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    "ocrText": "- the\ne\n+\n5\nun\n2937\n-2-\n3\ns\nNurses arriving in New York af ter - 5 P. M. or on Saturday afternoon or Sunday\n5\nshould communicate with the Oentral Club. 132 East 45th Street, phons Murray Hill\n8700, or with the Park Avenue Hotel; 32 Street and 4th Avenue; Murray Hill 3500,\nwith whom-arrangements have been made for your board. You'will be well taken care\nof at either of these places until:theroffice is opened.\nOne nurse in each group is selected by Miss Johnson as theihead nurse. and\nuntilithey;arrive in Paris and report to the representative of the Nursing Ser-\nvice, Miss Julia Stimson, at 4 Place de La Concorde, Paris; she actsras such.\nThis nurseris also in charge of nurses* aids.who may sail on the :same ship.\n+\nNurses assigned to service.underatheRed Cross over seas should understand\n100th\nthat we cannot  romiseaedefinite.assignment to any nursez They are selected\nfor service with ref erence to their special types of work and\nare assigned by the representatives of the Nursing:Service overseas accordingly,\nalthough changing conditions may make this temporarily impossible. They are ex-\npected, therefore, runder such circumstances, to accept such assignment as may be\ngiven them, without questions\nNurses serving in foreign countries under the Red Cross are under serious\nethical obligations not enlycto the mursing profession but to the Red Cross whom\nthey represent They should bear in mind that any slight act of indiscretion or\nthoughtlessness on their part. may lay the Red Cross Nursing Service and the nurs-\ning profession of America. open to serious criticism. Conditions under which they\nmay be working may call for arcomplete readjustment of their method of living and\nworking and their outlook upon life. We do not look upon your assignment to over-\nseas duty as a. sacrifice but as a glorious privilege and an opportunity to carry\nthe spirit of nursing and the spirit of the Red Cross wherever you may go.\nWe shall watch your -work with great interest through the reports-that.are\nsubmitted to us by the prepentative of the Nursing Service in the \"country :where\nyou may- be serving.\nWe are always glad to hear from you at any time and we stand ready to assist\nyou should the need of such assistance: arise. <You carry with you our best wishes\nfor your success. Believe me as,\nVery truly yours,\nDirector, Bureau of Field Nursing Service\n2\nN/A\na\nu"
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