Levi H. Fuson Memorandum to Depot Quartermaster - November 12, 1917
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BASE HOSPITAL NO. 21, Rouen, France. November 12, 1917. From: 1st Lt. Levi H. Fuson, M.R.C. To: Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Subject: Date of sailing for foreign service. 1. Sailed from New York, for foreign service, May 19, 1917. As foreign service pay was not included on my September voucher, will collect same on separate voucher over here. 2. It is requested that 10% increase for foreign service be included in payments of future vouchers forwarded to the United States. LHF/EB. ist Lieutenant, M.R.C.
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| Title | Levi H. Fuson Memorandum to Depot Quartermaster - November 12, 1917 |
| Creator | Fuson, Levi H. |
| Source | Fuson, Levi H. Memorandum to Depot Quartermaster. 12 November 1917. Levi H. Fuson Papers. PC/PC065. Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Dr. Levi H. Fuson wrote this memorandum to the Quartermaster in reference to an increase in his foreign service pay. Dr. Fuson was a Captain in U.S. Army Medical Corps. He served with Base Hospital 21, in Rouen, France. The hospital, which was founded and staffed by Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, was one of six that was selected for mobilization by the U.S. Government to support the British troops. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Medical Care; United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 21; United States. Army. United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | PC/PC065 |
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| Date Original | November 12, 1917 |
| Language | English |