General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

of America Typhus Commission, during the pellod 8 Nay to 10 July 1945, in the
Rhine Provinz Military District, Germany. As surgeon of the Fifteenth United
States Army, Colonel Ginn exhibited keen foresight and rare judgment in
planning and directing effective typhus fever control measnrcs thl.oughout the
Army area.
Doctor Louis A. Reihl, staff member of tire International Health Division of
Rockefeller Foundation and member of the Rockefeller Foundation Typhus
Team, rendcrcd meritorious service in connection wlth the rontrol of typhus
fever in North Africa and in Italy during the period from July 1913 to April
1945. In North Nrica, Doctor Reihl was n member of the group which proved
the practicability and effectiveness of the application of louse powder Lo persons
fully clothed, thus developing a reuoiutionary method for the control of typhus.
During the epidemic of typhus at Naples and in southcm Italy during the
winter of 1945-1944, Dr. Reihl was responsihle far the operation of massdelousing
stations and the check and survey of the efficiency of delousing in the
Civil PoPUlation. The thoroughness with which he carried out these extensive
duties Nas a definite Pactor in tbe control of the r~idemic at Nsglea Later, in
conllectiou with the Allied Control Commission, Dr. Reihl continued to assist
in tmhus control in Italy through the remainder of 1914 until about April 1945.
nis contributions, extending from research through field trials to practical
aWlication in an epidemic situation, have greatly strengthened modern methods
of typhus control.
Captain Glen V. Ryan, 0348023, Medical Corps, Army of the United States,
Headquarters United Kingdom Base, while attached to Ucadguarters Seventh
Avms from April to June 1945 performed exceptionally meritorious service in
connection with tile work of the United States of America Typhus Commission.
As head of a provisioual typhus ease~finding team, Captain Rum, through his
indefatigablc efforts, great enthusiasm, and outstanding initiative, carried out
an cffectivc typhus control program in the Serenth Army area. Working long
hours and covering great distances Captain Rvon uncovered, diagnosed, hospitalized,
and treated hundreds of typhus cases, performing necessary control
measures. At the Dachau concentration camp, it was found necessary to dust
the entire population of 36,000 Inmates as nell as the living quarters, and this
R-as accomplished in less than 6 days by his able and skilled direction. The
effectiveness with which he carried out his isohus . . control work is attested by
the dramatic cessation of new rases at thc end of the incubation period following
the initial dusting. Thc results achieved by Captaip Ryan reve en led the spread
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01 the dreaded disease in an enriranment highly farorable to its rapid develop
ment and materially lessened the typhus control problems of the Allied Nations
an the European Continent.
Doctor Leonard A. Bcbeele, Senior Surgeon, U. S. Public Health Service, rendered
exceptionnlly meritorious service in connection with the work of the
United States of America Typhus Commission during the prriod 1944-1945 in
the European Theater of Operations. As Chief of Preventive Medicine Section,
Public Health Branch, 06, Supreme Hendqunrtcrs, allied Expeditionary Forces,
Doctor Bcheele took nn important part in the development of policies, the
determinntion of plans, and the accumulation of supplics essential for typhus
control among refugees and dis~lnced persons in zones of northwest Europe
reeaincd from the Germans bv British and American forms. Through this per-
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