Colonel Baker issued this special order directing Dr. Esther Leonard and others to report for duty at Base Hospital No. 15. Dr. Leonard served as a contract surgeon during World War I at the Army General Hospital No. 1 in New York City and at an evacuation hospital in Vichy, France. Transcription: HEADQUARTERS EVACUATION HOSPITAL NO. 6 American Expiditionary Forces, France 15 November 1918. Special Order No. 83 1. In compliance with telegraphic instructions from HAEF., dated November 12, 1918., Operating Team No 158 headed by Major Ingraham, and composed of the following personnal, will
Colonel Baker issued this special order directing Dr. Esther Leonard and others to report for duty at Base Hospital No. 15. Dr. Leonard served as a contract surgeon during World War I at the Army General Hospital No. 1 in New York City and at an evacuation hospital in Vichy, France. Transcription: HEADQUARTERS EVACUATION HOSPITAL NO. 6 American Expiditionary Forces, France 15 November 1918. Special Order No. 83 1. In compliance with telegraphic instructions from HAEF., dated November 12, 1918., Operating Team No 158 headed by Major Ingraham, and composed of the following personnal, will proceed to Base Hospital No. 15, reporting upon arrival to the commanding Officer for duty. Major Clarence H. Ingraham Captain Thomas B. Holmes Dr. Leonard Pfc Joseph A. Jaffe Pfc Henry E. Thole The travel directed is necessary in the Military Service The Quartermaster Dept, will furnish commutation of rations for the period necessary to complete the journey, to the above mentioned soldiers and nurses. BY ORDER OF COLONEL BAKER George Blackburne Captain, Adjutant Title: Special Order No. 83, extract, Headquarters, Evacuation Hospital No. 6, American Expeditionary Forces, France, November 15, 1918 . 15 November 1918. Blackburne, George
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