S6830 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 22, 1998 line, brought the regiment to its feet. A si- a ‘‘watershed in American medical his- for the Michigan United Conservation lence fell on everyone at once, for each felt tory.’’ The visitor to this museum be- Clubs in 1976. Rick’s expertise and hard that the momentous ‘now’ had come.—Pvt. comes keenly aware of this, and learns work were quickly recognized and in David L. Thompson, Company G, 9th New of Civil War-era medical advances in 1980 he headed back to his home state York Volunteers. In the time that I am writing every stalk the fields of anesthesia, surgery, sani- to serve as executive director of the of corn in the northern and greater part of tation, and the introduction of mobile Oklahoma Wildlife Federation. He con- the field was cut as closely as could have medical corps to the armed forces. tinued in that capacity for eight years been done with a knife, and the slain lay in Mr. President, I find that I have a until 1988, when MUCC was fortunate rows precisely as they had stood in their personal bond to the town of Frederick, enough to lure him back to serve as as- ranks a few moments before. It was never my this museum, and what it represents. sistant executive director. fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal My great-grandfather, Charles Kemp- Rick was a strong and dedicated en- battlefield.—Maj. General Joseph Hooker, thorne, was a member of Company vironmentalist. Among his accomplish- USA, Commander, I Corps, Army of the Po- ments was the passage of Michigan’s tomac. Three of the Third Regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. He, beverage container deposit law; a law Antietam became the bloodiest day like many other brave soldiers, was which has been widely acknowledged as in American history. At the close of wounded on September 17, 1862, at the greatly reducing litter in our state. the day, more men were wounded or Battle of Antietam. It was in the town Rick also played a vital role in provid- killed at Antietam than on any other of Frederick that his wounds were ing Michigan voters the opportunity to single day of the Civil War: 12,410 treated and he began his convales- pass a constitutional amendment that Union troops, and 10,700 Confederates. cence. In time he was transferred to will ensure a constant source of funds Whether Union or Confederate, when Washington, D.C., where he served for Michigan’s state parks. a soldier fell on the battlefield, he was until he was honorably discharged on Rick was also an avid outdoorsman. an American. Frederick, Maryland, was June 29, 1864. Here, too, he achieved important suc- the recipient of the thousands of fallen Commemoration is indeed an impor- cesses. He was instrumental in secur- soldiers. tant duty, not only to honor the dead, ing the overwhelming approval of a The National Museum of Civil War but also to keep alive the ideals that campaign which will guarantee that Medicine, in Frederick, seeks to high- they died for. Mr. President, I am Michigan game animals are managed light the sacrifice made by countless pleased to see that the National Mu- on the basis of sound biological American soldiers in their quest to ad- seum for Civil War Medicine has under- science. He also helped defeat another vance the values of this great nation taken the important task of remember- initiative which would have virtually that was, as Abraham Lincoln ex- ing a crucial component of Civil War eliminated bear hunting in the state of plained, ‘‘conceived in liberty.’’ In fact, history. Michigan. those slain on the battlefield at Antie- I would like to commend those peo- In short, Mr. President, I believe that tam were prepared for burial in the ple who have made the National Mu- Rick Jameson was one of the few indi- very building that now houses the Na- seum of Civil War Medicine a reality. viduals who truly understood the im- tional Museum of Civil War Medicine. Dr. Gordon E. Dammann, Dr. F. Terry portance of both conservation and The force of a mini ball or piece of shell Hambrecht, JaNeen Smith, Debbie sportsman’s rights. He spent his life’s striking any solid portion of a person is as- Moone, and volunteers Dianne work protecting both as few others tonishing; it comes like a blow from a sledge Marvinney, Rebecca Coffey, Bill Witt, could. hammer, and the recipient finds himself And Rick was a fighter. Despite suf- among many others, are doing an ex- sprawling on the ground before he is con- fering the effects of both his illness and cellent job with the museum. scious of being hit; then he feels about for the chemotherapy he was undergoing, On behalf of my great-grandfather, the wound, the benumbing blow deadening Rick continued to work as long as pos- sensation for a few moments. Unless struck Charles Kempthorne, I say thank you sible. My office consulted with him as in the head or about the heart, men mortally to the community of Frederick for its recently as last month, soliciting his wounded live some time, often in great pain, compassion so many years ago, and as input on legislation I have drafted and and toss about upon the ground.—History of a citizen I commend the National Mu- on other bills pending in the Senate. the 35th Massachusetts Volunteers. seum of Civil War Medicine for helping Under the dark shade of a towering oak When it came to conservation, hunting those of us today realize that the cost near the Dunker Church lay the lifeless form and fishing, there was no one in the of freedom did not come easy, but was of a drummer boy, apparently not more than state whose opinion I trusted more seventeen years of age, flaxen hair and eyes often achieved with the loss of blood than Rick’s. of blue and form of delicate mould. As I ap- and life by brave Americans on both Rick is survived by his wife of 18 proached him I stooped down and as I did so sides. years, Robbie, his daughter, Christine, I perceived a bloody mark upon his forehead Both before and after a battle, sad and sol- .. . It showed where the leaden messenger of and two brothers. My thoughts and emn thoughts come to the soldier. Before the prayers go out to them.∑ death had produced the wound that caused conflict they were of apprehension; after the his death. His lips were compressed, his eyes strife there is a sense of relief; but the f half open, a bright smile played upon his thinned ranks, the knowledge that the com- TRIBUTE TO ROBERT V. OGLE countenance. By his side lay his tenor drum, rade who stood by your side in the morning never to be tapped again.—Pvt. J.D. Hicks, never will stand there again, bring inexpress- ∑ Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise Company K, 125th Pennsylvania Volunteers. ible sadness—Charles Carleton Coffin, Army today to pay special tribute to the re- ‘‘It is well war is so frightful,’’ Gen- Correspondent, Boston Journal.∑ tirement of Robert V. Ogle, an extraor- eral Lee wrote, ‘‘otherwise we should f dinary individual who has rendered become too fond of it.’’ Indeed, this thirty-five years of federal service not REMEMBERING RICK JAMESON museum allows the visitor to get a feel only to the Commonwealth of Virginia, for the ravages of war. Located in the ∑ Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise but also to the nation. museum are numerous exhibits detail- today to recognize the passing of one of Mr. Ogle, who resides in Virginia ing how Civil War-era doctors and the great leaders of Michigan’s con- Beach, Virginia, will soon enter into nurses dealt with the wounded and servation community. On Saturday, retirement after a lifetime of service in near-dead who were brought off the my friend Richard Jameson, the execu- the Norfolk District of the United battlefield to be cared for. tive director of the Michigan United States Army Corps of Engineers. With Comrades with wounds of all conceivable Conservation Clubs, succumbed to liver the exception of a year of study in shapes were brought in and placed side by cancer. Rick was 48 years old. Washington and six months in the side as thick as they could lay, and the Rick was an environmentalist and an Naval Air Reserve, his entire career bloody work of amputation commenced.— avid outdoorsman whose roots ex- has been spent in the Planning Divi- George Allen, Company A, 6th New York tended beyond our state. A native of sion of the Norfolk District Corps of Volunteers. Oklahoma, he received his bachelor’s Engineers. The former Surgeon General of the and master’s degrees in natural re- During his time in the Norfolk Dis- United States, C. Everett Koop, has re- sources management from Michigan trict, Mr. Ogle’s expertise and profes- marked that the Civil War represented State University and began working sionalism facilitated his ascendance to