In Memoriam
ARTHUR H. WHEELER, M.D.
First Lieutenant ARTHUR H. WHEELER of Troy, an officer of the medical Reserve Corps, died October 27, 1918, at Camp Kearney, Cal. His death was caused by pneumonia, which followed influenza.
Lieutenant Wheeler was a native of Troy and during the time he attended the Troy High School was active in athletics. He was considered one of the fastest track runners in this section of the state. After his graduation from the high school he was engaged in newspaper work in Troy, and later entered the Albany Medical College, of which he was a graduate with the class of 1912.
In June, 1917, be enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps and was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for training. From there he was ordered to San Francisco to embark for service in Russia and Siberia, but owing to some troubles in the latter countries his vessel was ordered home and he was sent to Cedro Wooley, Washington, for service. There he had medical charge of three camps of army foresters. While he was on duty at Cedro Wooley he met Miss Ada M. Herrick, an Albany nurse, who was also on duty there, whom he married.
After being stationed in Washington for some time he was transferred to a cavalry camp in Arizona, and later was ordered to Camp Kearney. During the last month he was doing excellent work in the influenza epidemic which prevailed in the camp, and in his letters home spoke about the great number of cases and of the quarantine which had been established. He was later seized with the disease and was ill only a short time.
Lieutenant Wheeler was the son of Dr. M. Arthur Wheeler (A.M.C. '84), and is survived by his wife, his parents and four sisters, Elsie, Ruth and Frances Wheeler of Troy, and Mrs. George Sanford of Albany, and one brother, C. Clark Wheeler, who is with the motor truck division of the American Army in France.
Reference: Albany Medical Annals, Volume 39 by Medical Society of the County of Albany (N.Y.), Albany Medical Library and Journal Association, Albany Medical College, Alumni Association, page 434.
ARTHUR H. WHEELER, M.D.
First Lieutenant ARTHUR H. WHEELER of Troy, an officer of the medical Reserve Corps, died October 27, 1918, at Camp Kearney, Cal. His death was caused by pneumonia, which followed influenza.
Lieutenant Wheeler was a native of Troy and during the time he attended the Troy High School was active in athletics. He was considered one of the fastest track runners in this section of the state. After his graduation from the high school he was engaged in newspaper work in Troy, and later entered the Albany Medical College, of which he was a graduate with the class of 1912.
In June, 1917, be enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps and was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for training. From there he was ordered to San Francisco to embark for service in Russia and Siberia, but owing to some troubles in the latter countries his vessel was ordered home and he was sent to Cedro Wooley, Washington, for service. There he had medical charge of three camps of army foresters. While he was on duty at Cedro Wooley he met Miss Ada M. Herrick, an Albany nurse, who was also on duty there, whom he married.
After being stationed in Washington for some time he was transferred to a cavalry camp in Arizona, and later was ordered to Camp Kearney. During the last month he was doing excellent work in the influenza epidemic which prevailed in the camp, and in his letters home spoke about the great number of cases and of the quarantine which had been established. He was later seized with the disease and was ill only a short time.
Lieutenant Wheeler was the son of Dr. M. Arthur Wheeler (A.M.C. '84), and is survived by his wife, his parents and four sisters, Elsie, Ruth and Frances Wheeler of Troy, and Mrs. George Sanford of Albany, and one brother, C. Clark Wheeler, who is with the motor truck division of the American Army in France.
Reference: Albany Medical Annals, Volume 39 by Medical Society of the County of Albany (N.Y.), Albany Medical Library and Journal Association, Albany Medical College, Alumni Association, page 434.
In Memoriam
ARTHUR H. WHEELER, M.D.
First Lieutenant ARTHUR H. WHEELER of Troy, an officer of the medical Reserve Corps, died October 27, 1918, at Camp Kearney, Cal. His death was caused by pneumonia, which followed influenza.
Lieutenant Wheeler was a native of Troy and during the time he attended the Troy High School was active in athletics. He was considered one of the fastest track runners in this section of the state. After his graduation from the high school he was engaged in newspaper work in Troy, and later entered the Albany Medical College, of which he was a graduate with the class of 1912.
In June, 1917, be enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps and was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for training. From there he was ordered to San Francisco to embark for service in Russia and Siberia, but owing to some troubles in the latter countries his vessel was ordered home and he was sent to Cedro Wooley, Washington, for service. There he had medical charge of three camps of army foresters. While he was on duty at Cedro Wooley he met Miss Ada M. Herrick, an Albany nurse, who was also on duty there, whom he married.
After being stationed in Washington for some time he was transferred to a cavalry camp in Arizona, and later was ordered to Camp Kearney. During the last month he was doing excellent work in the influenza epidemic which prevailed in the camp, and in his letters home spoke about the great number of cases and of the quarantine which had been established. He was later seized with the disease and was ill only a short time.
Lieutenant Wheeler was the son of Dr. M. Arthur Wheeler (A.M.C. '84), and is survived by his wife, his parents and four sisters, Elsie, Ruth and Frances Wheeler of Troy, and Mrs. George Sanford of Albany, and one brother, C. Clark Wheeler, who is with the motor truck division of the American Army in France.
Reference: Albany Medical Annals, Volume 39 by Medical Society of the County of Albany (N.Y.), Albany Medical Library and Journal Association, Albany Medical College, Alumni Association, page 434.
ARTHUR H. WHEELER, M.D.
First Lieutenant ARTHUR H. WHEELER of Troy, an officer of the medical Reserve Corps, died October 27, 1918, at Camp Kearney, Cal. His death was caused by pneumonia, which followed influenza.
Lieutenant Wheeler was a native of Troy and during the time he attended the Troy High School was active in athletics. He was considered one of the fastest track runners in this section of the state. After his graduation from the high school he was engaged in newspaper work in Troy, and later entered the Albany Medical College, of which he was a graduate with the class of 1912.
In June, 1917, be enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps and was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for training. From there he was ordered to San Francisco to embark for service in Russia and Siberia, but owing to some troubles in the latter countries his vessel was ordered home and he was sent to Cedro Wooley, Washington, for service. There he had medical charge of three camps of army foresters. While he was on duty at Cedro Wooley he met Miss Ada M. Herrick, an Albany nurse, who was also on duty there, whom he married.
After being stationed in Washington for some time he was transferred to a cavalry camp in Arizona, and later was ordered to Camp Kearney. During the last month he was doing excellent work in the influenza epidemic which prevailed in the camp, and in his letters home spoke about the great number of cases and of the quarantine which had been established. He was later seized with the disease and was ill only a short time.
Lieutenant Wheeler was the son of Dr. M. Arthur Wheeler (A.M.C. '84), and is survived by his wife, his parents and four sisters, Elsie, Ruth and Frances Wheeler of Troy, and Mrs. George Sanford of Albany, and one brother, C. Clark Wheeler, who is with the motor truck division of the American Army in France.
Reference: Albany Medical Annals, Volume 39 by Medical Society of the County of Albany (N.Y.), Albany Medical Library and Journal Association, Albany Medical College, Alumni Association, page 434.
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