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ontology, for he was one of the most active 

 and honored members of the new Society of 

 Paleontologists which was recently formed in 

 Germany. 



His nature was most genial and those who 

 had the privilege of journeying with him in 

 the field will most keenly sorrow over his un- 

 timely death. 



To the widow who is suffering this sudden 

 and double bereavement all the friends and ad- 

 mirers of Eberhard Fraas in this country will 

 extend their most heartfelt sympathy. 



Henry Fairfield Osborn 



American Museum op Natural History, 

 April 5, 1915 



THE BOCKEFELLEB FOUNDATION AND 

 GENERAL GOBGAS^ 



The Eoekefeller Foundation has invited 

 General Gorgas to become a permanent mem- 

 ber of its staff in the capacity of general ad- 

 viser in matters relating to public sanitation 

 and the control of epidemics. The trustees of 

 the foundation have for some time been aware 

 of General Gorgas's strong belief in the feasi- 

 bility of completely eradicating yellow fever 

 from the face of the earth. 



During the two years of the foundation's 

 existence the attention of the trustees has been 

 chiefly given to problems of public health, in- 

 cluding the control of epidemics and the need 

 of a competent adviser and executive in this 

 field has been strongly felt. When in coopera- 

 tion with the American Red Cross the founda- 

 tion undertook the important task of helping 

 the Serbian government to control the epi- 

 demic of typhus and the threatened epidemic 

 of cholera the trustees again naturally thought 

 of General Gorgas as a man preeminently fit 

 to be of service in this emergency, and at a 

 meeting held in New York last week they de- 

 cided to make him a definite offer. This offer 

 is now taken under consideration, and he will 

 doubtless communicate his decision within a 

 few days. 



The Foundation's invitation contemplates 

 his retiring from active service, as he is now 



1 A statement made by Mr. Jerome D. Greene, 

 secretary of the foundation. 



entitled to at any time, but it does not con- 

 template his resignation from the army unless 

 he should be assigned to duties of such a 

 nature as to be incompatible with the regula- 

 lations affecting retired officers. Such a duty 

 would be involved in his going to Serbia at 

 the present time, which he could do as a repre- 

 sentative of the Rockefeller Foundation, but 

 not as an ofiicer on the retired list of the army. 

 The sanitary commission of the American Red 

 Cross has actually been sent to Serbia in charge 

 of Dr. Richard P. Strong, of the Harvard 

 Medical School, as director. The Rockefeller 

 Foundation is cooperating with the American 

 Red Cross in the support of this expedition, 

 and if General Gorgas should accept the 

 Foundation's offer he will doubtless be largely 

 infiuential in determining the nature and ex- 

 tent of its participation in the work. 



In justice to General Gorgas, it should be 

 stated that there is no foundation whatever 

 for the statement that he is to receive a salary 

 of $50,000. The offer of the Rockefeller Foun- 

 dation includes a moderate salary and the 

 assurance of the usual allowance in the event 

 of resignation or death. If the offer proves 

 attractive to General Gorgas it will be because 

 of his sympathy with the general aims of the 

 foundation in regard to public health and his 

 belief that the resources placed at his disposal 

 will enable him to render a large service to 

 humanity along the lines of his professional 

 experience and ambition. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 At the meeting of the American Philosoph- 

 ical Society, to be held at Philadelphia on 

 April 22, 23 and 24, a long and important pro- 

 gram of scientific papers will be presented. 

 An account of the meeting, with abstracts of 

 the papers, will be published in Science. 



A testimonial banquet will be tendered Dr. 

 Abraham Jacobi by the medical profession, 

 his friends and admirers, under the auspices 

 of the Bronx Hospital and Dispensary, on 

 May 6, at the Hotel Astor, on the occasion of 

 the eighty-fifth anniversary of his birth. 



The honorary freedom of the Apothecaries' 

 Company, London, has been conferred upon 



