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    "ocrText": "5\n5\na\nto\nNATIONAL OFFICERS\nCENTRAL COMMITTEE\nor\n0\nCALVIN COOLIDGE. PRESIDENT\nJOHN BARTON PAYNE, CHAIRMAN\nROBERT w. DE FOREST, VICE PRESIDENT\nJAMES M. BECK\nWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. VICE PRESIDENT\nMRS. AUGUST BELMONT\nTHE AMERICAN RED CROSS\nCORNELIUS N. BLISS\nJAMES COUNSELOR\n-\nMABEL T. BOARDMAN\nELIOT WADSY IRTH. TREASURER\nMRS, HENRY P. DAVISON\nMABEL T. BOARDMAN. SECRETARY\nNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS\nE. B. DOUGLAS\nJOSEPH c. GREW\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nMRS. FRANK v. HAMMAR\nHERBERT HOOVER\nI\nEXECUTIVE OFFICERS\nMAJ. GEN. M. w. IRELAND\nw. w. MORROW\nJOHN BARTON PAYNE, CHAIRMAN\nGUSTAVUS D. POPE\n0\nJAMES L. FIESER, VICE CHAIRMAN\nMRS. HENRY R. REA\nERNEST P. BICKNELL. VICE CHAIRMAN\nJOHN D. RYAN\nGEORGE E. SCOTT\nREAR ADMIRAL E, R, STITT\nn\nJuly 30, 1924.\nELIOT WADSWORTH\nnes\n\"\nHere'\nagresm. shufond 611wet11st..4. City 4. 4.\nROLL CALL RED CROSS NURSES DEFENSE TEST\n3\ne\nDear Red Cross Nurse:\n1\nc\nOn the 12th of September, 1924, on behalf of the War Department\nthe Surgeon General of the United States Army has asked the Red Cross to call\nthe Roll of our Red Cross Nurses, as part of the Defense Test of all organized\nmilitary groups, as well as the citizens of this country. This is the first\npractical test of the peacetime working of the National Defense Act. It does\nnot mean active service, it does not mean giving up your work, but it does mean\nthat you are expected to report to the Committees under which you are enrolled,\nor to such other headquarters as may later be designated, either in person, by\nletter, telephone or telegram. No nurse need be put to any expense, beyond a\ntwo-cent stamp or telephone call, or if she has been particularly tardy, she\nmay need to pay for a telegram.\nRegardless of age, occupation, or present physical condition, you\nare expected to answer the Roll Call on that day exactly as if you were called\ninto active service. Each nurse enrolled in our service appreciates that its\nprimary purpose is a reserve to the Army and Navy Nurse Corps, and therefore\nshould be prepared to answer a call of this sort whenever it may come. It does\nnot mean war, but it does mean preparedness and efficiency. If our enrollment\nstands for this, do not let your failure to answer the Roll Call not later than\nthe morning of the 12th of September, preferably a few days before, bring crit-\nicism upon the whole service, as not measuring up to the purpose for which it\nis organized.\nPlease pass this word on to your sister nurses, watch the public\npress, the nursing journals and the Red Cross Courier for general information,\nand whatever you do keep constantly before you in some conspicuous place the\nwords Report September 12th. \"Here\" !!\nVery truly yours,\nClara anones\n2\nChairman, National Committee,\nSecretary Local Committee,\nRed Cross Nursing Service.\nRed Cross Nursing Service.\nMark this letter \"HERE,\" sign your name and\nMiss Florence M. Johnson\naddress and return it to the local headquarters\n6\nSecretary Manhattan Local Committee\ngiven above if time permits - if not report by\nRed Cross Nursing Service\ntelephone or telegraph.\n(18647)\n598 Madison Avenue\nNow York City"
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