Colonel Baker Special Order No. 83 Extract - November 15, 1918
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HEADQUARTERS EVACUATION HOSPITAL NO. 6 American Expiditionary Forces, France 15 November 1918. Special Order No. 83 1. In compliance with telegraphic instructions from HAEF., dated November 12, 1918., Operating Team No 158 headed by Major Ingraham, and composed of the following personnal, will proceed to Base Hospital No. 15, reporting upon arrival to the commanding Officer for duty. Major Clarence H. Ingraham Captain Thomas B. Holmes Dr. E.E. Leonard Pfc Joseph A. Jaffe Pfc Henry E. Thole The travel directed is necessary in the Military Service The Quartermaster Dept, will furnish commutation of rations for the period necessary to complete the journey, to the above mentioned soldiers and nurses. BY ORDER OF COLONEL BAKER George Blackburne Captain, M.C. Adjutant
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| Title | Colonel Baker Special Order No. 83 Extract - November 15, 1918 |
| Creator | Baker |
| Source | Baker. Special Order No. 83 Extract. 15 November 1918. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Colonel Baker issued this special order directing Dr. Esther Leonard and others to report for duty at Base Hospital No. 15. 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 |
| Site Accession Number | A1814 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | November 15, 1918 |
| Language | English |