He was the son of Professor C.F. Girard of the University of Bale in Switzerland.
On March 3, 1868, he married Annie R. Epping at Charleston, South Carolina.
Per the 1900 Census for San Francisco, California, they were the parents of five children with four living.
The Washington Post February 2, 1914
Funeral of General Girard
Retired Army Man to Have Big Military Escort to Grave
Services This Afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church
Burial in Arlington Cemetery
Funeral services for Brigadier General Alfred C. Girard, United States Army, retired who died Saturday at the Walter Reed Army hospital will begin at 2 o'clock this afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church, Columbia Road and Bancroft Place Northwest, the Rev. Herbert Scott Smith officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Brigadier General Walter Howe, United States Army, retired; Brigadier General Samuel Ovenshine, United States Army, retired; Colonel Hunter Liggett, United States Army; Colonel John Van R. Hoff, United States Army, retired; Colonel John D. Hall, United States Army, retired; Major George J. Newgarden, United States Army, retired; Dr. Paul Ritter, Minister from Switzerland and Dr. Edmund Barry will be honorary pallbearers. Detachments from the cavalry and field artillery stationed at Fort Myer and a cavalry band will furnish the escort to the cemetery.
The Military Surgeon
Volume 34, No. 3 (March 1914)
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, Medical Corps
31 July 1841-31 January 1914
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, United States Army (retired), an active member of the Association, died in the Walter Reed General Hospital, Takoma Park, D.C., January 31, 1914, aged 72. He was born in Bale, Switzerland, July 31, 1841, the son of Professor C.F. Girard of the University of Bale. He received his preliminary education at that university and after taking his medical course at the University of Würzburg, Germany, was graduated from that in 1864.
He immediately came to the United States and entered the Army as acting assistant Surgeon, January 19, I865, serving in this capacity until May 1867. On May 14, 1867, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon; he was promoted to Captain and Assistant Surgeon, May 14, 1870 and to Major and Surgeon, November 17, 1887. On May 9, 1898, he was made Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Surgeon of the Second Army Corps, United States Volunteers and after serving through the Spanish-American War was honorably discharged, April 12, 1899. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon General, October 8, 1900 and to Colonel and Assistant Surgeon General, June 28, 1902 and was retired at his own request with the rank of Brigadier General on account of Civil War service, April 7, 1905. During his military service he served in successively South Carolina, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, at the United States Military Academy at West Point, in Washington and Montana Territories until 1884, when he was sent to the International Congresses at Copenhagen, Denmark and the Hague.
During this trip he visited a number of hospitals and on his return published the first report advocating antiseptic surgery. After another trip to Europe he brought out an Atlas of Clinical Microscopy. Just before the Spanish-American War General Girard was Army delegate to the International Medical Congress at Madrid. At the close of the war he was in charge of the Army General Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco for three years and during this time supervised the care of more than 19,000 patients, mostly invalided from the Philippine Islands. He was on duty in the Surgeon General's Office in Washington from July 5 to November 3, 1902, on the expiration of which time he was, at his own request, assigned to duty as Chief Surgeon of the Philippine Division. He returned to the United States in February 1904 and served as Chief Surgeon of the Department of California until his retirement, when he moved to Chicago to become librarian of the medical department of the John Crerar Library.
On March 3, 1868, he married Annie R. Epping at Charleston, South Carolina.
Per the 1900 Census for San Francisco, California, they were the parents of five children with four living.
The Washington Post February 2, 1914
Funeral of General Girard
Retired Army Man to Have Big Military Escort to Grave
Services This Afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church
Burial in Arlington Cemetery
Funeral services for Brigadier General Alfred C. Girard, United States Army, retired who died Saturday at the Walter Reed Army hospital will begin at 2 o'clock this afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church, Columbia Road and Bancroft Place Northwest, the Rev. Herbert Scott Smith officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Brigadier General Walter Howe, United States Army, retired; Brigadier General Samuel Ovenshine, United States Army, retired; Colonel Hunter Liggett, United States Army; Colonel John Van R. Hoff, United States Army, retired; Colonel John D. Hall, United States Army, retired; Major George J. Newgarden, United States Army, retired; Dr. Paul Ritter, Minister from Switzerland and Dr. Edmund Barry will be honorary pallbearers. Detachments from the cavalry and field artillery stationed at Fort Myer and a cavalry band will furnish the escort to the cemetery.
