Between 1910 and 1911, the aforementioned Vice-chief Ishimoto and Ogai, as Medical Office Director, conflicted over the right to human resources in Army medicine which had been a long-term concern, developing to the extent that Ogai announced his resignation to Ishimoto.
なお、1910-1911年、懸案とされてきた軍医の人事権をめぐり、件（くだん）の石本次官と医務局長の鴎外とが激しく対立し、鴎外が石本に辞意を告げる事態にまでなった。