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    "ocrText": "A. R, C\nOFFICERS\nRED\nRELEVEN\nDR. CHARLES FOX GARDINER, CHAIRMAN\nMR.T.-C. KIRKWOOD. VICE CHAIRMAN\nMR. W. M. HAGER, TREASURER\nFEB1 91919\nMRS. FRANCIS D. PASTORIUS, SECRETARY\nheferred to\nPIKES PEAK CHAPTER. AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS\n610 NORTH CASCADE AVENUE\nCOLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO\nFebruary 13, 1919.\nMiss Clara B. Noyes, Director\nBureau of Field Nursing Service A. R. C. ,\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Miss Noyes:\nYour letter of January 15th, stating that our protest of Decem-\nber 19th, which necessitated immediate attention, if any, was under\nadvisement appending further information from the Mountain Division\nHeadquarters, and the fact that a month has since intervened with\nno action having been taken, can be interpreted in only one way.\nWe accepted in good faith your explanation that Nurse Lewis\nhad sailed contrary to your orders and assumed, naturally, a cable\nwould notify your Paris representatives of the mistake. Instead,\nNurse Lewis was immediately cited for conspicuous service in the\nhome of Colonel House and later obtained the coveted assignment to\nduty with the army of occupation in Germany. Had the Department\nof Nurses been sincere in considering our protest this could not have\nhappened.\nIt did not occur to us there was anything final about a person\nsailing for Europe but, apparently, it ended the matter as far as\nthe Department of Nurses is concerned except for a perfunctory inves-\ntigation which, at the rate it is being conducted, can not be com-\npleted before Nurse Lewis' natural return to the United States.\nAny action in regard to Nurse Lewis after her work abroad would\nbear the marks of personal animosity rather than of a dignified pro-\ntest for the good of the cause. As no such feelings have at any"
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