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    "ocrText": "23720\nSeptember 23, 1918.\nMiss Gertrude E. Mill,\n795 Cass St.,\nDetroit, Mich.\nMy dear Miss ill:\nI was exceedingly sorry to receive\nyour letter this morning bringing the news that you\nfeel you must go into the military service. Of course I\nwill release you if it is you final decision to abandon\nyour public health work, but before you do so, I want you\nto be sure to understand that the Red Cross does not want\nits public health nurses to go into military service.\nThe care of the health of the people\nat home is just as.important as that of the soldiers as\nthe latter would be powerless if the Industries at home\nare not kept up to their maximum. Now more than ever\nour public health work is improtant and is patriotic.\nThere is great need for nurses in the military service,\nbut we are in hopes of filling this need without taking\nour public health nurses who have another part of the\nwar program to carry out.\nI shall wait to hear from you\nagain before I transfer your papers to the military service.\nYours sincerely,\nssociate Director,\nRed Cross Bureau of Public Health Nursing.\nFx/MM"
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