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    "ocrText": "Mr. John W. Morey\nPage 2.\nIn the instructions that went out from National Headquarters\nconcerning influenza work, it was stated that nurses who had given\ntheir dates of availability should not be assigned. This referred\nentirely to the nurses who had given their dates of availability\nto the Army. This implies that the papers of such nurses are in the\nWar Department and that military orders have either been issued or\nlikely to be issued. If the nurse is not found at the address which\nshe has given, these orders would probably need to be revoked and\ngreat criticism would fall upon the Red Cross for sending papers of\nmirses who were not available. This did not refer to Red Cross per-\nsonnel for although Miss Lewis had given a date of availability,\nshe was still waiting a sailing date from our Bureau of Personnel\nand could have easily responded for at least a night. I feel sure,\nhowever, that Miss Welch misunderstood this and felt that she was\nacting under instructions from Headquarters.\nI have refrained from entering into any discussion of the\nmerits of the case with the Pike's Peak Chapter, and do not agree\nwith you that the correspondence should be conducted between Wash-\nington and this Chapter. We have had none with them except an ac-\nknowledgement of all the information that they have sent to me and\nthe simple statement that Miss Lewis had sailed before it was possi-\nble to make an investigation. My files show that when the subject\nwas first brought under discussion with them it was, in every in-\nstance, referred to the Division Director of Nursing. May I not,\ntherefore, ask you to communicate with the Pike's Peak Chapter and\nstate that copies of all the papers are being sent to France and\nthat the investigation will be held in that country, and that we\nhope to be able to settle the question with as little delay as\npossible.\nVery truly yours,\nActing Director,\nDepartment of Nursing.\nCDN/H"
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