John J. Pershing Special Orders No. 324 Extract - November 20, 1918
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GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES [ms illegible: 2 wds] #1679 France November 20, 1918. Special Orders, No. 324 Extract 67 The following contract surgeons (female anesthetists) Base Hospital Number Fifteen, are relieved from their present assignments, and will proceed to the station [ms illegible: 1wd] reporting upon arrival to the Commanding Officer for DUTY: Dr. M. W. Pheples, Mesvos Hospital Center: Dr. Isabel Gray, Mars Hospital Center: Dr. E.E. Leonard, Vichy Hospital Center: The travel directed is necessary in the military service. By Command of General [John] Pershing: James W. McANDREW, Chief of Staff. Official: ROBERT C. DAVIS, Adjutant General
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| Title | John J. Pershing Special Orders No. 324 Extract - November 20, 1918 |
| Creator | Pershing, John J. |
| Source | Pershing, John J. Special Orders No. 324 Extract. 20 November 1918. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | In this extract of a special order issued by General John J. Pershing, Dr. Esther E. Leonard and two other contract surgeons were ordered to report to duty from their respective hospitals in France. 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 20, 1918 |
| Language | English |