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    "ocrText": "WELLESLEY WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE\n18359\nPRESIDENT ELLEN F. PENDLETON, '86, HONORARY CHAIRMAN\nMISS GRACE G. CROCKER, '04, CHAIRMAN\nMISS BELLE SHERWIN, '90\nCHANNING PLACE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.\n3328 EUCLID AVE., CLEVELAND, OHIO\nMISS CANDACE c. STIMSON, '92, TREASURER\nDR. LOUISE TAYLER-JONES, '96\n277 LEXINGTON AVE., NEW YORK CITY\nTHE ROCHAMBEAU, WASHINGTON, D. c.\nMRS. ELVA YOUNG VAN WINKLE, '96\nS\nMRS. THEODORA BROWN SILVER, '88, SECRETARY\n23 ARLINGTON ROAD, WOBURN, MASS.\n374 MAIN ST., SPRINGFIELD, MASS.\nMISS HELEN M. KELSEY, '95\nMRS. DORA EMERSON WHEELER, '92\n105 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN, N.Y.\n34 ALVESTON ST., JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS.\nMRS. ALICE UPTON PEARMAIN, '83\nSUB-COMMITTEE ON FUNDS AND SUPPLIES\n388 BEACON ST., BOSTON\nMRS. HELEN GOSS THOMAS, '12, CHAIRMAN\nMISS MABEL L. PIERCE, '04\n71 MT. VERNON STREET\n1000 CHESTNUT ST., SAN FRANCISCO\nBOSTON\nAPAIR. E F1191.8.\nRECEIVED\nMiss Clara D. Noyes,\nAPRY-1918\nDirector, Bureau of Field Nursing Service.Ref\nartinists\nAmerican Red Cross, Washington, D.C.\nMy dear Miss Noyes:\nMiss Stimson has forwarded to me your letter of\nMarch 27th, Itregretdverymuch that there has been some misunder-\nstanding in the manner in which we should proceed to have Miss\nBurrowes and Miss Bissell, both Red Cross nurses, assigned to the\nWellesley Unit for foreign service.\nI have written Miss Bissell to communicate with you\nat once asking for this assignment I also stated that you had\n3\nwritten me that the Red Cross would furnish her equipment.\nIn a\nletter from Mr. Millett, Director of the Bureau of Personnel, Wash-\nington; he states that Mr. Hamlen and his understanding is that the\nRed Cross will pay her and Miss Burrowes such salaries as are cus-\ntomary for Red Cross Nurses in the service.\nThe Wellesley Committee does assume the travelling ex-\npenses and maintenance of the members of the Unit where the individ-\nual does not herself meet these expenses.\nAt your suggestion the committee has appointed Miss\nBurrowes as director of the nursing activities of the Unit.\nmade formal application to you for assignment to the Wellesley Unit.\nI judge from your letter that Miss Burrowes has already\nThanking you for your interest and co-operation, am,\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Crocker /\nChairman Wellesley War Service Committee\n4\na\n2"
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