The Military Surgeon
Volume 34, No. 3 (March 1914)
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, Medical Corps
31 July 1841-31 January 1914
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, United States Army (retired), an active member of the Association, died in the Walter Reed General Hospital, Takoma Park, D.C., January 31, 1914, aged 72. He was born in Bale, Switzerland, July 31, 1841, the son of Professor C.F. Girard of the University of Bale. He received his preliminary education at that university and after taking his medical course at the University of Würzburg, Germany, was graduated from that in 1864.
He immediately came to the United States and entered the Army as acting assistant Surgeon, January 19, I865, serving in this capacity until May 1867. On May 14, 1867, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon; he was promoted to Captain and Assistant Surgeon, May 14, 1870 and to Major and Surgeon, November 17, 1887. On May 9, 1898, he was made Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Surgeon of the Second Army Corps, United States Volunteers and after serving through the Spanish-American War was honorably discharged, April 12, 1899. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon General, October 8, 1900 and to Colonel and Assistant Surgeon General, June 28, 1902 and was retired at his own request with the rank of Brigadier General on account of Civil War service, April 7, 1905. During his military service he served in successively South Carolina, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, at the United States Military Academy at West Point, in Washington and Montana Territories until 1884, when he was sent to the International Congresses at Copenhagen, Denmark and the Hague.
During this trip he visited a number of hospitals and on his return published the first report advocating antiseptic surgery. After another trip to Europe he brought out an Atlas of Clinical Microscopy. Just before the Spanish-American War General Girard was Army delegate to the International Medical Congress at Madrid. At the close of the war he was in charge of the Army General Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco for three years and during this time supervised the care of more than 19,000 patients, mostly invalided from the Philippine Islands. He was on duty in the Surgeon General's Office in Washington from July 5 to November 3, 1902, on the expiration of which time he was, at his own request, assigned to duty as Chief Surgeon of the Philippine Division. He returned to the United States in February 1904 and served as Chief Surgeon of the Department of California until his retirement, when he moved to Chicago to become librarian of the medical department of the John Crerar Library.
He was the son of Professor C.F. Girard of the University of Bale in Switzerland.
On March 3, 1868, he married Annie R. Epping at Charleston, South Carolina.
Per the 1900 Census for San Francisco, California, they were the parents of five children with four living.
The Washington Post February 2, 1914
Funeral of General Girard
Retired Army Man to Have Big Military Escort to Grave
Services This Afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church
Burial in Arlington Cemetery
Funeral services for Brigadier General Alfred C. Girard, United States Army, retired who died Saturday at the Walter Reed Army hospital will begin at 2 o'clock this afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church, Columbia Road and Bancroft Place Northwest, the Rev. Herbert Scott Smith officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Brigadier General Walter Howe, United States Army, retired; Brigadier General Samuel Ovenshine, United States Army, retired; Colonel Hunter Liggett, United States Army; Colonel John Van R. Hoff, United States Army, retired; Colonel John D. Hall, United States Army, retired; Major George J. Newgarden, United States Army, retired; Dr. Paul Ritter, Minister from Switzerland and Dr. Edmund Barry will be honorary pallbearers. Detachments from the cavalry and field artillery stationed at Fort Myer and a cavalry band will furnish the escort to the cemetery.
The Military Surgeon
Volume 34, No. 3 (March 1914)
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, Medical Corps
31 July 1841-31 January 1914
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, United States Army (retired), an active member of the Association, died in the Walter Reed General Hospital, Takoma Park, D.C., January 31, 1914, aged 72. He was born in Bale, Switzerland, July 31, 1841, the son of Professor C.F. Girard of the University of Bale. He received his preliminary education at that university and after taking his medical course at the University of Würzburg, Germany, was graduated from that in 1864.
He immediately came to the United States and entered the Army as acting assistant Surgeon, January 19, I865, serving in this capacity until May 1867. On May 14, 1867, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon; he was promoted to Captain and Assistant Surgeon, May 14, 1870 and to Major and Surgeon, November 17, 1887. On May 9, 1898, he was made Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Surgeon of the Second Army Corps, United States Volunteers and after serving through the Spanish-American War was honorably discharged, April 12, 1899. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon General, October 8, 1900 and to Colonel and Assistant Surgeon General, June 28, 1902 and was retired at his own request with the rank of Brigadier General on account of Civil War service, April 7, 1905. During his military service he served in successively South Carolina, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, at the United States Military Academy at West Point, in Washington and Montana Territories until 1884, when he was sent to the International Congresses at Copenhagen, Denmark and the Hague.
