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    "ocrText": "C\nattan\na\n+\na\nsan\nMari\nM\nSUMMARY\nrie\nDuring the World War, 602 nurses were assigned to foreign service\nby the American Red Cross, serving directly under the Red Cross during the\nF\nentire period of their war service. These nurses were assigned to the Red\nCross military hospitals in France which were later taken over by the Army\nThey were also caring for the refugee and rapatriae children under the direction\nof the American Red Cross Children's Bureau and employed in other capacities\nin caring for the civilian population in France. A few of the group were\nsent to the French Hospitals to care for American soldiers. This was known\nas the \"Service de Sante\". The nurses worked under most distressing and\ndifficult conditions and many were released from the service in poor health.\nAt the close of the war when this Red Cross service terminated,\naccording to law this group of nurses was not eligible for Government or\nState bonuses or compensation and hospitalization because they had not been\nfederalized and had not served during the period of the war in either the\nArmy or the Navy Nurse Corps. There were many problems concerning this group\nof nurses arising daily, therefore Miss Noyes interested various groups in\nthe situation, hoping that a Bill might be introduced into Congress which\nwould change the law to include these nurses. The groups especially inter-\nested were the American Legion and the Women's Overseas League. There were\nother individuals also interested. Nothing, however, came of the efforts\nthat were made or the interest shown in behalf of this group of nurses.\nThere was one instance when because of the unfortunate trying\nconditions and the serious illness of the nurse ending in total deafness\nbecause of the service she had rendered, Miss Noyes received special permission\nfrom the Secretary of War and the nurse was admitted for treatment and\nhospitalization to Walter Reed Hospital.\nMany nurses have written in protesting what seemed to them an unfair\nlaw and in this particular instance, on April 5, 1935, I replied to a letter I\nfrom Miss Marie F. Catania, Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, California, and am\nattaching copies of the correspondence. In October 1937,a letter was received\nfrom Miss Harriott L. P. Friend, Director at Headquarters, California State I\nNurses' Association. Copies of this correspondence also attached. Though did\nhad a two hours conference with Miss Friend while in San Francisco, she\nnot mention the fact that she had referred this situation to Mr. Dockweiler.\nI found it awaiting my return.\nI hope that this explanation and the attached correspondence will\ngive you the information you may require in order to determine what you wish\nto reply to Mr. Dockweiler.\nEller 7-Builer\nIda F. Butler\nUI\nDirector of Nursing\n3\n9,"
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