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January 29, 1915. Miss Mary K. Nelson, The Highland Hospital, 1820 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. My dear Miss Nelson: Your application for enrollment as a Red Cross nurse has been forwarded to this office through the Boston Local Committee and I am sending by separate mail your appointment card and badge. May I thank you for the report recently sent by the Highland Hospital which I have looked over with much interest. There is a possibility that we may send some Red Cross nurses to France about the 20th of February and may I ask if you would be available for service at that time? I am sending a physical examination blank and if you desire appointment, will you kindly return this at once so that I may send you instructions in regard to immunity treatment for typhoid. May I also ask if you speak French? In your letter of January 20 you say that you would prefer to give up your position for the purpose of qualifying for continued service in Red Cross work. It seems only fair to tell you that we have no permanent positions connected wi th the Red Cross and if assigned to duty in Europe your connection with the Red Cross would probably be severed upon your return from this duty. We use our Red Cross nurses only in time of relief work or special service such as we are now doing in Europe. I do not wish you to resign your present position unless you clearly under- stand the circumstances. Yours sincerely, Chairman National Committee Red Cross Nursing Service. D-A. Inclosure.

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