Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 358.
J Am Med Assoc. 1893;XXI(2): 66: Official List of Changes in the Stations and Duties of Officers serving in the Medical Department, U. S. Army, from June 24, 1893, to June 30, 1893. ... First Lieut. Alexander N. Stark, Asst. Surgeon, is relieved from duty at Ft. Monroe, Va., and ordered to Ft. Clark, Tex., for duty, relieving Capt. Edgar A. Mearns, Asst. Surgeon. Capt. Mearns, upon being thus relieved, will proceed to Nogales, Ariz., and report to the senior member of the commission appointed for the locating and marking of the boundary between Mexico and the United States, for duty with the commission.
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1884; II: 279: Official List of Changes in the Stations and Duties of Officers Serving in the Medical Department United States Army, from February 22, 1884, to February 26, 1884. … Mearns, Edgar A., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon, assigned to duty in Dept. of Arizona. (S. O. 46, Par. 1, A. G O, Feb. 25, 1884.)
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1884; II: 419: Official List of Changes in the Stations and Duties of Officers Serving in the Medical Department United States Army, from March 29, 1884, to April 4, 1884. … Mearns, Edgar A., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon, assigned to duty at Fort Verde, A. T. (Par. I, S. O. 22, Headquarters Department of Arizona, March 19, 1884.)
J Am Med Assoc, Nov 1916; LXVII: 1461: Edgar Alexander Mearns, M.D., Lieutenant-Colonel, M. C, U.S. Army (retired) ; College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York, 1881 ; aged 60 ; a Fellow of the American Medical Association ; who entered the army as assistant surgeon, Dec. 3, 1883, and after twenty-six years' service was retired with rank of lieutenant-colonel, Jan. 1, 1909, on account of disability in line of duty ; who had devoted much time of late years to travel and the collection of zoologie specimens for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington ; died at his home in Washington, D. C, November 1.
J Am Med Assoc. 1893;XXI(2): 66: Official List of Changes in the Stations and Duties of Officers serving in the Medical Department, U. S. Army, from June 24, 1893, to June 30, 1893. ... First Lieut. Alexander N. Stark, Asst. Surgeon, is relieved from duty at Ft. Monroe, Va., and ordered to Ft. Clark, Tex., for duty, relieving Capt. Edgar A. Mearns, Asst. Surgeon. Capt. Mearns, upon being thus relieved, will proceed to Nogales, Ariz., and report to the senior member of the commission appointed for the locating and marking of the boundary between Mexico and the United States, for duty with the commission.
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1884; II: 279: Official List of Changes in the Stations and Duties of Officers Serving in the Medical Department United States Army, from February 22, 1884, to February 26, 1884. … Mearns, Edgar A., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon, assigned to duty in Dept. of Arizona. (S. O. 46, Par. 1, A. G O, Feb. 25, 1884.)
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1884; II: 419: Official List of Changes in the Stations and Duties of Officers Serving in the Medical Department United States Army, from March 29, 1884, to April 4, 1884. … Mearns, Edgar A., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon, assigned to duty at Fort Verde, A. T. (Par. I, S. O. 22, Headquarters Department of Arizona, March 19, 1884.)
J Am Med Assoc, Nov 1916; LXVII: 1461: Edgar Alexander Mearns, M.D., Lieutenant-Colonel, M. C, U.S. Army (retired) ; College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York, 1881 ; aged 60 ; a Fellow of the American Medical Association ; who entered the army as assistant surgeon, Dec. 3, 1883, and after twenty-six years' service was retired with rank of lieutenant-colonel, Jan. 1, 1909, on account of disability in line of duty ; who had devoted much time of late years to travel and the collection of zoologie specimens for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington ; died at his home in Washington, D. C, November 1.
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