High Terms Of Praise

High Terma Of Praise

Given Majors Vaughan and Nancrede in an Official Report

Maj. LaGarde, who was in charge of: the Siboney division hospital in Cuba in his report to the surgeon-general, pays the following high compliment to two of Ann Arbor's soldier physicians :

"In closing my report of the events which have connected me with the reserve divisional hospital of the Fifth corps, it is fitting that I should testify to the heroic deeds and faithful service of some of the officers. Maj. Victor C Vaughan, surgeon, U. S. V., professor of hygiene at the University of Michigan, did good work in the operating room, and later his suggestions and advice pertaining to sanitary matters were of great value. He continued on duty until July 12, when he was stricken with yellow fever.

"Maj. C. B. Nancrede, chief surgeon of division, U. S. V., professor of surgery in the University of Michigan, was naturally a prominent figure in the operating room. His advice was sought on every side in cases requiring the opinion of an expert surgeon. He and Maj. Vaughan brought us our first cases from the engagement at Aguadores bridge, where they were subjected to a sharp fire from the Spanish batteries. Men of prominence like these who would abandon their interests in civil life through patriotic motives to engage in the hazards of war without stint, deserve richly the thanks of their countrymen, and I am pleased to be able to call the attention of the war department to their conduct in this instance. ''

Maj. LaGarde also refers in the body of his report to "Maj. Nancrede's important work. ''