Letter from [Clara Noyes] to Agnes von Kurowsky

-2- Nurses and to whom equipment cards are issued must have these filled out Full equipment will be provided. being City, as soon after their receipt as possible, by special delivery, York returned to the Bureau of Equipment at 44 East 23rd Street, New waists, careful to give the correct instructions as to the size of hat, called for by you. gloves, etc. Your equipment will be hold in New York until ed for that passport willbo issued by your Division Director. We have Instructions regarding your applying date for passport, and we also suggest that they notify us of make the application they ask all nurses to notify us of the dat& on which they suggest- post card or by letter. on which they return their equipment cards to Now York, either by work of this uncertainty we would urge that you do not give sailing. In steamers view it is difficult to give an approximate date of your Due to the limited spase on the This that you are doing until you have received instructions to up proceed. the save you considerable time in waiting. may give you very little time to make final arrangements, but may as apparel with you as possible, as this will be shipped back to your your home You should take as little of own soon as you have received the Red Cross equipment. taken. coats will be allowed, but a knitted scarf of kcald or navy blue may be fur No fürs such as muffs, scarfs, or should un erstand that 170 cannot promise a definite assignment overseas to Nurses assigned to service marse. for They are selected for service with reference to their any assignment Nursing Service accordingly. They are expetted, therefore, to of the special types of work, and are assigned by the representative properation as may be given them under such circumstances without accept question. such Nurses serving unior the Bod Cross abroad are under serious ethical obligations not only to the Nursing pro- fession, but to the Red Cross whom they represent. They should bear in mind that any slight act of indiscre ion or thoughtlessness on their part may lay the Red Cross Nursing Service, and the Nursing profession of America open to serious criticism. Conditions under which they may be work- ing may call for a complete readjustment of their method of living and work- ing and their outlook upon life. Wo do not look upon your assignment to foreign duty as a sacrifice but a glorious privilege and an opportunity to carry the spirit of Nursing and the svirit of the Red Cross wherever you may go.