Peyton C. March Special Orders No. 199 Extract - August 24, 1918
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SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 199. WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, August 24, 1918. Extract. 277. Contract Surg. Esther E. Leonard, United States Army, is relieved from her present duties at United States Army General Hospital No. 1, Williams Bridge, [New York], and will report in person to the commanding officer thereof for duty with Anesthetic Unit No. 1. (210.321, A. G. O. - Med.) BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: PEYTON C. MARCH, General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: P.C. HARRIS, Acting The Adjutant General. Cont. Surg. E.E. Leonard.
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SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 199. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, August 24, 1918. Extract. 277. Contract Surg. Esther E. Leonard, United States Army, is relieved from her present duties at United States Army General Hospital No. 1, Williams Bridge, [New York], and will report in person to the commanding officer thereof for duty with Anesthetic Unit No. 1. [210.321, A. G. O. - Med.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: PEYTON C. MARCH. General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: P. C. HARRIS, Acting The Adjutant General. Cont. Surg. E.E. Leonard.
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| Title | Peyton C. March Special Orders No. 199 Extract - August 24, 1918 |
| Creator | March, Peyton C. |
| Source | March, Peyton C. Special Order No. 199 Extract. 24 August 1918. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | In this extract of a special order issued by Secretary of War Peyton C. Webb, Dr. Esther E. Leonard was relieved from duty at the United States Army General Hospital No. 1 in New York and directed to report for duty with Anesthetic Unit No. 1. Dr. Leonard served as a contract surgeon during World War I at the U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 in New York City and at an evacuation hospital in Vichy, France. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Sanitary Corps; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Women |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 |
| Site Accession Number | A1814 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | August 24, 1918 |
| Language | English |