Exhibit F—Telegram to Adele Louise Hoppock from Squier - 1918

[Exhibit F—Telegram]

Washington, D.C., April 5, 1918.

Adele Louise Hoppock,
c/o Mr. C. B. Allsop, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
San Francisco, Calif.

Under authority of Secretary of War dated April Seventh 1917. You will proceed to New York City reporting by Saturday April Thirteenth to R. F. Estabrook, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 195 Broadway, for instruction in telephony. You will apply to the nearest quartermaster or recruiting officer for transportation. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. Transportation allowances to be accorded you same as prescribed for Army nurses in Army regulations. You will preserve copy of this order.

Squier,
Chief Signal Officer Per Wessen.
623PM

"[Exhibit F—Telegram]: Affidavit of Gertrude Hoppock: Telegram from Squire/Wesson, US Army, 5 April 1918," in Recognition for Purposes of VA Benefits, Hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Unted States Senate, Ninety-Fifth Congress, First Session on S. 247, S. 1414, S. 129, and Related Bills. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 25 May 1977. p. 364.