Armenian News Network / Groong
NINETY-SIX YEARS AGO TODAY. The S.S.
Leviathan leaves Hoboken, New Jersey on Sunday, February 16 th 1919
with nearly 250 early responder volunteers of the American Committee for Relief
in the Near East anxious and determined to help in reconstruction. Talented and
willing American help for survivors of the Turkish Genocide against the
Armenians is on its way. A detailed
list of workers and their efforts to salvage remnants, and putting the
fragments together.
Armenian News Network / Groong
February 16, 2015
Special to Groong by Abraham D. Krikorian and Eugene L. Taylor
Long Island, NY
Here is not a nation, temporarily washed from its habitat by the wave of war, but an entire people, deported, exiled, scattered, tortured and butchered — and not for the sake of conquest or strategic advantage over the enemy, but for the deliberate purpose of exterminating that people from the face of the earth. What is left of the Armenian race [are] but few fragments, and the task of putting these fragments together and maintaining them is the task of the United States.
1915 release to the Press by Committee on Armenian Atrocities (New York City)
There recently was a Preparedness Parade, which marched up Fifth Avenue twenty abreast and took about thirteen hours to pass a given point. From 10 A.M. till well into the evening, this great army of 125,000 continued to tramp up the street. If the Armenian men, women and children who died in Turkey within a twelvemonth should rise again and march in solemn procession to beg the assistance of the American people for their surviving brothers, the procession...marching twenty abreast would take two days and two nights to pass the Great Viewing Stand.
From Relief Work in the Turkish Empire in Bulletin No. 5 Latest News Concerning the Armenian and Syrian Sufferers May 24, 1916
Foreword
We contemplated designating this post as The Leviathan Party Sent to Turkey-in-Asia by the American Committee for Relief in the Near East in the Aftermath of Massacre, Persecution and Starvation: a list and partial profile of the First Responder Volunteers as a resource in Armenian genocide studies. The title ultimately used is considerably longer, but we opted for the longer because it was more detailed and hence more informative. We like detail since as the adage says The devil is in the detail.
All should know that this is a year of special commemoration. It is the centenary of the onset of the genocide against the Armenians by the Young Turk regime who were in charge of the Ottoman Empire. There are of course many ways of remembering. Some years ago on our retirement we undertook the task of attempting to attest and attribute relevant photographs. Attest simply stated means affirming the accuracy of what a photograph represents, and attribute means identifying a given photograph with a person, place and time. [Endnote 1]
What follows is an effort on our part to make available for convenient use and further study, a listing of volunteers who went to genocide-ravaged regions and centers of destruction to help. Theirs are important human stories ̶ stories of work and effort among survivors to replace despair with hope.
This project was started some years ago. Although it has not matured as much as we had hoped in the interim, it seems appropriate to make it available now in this commemorative year so that those interested can make use of it and perhaps even see fit to add to it. We hope that it may one day reach the level of completeness that it so richly deserves. We are aware of a number of collaborative group and joint efforts aimed at achieving ends this special commemorative year that would otherwise be overwhelming for any given individual. Filling in the blanks here may well qualify for such further work. Only time will tell.
In an extemporaneous film we uploaded to You Tube on the History of the Armenian Orphan Rug we have described the volunteers who served in the Near East Relief as Heroes. Indeed they were. The range of broad human service extended by these volunteers was, to use a nowadays much overused word, awesome. We can think of no better place than the lists of volunteers who served in the Near East Relief as a starting place to track down photographs relating to the period when the pieces of the Armenian nation were being picked up. In this posting we will not present specific photographs reflecting what workers found at their appointed posts. A few may be seen, however, incorporated into our video video.[Endnote 2.]
Like many others, we view photographs as witnesses. Many will agree that the Internet is both a blessing and a curse. This is especially so when it comes to attestation and attribution. Reinventing the Old County, the yerghir, or the Land, imagining, better yet visualizing the various persecutions in Ottoman Turkey culminating in the Genocide, and the post-Genocidal period each have their enthusiasts, followers and partisans. Surprisingly, it has only been relatively recently that professional historians have oriented themselves in seeking to understand the past through photographs and imagery. For our part, we will state that it is not an easy task, is fraught with many challenges, and depends in no small measure on a good deal of luck. We are content, indeed happy, that we are not historians and there have felt quite free to follow any path that conditions and opportunities seem to dictate. [Endnote 3]
Deliberate confusion and obfuscation of incontestable facts through dogged and selective concentration on specific photographs has been utilized and exploited by many who seek to deny the Armenian Genocide just as they have been by those who deny the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews and others who were targets of the venomous hatred of the Nazis. [Endnote 4] The fact remains however that no amount of minor criticism can detract from the fact of the Armenian Genocide. The intent on the part of the Turks and their supporters ever since the perpetration of the genocide has been to stimulate controversy by whatever means may seem appropriate at any given moment. As stated many years ago by Dr. Gerard Libaridian The Armenian Genocide is not an historiographical problem, it is a political one.