During this trip he visited a number of hospitals and on his return published the first report advocating antiseptic surgery. After another trip to Europe he brought out an Atlas of Clinical Microscopy. Just before the Spanish-American War General Girard was Army delegate to the International Medical Congress at Madrid. At the close of the war he was in charge of the Army General Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco for three years and during this time supervised the care of more than 19,000 patients, mostly invalided from the Philippine Islands. He was on duty in the Surgeon General's Office in Washington from July 5 to November 3, 1902, on the expiration of which time he was, at his own request, assigned to duty as Chief Surgeon of the Philippine Division. He returned to the United States in February 1904 and served as Chief Surgeon of the Department of California until his retirement, when he moved to Chicago to become librarian of the medical department of the John Crerar Library.
On March 3, 1868, he married Annie R. Epping at Charleston, South Carolina.
Per the 1900 Census for San Francisco, California, they were the parents of five children with four living.
The Washington Post February 2, 1914
Funeral of General Girard
Retired Army Man to Have Big Military Escort to Grave
Services This Afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church
Burial in Arlington Cemetery
Funeral services for Brigadier General Alfred C. Girard, United States Army, retired who died Saturday at the Walter Reed Army hospital will begin at 2 o'clock this afternoon at St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church, Columbia Road and Bancroft Place Northwest, the Rev. Herbert Scott Smith officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Brigadier General Walter Howe, United States Army, retired; Brigadier General Samuel Ovenshine, United States Army, retired; Colonel Hunter Liggett, United States Army; Colonel John Van R. Hoff, United States Army, retired; Colonel John D. Hall, United States Army, retired; Major George J. Newgarden, United States Army, retired; Dr. Paul Ritter, Minister from Switzerland and Dr. Edmund Barry will be honorary pallbearers. Detachments from the cavalry and field artillery stationed at Fort Myer and a cavalry band will furnish the escort to the cemetery.
The Military Surgeon
Volume 34, No. 3 (March 1914)
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, Medical Corps
31 July 1841-31 January 1914
Brigadier General Alfred Conrad Girard, United States Army (retired), an active member of the Association, died in the Walter Reed General Hospital, Takoma Park, D.C., January 31, 1914, aged 72. He was born in Bale, Switzerland, July 31, 1841, the son of Professor C.F. Girard of the University of Bale. He received his preliminary education at that university and after taking his medical course at the University of Würzburg, Germany, was graduated from that in 1864.
He immediately came to the United States and entered the Army as acting assistant Surgeon, January 19, I865, serving in this capacity until May 1867. On May 14, 1867, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon; he was promoted to Captain and Assistant Surgeon, May 14, 1870 and to Major and Surgeon, November 17, 1887. On May 9, 1898, he was made Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Surgeon of the Second Army Corps, United States Volunteers and after serving through the Spanish-American War was honorably discharged, April 12, 1899. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon General, October 8, 1900 and to Colonel and Assistant Surgeon General, June 28, 1902 and was retired at his own request with the rank of Brigadier General on account of Civil War service, April 7, 1905. During his military service he served in successively South Carolina, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, at the United States Military Academy at West Point, in Washington and Montana Territories until 1884, when he was sent to the International Congresses at Copenhagen, Denmark and the Hague.
During this trip he visited a number of hospitals and on his return published the first report advocating antiseptic surgery. After another trip to Europe he brought out an Atlas of Clinical Microscopy. Just before the Spanish-American War General Girard was Army delegate to the International Medical Congress at Madrid. At the close of the war he was in charge of the Army General Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco for three years and during this time supervised the care of more than 19,000 patients, mostly invalided from the Philippine Islands. He was on duty in the Surgeon General's Office in Washington from July 5 to November 3, 1902, on the expiration of which time he was, at his own request, assigned to duty as Chief Surgeon of the Philippine Division. He returned to the United States in February 1904 and served as Chief Surgeon of the Department of California until his retirement, when he moved to Chicago to become librarian of the medical department of the John Crerar Library.
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