Jack Casavis letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley - August 24, 1918
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Camp Greenleaf [August] 24 To the treasure of the A.PH.A. Dear Sir: Today I received from the N.V.C.P. (115 in 86) many letters from you. I regret that I can not, at the present, renew my membership. I am in the Medical Dept of the U.S. Army, Although a Ph.G. I am with others not only of different occupation, strange altogether to medicine, but also illiterate and of different nationality, who can not speak even english. I don’t know if they will put me in any branch of this Medical Dept. in which I can use my knowledge. Do you
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advise me to make any petition, in order to obtain recognition, of any kind in the Army. What dept, in your opinion will be good for a pharmacist? Please give me your advise on the subject, as I don’t think that it will be justice to me, if I will be sent “over there” as a stretch bearer. Very respectfully yours, Jack Casavis Detention Camp Bn 15, Co 22 Camp greenleaf Chickamanga Park [Georgia] Jack Casavis
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| Title | Jack Casavis letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley - August 24, 1918 |
| Creator | Casavis, Jack |
| Source | Casavis, Jack. Letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley. 24 August 1918. Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley Collection, 1826-1929. A1737. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Jack Casavis sent this letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley. Dr. Whelpley was the dean of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and editor of the Meyer Brothers Druggist magazine. In this letter, Casavis asked which branch of the medical corps Dr. Whelpley recommended for pharmacists. This letter was written on Y.M.C.A. letterhead. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Medical Care; Camp Greenleaf (Ga); Pharmacists |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A1737 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | August 24, 1918 |
| Language | English |