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My dear Miss Noyes:
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I am pleased to write my recollections of Mis/s
Helen Scott Hay during the time we were associated in 1914. At
that time I was a Major in the Medical Corps of the Army assigned
as Chief of the Bureau of Medical Service of the American Red
Cross. The International and War Relief Boards of the American
Red Cross had decided to charter a ship to carry trained personnel
and hospital supplies to the belligerent nations involved in the
World War, all of whom accepted this offer of assistance. No
American ship was available but two ships were offered free of
charge and the "Hamburg" of the Hamburg-American Line was selected.
Her name was changed to the "Red Cross" though at the time she was
often spoken of as the "Mercy Ship". These organizations were
known as "Hospital Units".
It wes my duty to select the American surgeons
and furnish the medical supplies composing this first European relief
expedition, and my good friend, the late Miss Jane Delano, chose the
nurses. I distinctly recall the efficiency with which Miss Hay
impressed us all from the moment of her appointment as Supervising
Nurse of the group on the journey to England. Miss Hay previously
had been appointed at the request of Queen Eleonoré to establish a
training school in Bulgaria but her scheduled departure on August 4th
was delayed by the outbreak of the war. The relief expedition was
therefore fortunate in securing her to take charge of the nursing
detachment on the trip overseas. Her experience as an executive and
leader and her high standards, made themselves apparent from the
very first. Her energy and unfailing optimism spread to all about
her and both the medical and the nursing staffs felt the fullest
confidence in her ability to meet and solve problems as they arose.
From England she proceeded to Russia with the Hospital Units sent
to that country. Her physical endurance was taxed to the utmost
before her tasks with the expedition were finished but she met every
test with the quiet firmness, tact and dignity that one would expect
from her fine character and past experience.
The subsequent series of difficult positions to
which her duties called her and the success with which she filled
them could have been predicted by any of us who were associated with
her on the S. 6. "Red Cross".
Sincerely,
Rob't. U. Patterson,
Miss Clara D. Noyes,
Major General,
National Director,
The Surgeon General.
Red Cross Nursing Service,
American Red Cross,
Washington,D.c
2
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2018
2
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