Rolfe Floyd Special Orders No. 12 Extract - September 26, 1918
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HEADQUARTERS BASE HOSPITAL NO. 15, AEF Casual Bureau September 26, 1918. 1st. Series Special Orders No. 12 3. In Pursuant to instructions from GHQ dated [September] 26, 1918, Operating Team No. 158, headed by Major Ingraham is hereby directed to proceed to Souilly, reporting upon arrival Lieutenant Colonel Garcia, for temporary duty at Mobile Hospital Number 6. Major C.B. Ingraham, MC Capt. Thos. W. Holmes, MC Dr. E.E. Leonard (Female Anaesthetist) PFC Henry L. Thole MD PFC Joseph A Jaffe MD The R.T.C. will furnish the above named enlisted-men the necessary transportation for the jouney. The Quartermaster Corps will pay the above name enlisted-men commutation of rations at the prescribed rate for the necessary number of days travel: it being impracticable for them to carry rations in kind. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. BY ORDER OF MAJOR ROLFE FLOYD John L. McGehee Jr., Captain MC Adjutant. OFFICAIL: John L. McGehee Jr., Captain MC Adjutant. A True Copy R H Smith 1 # H San Corps USA
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| Title | Rolfe Floyd Special Orders No. 12 Extract - September 26, 1918 |
| Creator | Floyd, Rolfe |
| Source | Floyd, Rolfe. Special Orders No. 12 Extract. 26 September 1918. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | This document contains special orders for several surgeons, including Dr. Esther E. Leonard, to travel to Souilly, 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 | September 26, 1918 |
| Language | English |