,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aafg  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,october #a1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,fitzpatrick 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1
 and ,ms4 ,dean7 submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform    
,,resolution  ,honoring the life of ,dr4
 ,frank ,erdman ,boston as a ,world ,war
 ,i veteran1 military surgeon1 community
 doctor1 and founder of the ,elm        
,terrace_/,abington ,lansdale ,hospital 
and the ,volunteer ,medical ,service    
,corps 7,,vmsc7 ambulance corps4        
,whereas ,mr4 ,boston attended ,lincoln 
,university1 originally established as  
,the ,ashmun ,institute1 the ,nation's  
first degree-granting historically      
,black college and university2 ,whereas 
subsequently1 ,dr4 ,boston attended the 
,medico-,chirurgical ,college1 an       
outgrowth of the ,medico-,chirurgical   
,society of ,philadelphia which merged  
with the ,university of ,pennsylvania   

,medical ,college and ,jefferson        
,medical ,college2 ,whereas when ,world 
,war ,i began1 ,dr4 ,boston enlisted and
 was immediately given the rank of first
 lieutenant in the ,army ,medical       
,reserve ,corps2 ,whereas               
,african-,american recruits1 including  
,dr4 ,boston1 were sent for medical     
training at the ,medical ,officers      
,training ,camp1 ,fort ,des ,moines1    
,iowa2 ,whereas after completing his    
training1 ,dr4 ,boston was assigned as a
 medical officer with the #cagth        
,engineers ,regiment of the #ib;d       
,division of the ,american              
,expeditionary ,forces2 ,whereas ,dr4   
,boston's division fought bravely across
 ,france and in the bloody              
,meuse-,argonne ,offensive1 the largest 
operation of the ,american              
,expeditionary ,forces in ,world ,war   
,i2 ,whereas the ,meuse-,argonne        
,offensive was the deadliest campaign in
 ,american history1 resulting in more   
than #bf1jjj soldiers killed in action  

and more than #abj1jjj total casualties2
 ,whereas during his tour of duty1 ,dr4 
,boston treated soldiers while under    
aerial and gas attack2 ,whereas ,dr4    
,boston served in ,france with the rank 
of captain and ended his military       
service as a major2 ,whereas after the  
war1 ,dr4 ,boston returned to work in   
,philadelphia and later settled in      
,lansdale where he opened the ,elm      
,terrace ,hospital1 which was later     
renamed ,north ,penn ,hospital and      
subsequently became part of the         
,abington ,jefferson ,health ,systems2  
,whereas ,dr4 ,boston also formed a     
,first ,aid ,emergency ,squad in        
,lansdale1 eventually known as the      
,volunteer ,medical ,service ,corps of  
,lansdale2 ,whereas as a ,boy ,scout    
official1 ,dr4 ,boston served as        
chairman of ,health and ,safety for the 
,general ,nash ,district1 ,valley ,forge
 ,scout ,council2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,boston 
was a member of the ,reserve ,officers  
,association of ,military ,surgeons1 the

 ,montgomery ,county ,medical ,society1 
and the ,american ,medical ,association2
 ,whereas ,dr4 ,boston died ,february   
#h1 #aifj1 at #fi years of age1 and was 
buried in ,lansdale2 and ,whereas       
,jefferson ,health and ,abington        
,lansdale ,hospital1 along with the     
,borough of ,lansdale1 are honoring ,dr4
 ,boston1 and a mural is being planned  
for the ,lansdale ,borough ,hall3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of    
,representative honors the life of ,dr4 
,frank ,erdman ,boston as a ,world ,war 
,i veteran1 military surgeon1 community 
doctor1 and founder of the ,elm         
,terrace_/,abington ,lansdale ,hospital 
and the ,volunteer ,medical ,service    
,corps 7,,vmsc7 ambulance corps4