overwhelmed with emotions that crowded upon me in my feeble condition, and at my time of life when there is nothing before me; yet, I do hope we may each and everyone meet there where parting may be no more.

Secretary Roberts read the paper of Dr. J. L. Dismukes, of Mayfield, Ky.

DR. KELLER: I move that we telegraph Brother Dismukes tendering him the earnest sympathies of this Association, through the Secretary. We understand his health is bad. Carried.

The paper of Dr. J. J. Terrell, of Burton's Creek, Va., was also read by the Secretary.

DR. ROBERTS exhibited an official voucher issued by the Confederate States War Department, the property of Dr. Samuel E. Lewis.

The peculiar feature about this voucher being the items, which are as follows:

For three months' commutation for quarters, at $50 per month.....$150 00 For three cords of wood, at $180 per cord...... 540 00

Total..........

..........$690 00

The voucher was on strictly Confed paper, with the official signature and approval of the Assistant Quartermaster, and Medical Director Carrington. It bears date April, 1865.

DR. STRINGER, of Florida: I notice that a good many papers on the programme are not read because the authors are not present. I think it would be doing this Association justice and also the authors of these papers to have them referred to a committee and if they have due merit have them printed in the official organ. I think it would be in order to have a regular committee on publication. That committee could be selected approximate to the city where the publication takes place. It would not be at all out of order that all papers that have been read be referred to a publishing committee and by them referred to the official organ.

DR. ROBERTS At the meeting at Louisville, seeing that the Association needed some periodical for publishing these records, I tendered the services of my journal, THE SOUTHERN PRACTITIONER. You will find I have put in it under the heading of "Records, Recollections and Reminiscences," every paper I have so far been able to secure. This I will continue to do.

The President announced that on the following day, at 10 o'clock, the election of officers would take place.

The Secretary read the paper of Dr. Samuel E. Lewis, of Washington, D. C., "General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall) and His Medical Director, Dr. Hunter McGuire, an Important Incident of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign."

DR. EDWWIN D. NEWTON, of Georgia: Just before leaving Georgia I received a kindly little note from our Secretary asking me to write a paper. I could not refuse, so I have jotted down in as few words as possible as many ideas and facts as it was possible for me to do. Dr. Newton then read his paper.

DR. MOSELEY: I understand that this evening, at 7 o'clock, Dr. J. W. Jones, Chaplain of the Army of Virginia, will speak in the First Baptist Church, and he requests that every soldier that can may meet

him there and kneel at that hour in prayer for the benefit of the Southern soldiers and Southern surgeons in general.

DR. COWAN: I second that, and would like to make it known that ever since the organization of this Association this chaplain has addressed the Association. He is not only one of the most brilliant pulpit orators, but he is a man whose great character stands above all, and he is as true a Southern patriot as ever entered the Southern army.

The motion to accept Dr. Jones' invitation was carried, with thanks. DR. MACKENZIE: Before I make a few remarks about the surgeons as prisoners I want to ask if there is any gentleman in the house who was a prisoner during the war at Baltimore, Md.? There were over ninety Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons at one time at Ft. McHenry; and with them were seventeen chaplains, none of whom I have ever met since. A good many amusing things occurred there. Some of them managed to escape by way of the water, which came right up to our barracks, but at one time, it was decided to send the preachers through the lines, and quite a number of doctors passed themselves off as chaplains. While the medical officers were treated fairly well at Ft. McHenry, the line officers and enlisted men fared very badly.

Dr. N. P. Reeves, of Louisiana, made some remarks including the report of a remarkable surgical case, which will be published with the papers in a later number of this journal.

Dr. M. Beshoar, of Colorado, made a few brief remarks of a general cnaracter of the services of the Arkansas Surgeons in the Trans-Mississippi Department, promising to write a paper at a subsequent day for publication in our records.

DR. MOSELEY: I find a gentleman here who is prepared to give us some valuable information. We have all perhaps heard of Andersonville, and some few know about it. I am glad to meet Surgeon Kerr, who was stationed there and who will now tell us something about his experienee while there.

DR. KERR, of Corsicana, then gave a very graphic and interesting report of his experiences at Andersonville, which will appear with the papers.

Adjourned until 9:00 A. M. Thursday, April 24th.

(To be continued in next number).

THE DALLAS MEETING of the Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy, was most satisfactory and successful. A large attendance, many new members and more historical incidents, which will appear in subsequent issues of this journal, bronght out than at any previous meeting. May we not expect more at New Orleans?

W. J. W. KERR, M.D., OF CORSICANA, TEX.

President of the Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of Confederacy.

Dr. William Jacob Warren Kerr, was born in Giles County, Teun., near Lynnville, December 1, 1834. He roceived his academic education there and at Lawrenceburg, and at the age of 18 began teaching school. While engaged in teaching, he began the study of medicine, reading three years before attending lectures and receiving his degree from the Medical Department of the University of Nashville, 1859-60.

He entered the Confederate service January 8, 1862, as a private in Ford's Company, and was attached to the Sixth Tennessee Infantry. He was captured and sent to Camp Douglas, December 18th, remaining there until exchanged at City Point, April 16th, 1863. He was sent as a medical officer in charge of the prison train by the Federal authorities from Camp Douglas, and on arriving at Chattanooga, having some smallpox cases among the prisoners, was ordered by Gen. Bragg, then at Murfreesboro, to establish a smallpox hospital at Chattanooga, and report to Dr. S. H. Stout, Medical Director of Hospitals.

He remained on duty at Chattanooga until its evacuation, and was then assigned to duty as Train Surgeon, running to various points. He was subsequently on duty at the hospitals at LaGrange, Greensboro and Macon, and was finally sent to Andersonville, July 1, 1864, where he remained until receiving his first leave of absence, December 6th, of that year.

At its expiration he was ordered to Forsyth, Ga., where he remained until the final surrender, and was paroled May 16th, 1865. He then went to his home in Henderson County, Tenn., remaining a short time, when he went to Kossuth, Miss., and engaged in the practice of his profession until 1871, when he moved to Corinth, residing there near two years, and then changed his residence to Corsicana, Tex., where he has since resided, and enjoyed a good practice and the confidence and esteem of his clientele.

Dr. Kerr has been married three times, and has had eight children born to him, only two now living, one son and one daughter.

So far as he has been able to ascertain, he is the only living member of the medical staff out of sixty-eight who were on duty at Andersonville.