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    "ocrText": "M\nFORM NO 381\nNATIONAL OFFICERS\nRED CROSS WAR COUNCIL\nBY APPOINTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES\ne WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT\n-\n1\nROBERT w. DE FOREST, VICE-PRESIDENT\nHENRY P. DAVISON, CHAIRMAN\nJOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, TREASURER\nJOHN D. RYAN\nJOHN w. DAVIS, COUNSELOR\nCORNELIUS N. BLISS, JR.\nSTOCKTON AXSON, SECRETARY\nTHE AMERICAN RED CROSS\nHARVEY D. GIBSON\n-\nGEORGE B. CASE\nNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS\n-\nWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT\nEX OFFICIO\na\nCHAIRMAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE\nELIOT WADSWORTH, VICE-CHAIRMAN\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\nWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT\na\nHARVEY D. GIBSON, GENERALIMANAGER\nELIOT WADSWORTH\n+\nJuly 23, 1918\nMERICAN RED\nWASHIN\nMrs. Martha S. Clark,\nMAILS\na\n658 N. Frazier St.,\nRE:\nPhila., Pa.\nJUL 27 1918\nS\nChecks\nCurrency\n1:00\nCoin\n$\nOrder\n$\nSthmps\n$\nDear Madam:\nYou have been definitely accepted for Red 20 Cross Service abroad.\nWe are booking you to sail from New Yoxk on\nAug.\n,\nand request you\nto report to our office, 222 Fourth Avenue, corner 18th Street, six days\nprior to the afore mentioned sailing date. Is this satisfactory?\nWe are sending you herewith information about various details.\nPlease note that the form letter regarding passport, speaks of a letter\nof endorsement from us. It also states that your passport application\nwill be sent by the Court to the Stäte Department in Washington.\nOwing to a recent change in prodedure ordered by the State\nDepartment, you are informed that this letter will constitute your endorse*\nment, in place of the formal letter which was used previously. Further-\nmore, the Court will send your application direct to the Red Cross, Bureau\nof Personnel, Washington, D. C., instead of to the State Department.\nNote further that all women must make a statement on their pass-\nport application that they have no male relatives, (husbands, sons, fathers\nor brothers) in the armed service of the United States. either here or abroad,\nor overseas in the service of any organizations such as the Red Cross,\nY. M. C. A., Knights of Columbus, etc. In the case of these organisations\nthe prohibition does not apply to those who have relatives in this country.\nYours very truly,\nR. H. Stiloon\nAssistant Manager.\nDepartment of Equipment,\nTransportation and Passports"
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