Colonel Baker Special Orders No. 83 Extract - November 15, 1918
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HEADQUARTERS EVACUATION HOSPITAL NO. 6 American Expeditionary Forces, France 15 November 1918. Special Orders No. 83 1. In compliance with telegraphic instructions from GHQ AEF, dated November 12, 1918., Operating Team No. 158 headed by Major Ingraham, and composed of the following personel, will proceed to Base Hospital No. 15, reporting upon arrival to the Commanding Officer for duty. Major Clarence H. Ingraham Captain Thomas B. Homes Dr. E.E. Leonard PFC Joseph A. Jaffee 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 named Nurses and enlisted men. BY ORDER OF COLONEL BAKER George Blackburne Captain, M.C. Adjutant. A True Copy RA Smith 1st Lt San Corps USA
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| Title | Colonel Baker Special Orders No. 83 Extract - November 15, 1918 |
| Creator | Baker |
| Source | Baker. Special Orders 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 E. Leonard to report to 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; Base Hospital No. 15 |
| Site Accession Number | A1814 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | November 15, 1918 |
| Language | English |