Lieutenant Colonel Sheep Special Orders No. 232 Extract - August 25, 1918
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U. S. Army General Hospital No. 1. (Columbia War Hospital) New York, [New York] August 25, 1918. Special Orders, No. 232. Extract. 2. Pursuant to telegraphic instructions War Department, August 24, 1918, Contract Surgeon Esther E. Leonard, U.S.Army, is hereby relieved from present duties at this hospital and will report at this hospital for duty with Anaesthetic Unit No. 1. By order of Lieut. Colonel Sheep: G. W. Mathews, 1st Lieut. Sanitary Corps, USA Asst. Adjutant. jwd.
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| Title | Lieutenant Colonel Sheep Special Orders No. 232 Extract - August 25, 1918 |
| Creator | Sheep |
| Source | Sheep. Special Orders No. 232 Extract. 25 August 1918. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Lieutenant Colonel Sheep issued this special order directing Dr. Esther E. Leonard to report for duty with Anesthetic Unit No. 1. 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; U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 |
| Site Accession Number | A1814 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | August 25, 1918 |
| Language | English |