O f)A. — American oil — we pay one dollar 5 cents. A tin contains 

 about 4 gallons. That is pretty cheap I think. There is lots I 

 might tell you but can't on account of the Censor — you would 

 never get it. We are safe tho' so don't fear for us. 



A few days later the father wrote himself to "all the chil- 

 dren in America." Wherry noted upon it for the ultimate 

 recipient: "I expect you will get this letter last of all. When 

 you are through with it please return it to me unless you 

 particularly wish to save it yourself." This was the father's 

 message (January 11, 1916) : 



It was hoped I should be able to preside at Annual Meeting of 

 the General Committee of the Ludhiana Medical College, that 

 I would be able to eat my Christmas dinner in Kasur where 

 there was to be a family gathering & that I should be able to 

 attend the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 

 India. But alas, not one of these events was open to me. . . . 

 I had long wanted the Modern Bible but the separate parts 

 were too expensive for me. Aunt Sarah was here over Sunday. 

 For a lady of 67 she looks as if she were fifty. She is fond of 

 camping & spends most of the winter in tents. The work at 

 Kasur is booming along apace. During the year the way has 

 been opened to four regiments of Christian soldiers, about 70 

 or 80 recruits have gone from Frank's [McCuskey] people. 

 It is a great thing for the Christian community. . . . The 

 Lord bless you all. We rejoice in your prosperity and I have 

 been specially pleased to hear from Almena that she has taken 

 a hand in the Persian mission. 



Wherry interrupted his so fundamental observations on 

 host-microorganismal biology with a note on the filterability 

 of the Bacillus bronchisepticus [56]. It was old stuff to him. 

 He wished merely to see to it that honor was given where honor 

 was due. Several "new" microorganisms as the cause of infec- 

 tious disease in animals had been described. They were iden- 

 tical with the organism which Theobald Smith had discovered 

 responsible for an epidemic form of pneumonia in guinea pigs 

 almost two decades ago, Wherry pointed out. He did not 

 mention his own isolation of the bacillus pestis caviae one 

 decade ago. The filterability of the bacillus had been stressed 

 as discovery. "It is only fair to call attention to the fact that 



