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    "ocrText": "Miss Delano\nPage 3.\nthey were separated before I could communicate with them, they\nhad no opportunity for a conference and all make the same state-\nment that they vere never criticised for indiscretion and resent\nthe accusation that they were returned for misconduct. They are\nhurt beyond measure and feel that in justice to them, both Miss\nBrown and Mrs. Metcalf owe it to them to comrect the impression\nthat they have given the London and New York office.\nAs all of the nurses substantially tell the zame story\nit seems hardly worthwhile to send you copies of the letters from\nall five. They all state that Mrs. Metcalf paid no attention to them\non board - in fact, did not make their acquaintance or look them\nup until they had reached Glasgow although Miss Johnson states that she\nshe placed her definitely in charge of the mares and nurses* aids.\nThey all state that they did not know why they were returned from\nLondon except one of them wired to Miss Hall and received the fol-\nlowing reply:\n\"Your letter to Major Tate of the Personnel Bureau\nof the American Red Cross has been passed to me for\nreply.\n\"The work of the American Red Cross in France is\nrapidly being brought to a conclusion and no more nurses\nare noeded. Mrs. Metcalf was telegraphed to come to\nFrance at once for special duty in another European\ncountry. This bureau is returning its workers to Ameri-\nca as rapidly as possible and if you should come t8\nFrance, we should have to return you to America almost\nimmediately.\n\"I understand that Headquarters in London will make\narrangements for you to return as speedily as possible.\n\"I am sure that you must understnad that with the\nsigning of the armistice, the entire condition in France\nare changed.\nThis, of course, made them feel perfectly comfortable about\ncoming home.\nAs far as I con understand, the mirses* salaries were paid\nbut they were kept in London so long that they exhmusted all their\nresources. Their transportation was paid to Halifax but they \"under-\nstood that they were going direct to New York when they boarded\nthe steamer and had it not been for the generosity of a Red Cross\nman on board the ship tkey would have been left in Halifax without\nfunds\"\nThey all stated that it was true that they spoke to officers\nbut everyone did this and in Glasgow they met some naval officers\nwhom they had known in this country and, I believe, dined with them"
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