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15, 1919. My dear Miss Kerr; I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your communica tion of the 15th, tendering your resignation as Director of the Bureau of Nurses Enrollment, to take effect September first. In accepting it, I cannot do so without telling you how much I regret losing your splen- did services, but in view of the changed condi- tions and the necessity for some reorganization, with a possibility of combining the Bureau of Enrollment with some of the other Bureaus, there would not be sufficient work to claim the attention of a nurse of your ability. I am filled with regret to think of not having you as a co-worker. Yours was more or less of a thankless piece of work and a service that you performed with the greatest devotion and self-effacement. There was very little that was spectacular, or even interesting, but it was one of the most important phases of the work accomplished under the direction of the Depart- ment. Not only is the Red Cross under great obligations to you, but the Army and Navy as

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