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    "ocrText": "The nurses if possible, should carry a reserve fund of at least $100.00\ninstead of the $50.00 mentioned in the circular. Mr. Holland of the Ameriran\nRed Cross 222-4th Ave. New York City, will be glad to advise you and to suggest\nto you the best method of carrying this money and the amount of French money you\nshould carry.\nAll Business armangements are made by Dr. Babcock of the Division of\nTransportation who will send you instructions, and may I repeat that you should\nnot leave your home until you have received his instructions and carried them out.\nYou should report three (3) days before the designated date of sailing\nto Miss Florence Johnson at 44 East 23rd St. New York City. Miss Johnson is the\nrepresentative of the Nursing Service there, and will see that you receive your\nequipment and have all necessary information concerning your passport and trans-\npor tation.\nTie hope soon to have plans completed for the nurses serving under the\nRed Cross to receive a certain insurance with the privelege of securing addition-\nal insurance if they so desire at the regulation rates. If you have sailed for\nFrance before this plan is completed, information and insurance will be granted\nto you in France, and if you have not sailed you will receive full information\nhere before you sail.\nThe nurses arriving in New York for service under the Red Cross should\nbring a sworn statement from someone who has known her for two years as a letter\nof indentification in case she has no friends in New York to identify her at the\npassport bureau.\nThe nurses arriving in New York after 5 P. M. or on Saturday af ternoon\nor Sunday should communicate with the Central Club, 132 East 43rd St. upon arri-\nval, phone Murray Hill 8700, or with the Park Ave. Hotel, 32nd St. and 4th Ave.\nMurray Hill 3500 in order to make arrangements for board. They will be well taken\ncare of at either of these places until the office is opened.\nOne nurse of each group is selected as Head Nurse for the trip and until\nthe group arrives in Paris and reports to the Representative of the Nursing Service\nMiss Julia Stimson, at 4 Place de la Concorde, Paris. This nurse is also in charge\nof any Nurses Aids who may sail on the same ship. A list of the nurses expected\nto sail in the group is sent to her before the sailing date and she meets all those\nsailing at 44 East 23rd St.\nNurses going over under the Red Cross must understand that we on this\nside cannot promise a definite position to any one nurse. We can and do send a\nletter to our representative stating the experience of each nurse and suggesting\nthe form of service to which she is assigned, but with the changeing situation in\nFrance from day to day it would not be possible for us to do other than this and\nthe nurses are assigned under the direction and at the discretion of our represen-\ntative there and are expected to accept the assignment given them without dissat-\nisfaction.\nWe have received a recent ruling from the State Department that women\nwith brothers in the service cannot be sent to France. Therefore if you have\na\nbrother in the service, it will not be possible for you to secure a passport. We\nare endeavoring to have this ruling modified in favor of nurses, but as yet have\nnot succeeded, so if you have a brother in the service we will notify you as soon\nas we have definite information.\nVery truly yours,\nLM-M\nDirector, Bureau of Field\nNursing Service."
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