Colonel Sheep Special Orders No. 240 Extract - September 2, 1918
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U. S. Army General Hospital No. 1. (Columbia War Hospital) New York, [New York] September 2, 1918. Special Orders, No. 240. Extract. 3. Pursuant to verbal instructions, Surgeon Port of Embarkations, Hoboken, New Jersey, this date, the following officers and contract surgeons attached to Anaesthetic Unit Number One will proceed to Pier 59, 20th Street, North River, New York City, [New York], arriving there not later than 7 a.m., Tuesday, September 3, 1918, reporting to the Commanding Officer, Anaesthetic Unit Number One upon their arrival thereat: 1st Lieut. John C. Gable M.C. USA 1st Lieut. Edward J. Hyland, M.C. USA Contract Surgeon Martha J. Peebles, USA Contract Surgeon Isabel Gray, USA Contract Surgeon Elizabeth M. Hocker USA Contract Surgeon Dora L. Horn USA Contract Surgeon Esther E. Leonard USA Contract Surgeon Edna Smith USA Contract Surgeon Jessie Southgate USA The Quartermaster Corps will furnish the necessary transportation. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. By order of Lieut. Colonel Sheep: G.W. Mathews, 1st Lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, USA. Adjutant.
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U. S. Army General Hospital No. 1. (Columbia War Hospital) New York, [New York] September 2, 1918. Special Orders, No. 240. Extract. 3. Pusuant to verbal instructions, Surgeon Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, New Jersey, this date, the following officers and contract surgeons attached to Anaesthetic Unit Number One will proceed to Pier 59, 20th Street, North River, New York City, [New York], arriving there not later than 7 a.m., Tuesday, September 3, 1918, reporting to the Commanding Officer, Anaesthetic Unit Number One upon their arrival thereat: 1st Lieut. John C. Gable M.C. USA 1st Lieut. Edward J. Hyland, M.C. USA Contract Surgeon Martha J. Peebles, USA Contract Surgeon Isabel Gray, USA Contract Surgeon Elizabeth M. Hocker USA Contract Surgeon Dora L. Horn USA Contract Surgeon Esther E. Leonard USA Contract Surgeon Edna Smith USA Contract Surgeon Jessie Southgate USA The Quartermaster Corps will furnish the necessary transportation. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. By order of Lieut. Colonel Sheep: G. W. Mathews, 1st Lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, USA. Adjutant. dd. [stamp] U.S.A. GEN. HOSP. No. 1 NEW YORK OFFICIAL
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| Title | Colonel Sheep Special Orders No. 240 Extract - September 2, 1918 |
| Creator | Sheep |
| Source | Sheep. Special Orders No. 240 Extract. 2 September 1918. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Lieutenant Colonel Sheep sent these embarkation orders to contract surgeons in the Sanitary Corps. Dr. Esther E. Leonard was mentioned in the order. 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 | September 2, 1918 |
| Language | English |