WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (JUNE) 1906-7.
States Guides; b. Dec. 14, 1862. Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Lincoln-
shire Regiment, 1883; Capt., 1893; Wing Commander, Malay States Guides, 1897; 2nd in Command, 1898; retired from Army, 1902; acting Superintendent of Prisons, etc., Perak, 1903; 2nd in Command, Malay
States Guides, 1906. Address: Tai-
ping, Perak, Federated Malay
States.
VASSAL, Dr. Joseph Marguerite Jean (NHATRANG), M.D., Bor deaux; Surgeon-Major of Colonial Troops; b. Aug. 5, 1867, at Talence
(Gironde); mn. Dec. 29, 1903, Gabrielle Maud Candler, of Lon-
don. Educ.: Tivoli and National
Lyceum, Bordeaux Faculty of Medicine, and Principal School of Naval Health Board. Served in
3rd Regt. of Marine Infantry at Rochefort sur mer, Sept. 29, 1888, became Corporal and Sergeant in same regiment; left army to study medicine; obtained doctor's degree 1894; sent as auxiliary doctor to Toulon; apptd. on Jan. 10, 1895, to Cochin-China, where served at Saigon, Clandoe and Vinh-Long; other Colonial Ser. vices: Senegal, two years, Reunion, 3 years, 2nd class Surgeon Major since July 27, 1877; sent on a mission to La Reunion by In- stitute Pasteur of Paris to combat bubonic plague; went to Maurice (Mauritius) in 1903 to study plague, and the "Surra" of that island; in 1903 attended Univ. of Liverpool and obtained diploma of "School of Tropical Medicine"; has been at Pasteur's Institute of Nhatrang
Vau
"Un nouvel
since April 2, 1904. Publications: Several works on
IIenintyoaire d'un
Mamifère "
(which was called "Hemamceba Vassali"), a parasite in the blood of a pheasant in Annam, Try- panosoma Polyplectri (Vassal); also on a disease of horses, Annals
of Pasteur Institute of Paris, G. R.
Society of Biology, etc.; Pamphlet on Economics of Indo-China, Oct.,
1905; "Study of the Sang-Bian Plateau," a sanatorium in Indo- China, and other works. Address:
Pasteur Institute, Nhatrang, An- nam, Indo-China.
VASSEUR, Le (see: LE Vasseur, Al-
FRED).
VAUGHANSMITH, Alice Mildred
(TIENTSIN), Journalist; b. 1861. Educ.: Privately. Commenced literary career in 1889, as leader
writer, "Japan Gazette," and cor- respondent, "N.C. Daily News,"
(6
(Shanghai) and Japan Mail"; became Editor of "Japan Gazette,"
1891, and remained so nearly three years; visited India in 1893-4, corresponding meanwhile for "N.C. Daily News," "Chicago Daily News," etc.; came to China, 1894,
acted as war correspondent for "Civil and Military Gazette,' Lahore, through China-Japan War, and as political leader writer for "N.C. Daily News" during Editor's absence; edited "Shanghai Times," 1896; went to Tientsin, 1897, and was appointed Editor, “Peking and Tientsin Times," then a weekly; appointed sole representative in
N. China of London "Standard,"
1898, and remained so until that
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