In our experience, one of the best ways to achieve excellent attestation and attribution, that is image and reality, is by seeking out individuals or their descendants who were on the scene at any given point or given timeframe and actually took or have photographs, and who wrote letters and accounts, and even kept diaries. Obviously this is not a trivial task, but it is a valuable approach that has been very much underexploited so far as finding photographs that can serve as historical landmarks.
We, like many others, have noted the irony that many Armenian photographers were active in the Ottoman Empire right from the very outset of availability of photography as a technique. Yet their legacy on the genocide and its aftermath is exceedingly minimal for very understandable reasons. When the Ottoman Government finally relented to the repeated requests of the United States and grudgingly allowed relief to be given to its victims, the response was quick. This has been commented on from time to time using arguments that the Turks were merely covering their selfish interests in the event their ally Germany lost the war, or that they themselves could reap benefits from foreign aid – those in authority seeking shamelessly to take a percentage for themselves through graft, corruption, theft whatever. There also was a very real concern, even fear, on the part of Turkey that the United States might enter the war on the side of the Entente, declare war on Turkey etc. There even was an equally damning evaluation of the Turks by an American who knew and worked over many years with the Ottoman government authorities. He drew attention to the Turks as predictably being of an unfocussed mindset whereby they were typically unable to carry out any continuity of action. Be that as it may, and on the surface of things, relief was being allowed by the Ottoman authorities. The real problem was getting it to those in desperate need. Travel infrastructure in the Empire was marginal. Not only getting relief to all in need but in a timely manner. That activity constituted additional challenges and many stories have emerged from that trying to work under such circumstances. For example, trucks were ultimately deemed very unsatisfactory for transporting relief supplies to the Kharpert region. Ultimately, time-tested camel caravans had to be relied upon to bring materials from the Black Sea coastal ports.
But let us jump ahead to the time when the war was over, and a number of the areas of Asia Minor were opened up, more or less to relief and reconstruction. After all, survivors who had been driven out were supposedly being allowed by the winners of the war to go home.[Endnote 4]
Before we give the main enumeration of the volunteers we think some additional background will be useful. We give this background in the form of a few accounts from newspapers. This is because the newspapers were the main source of information for those first learning what was being done to the Armenians of Turkey, and eventually those Americans who were contemplating volunteering. The American missionaries who voluntarily left or were forced to leave the Empire during the genocide or were on leave back home or in Europe and could not return were among the first who were anxious to get back to their people.
A few references and excerpts from the New York Times follow. The ones selected here are interesting especially since they refer to the situation fairly early on.
NY Times Sept. 15, 1916 pg. 4. Washington. Sept. 14, 1916. Turkey Will
Permit Relief for Syrians. Ottoman Government Yields to Pleas by Washington for
Starving People.
The action reverses the previous attitude of Turkish officials, who
had refused two urgent please of the department for the privilege to make food
shipmentsThe [State] department regarded Turkeys action was especially
timely, since Oct. 21 and 22 have been named in a proclamation by President
Wilson as relief days for raising further funds and supplies for Syrians and
Armenians. The consent of the Ottoman government with respect to Syria does not
apply to Armenia, but negotiations are being continued for similar concessions
there. (Our emphasis) As forwarded by the Embassy at Constantinople, the
Turkish communication fixes only one condition, that supplies for Syria be
distributed from Beirut through the Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesTurkey had insisted that there was no
need for relief supplies there [Syria].
Advices from other sources, however, convinced the State Department that
many of the inhabitants had been reduced to starvation.
NY
Times Oct. 4, 1916 pg. 2.
Washington. Oct. 3, 1916. Asks for $5,000,000 to Succor Armenia. American Committee Starts Biggest
Undertaking of Mercy Since Relief of Belgium.
An exhaustive summary
of the whole Armenian and Syrian situation was made public and will be sent to
ministers of 120,000 churches all over the country and to many leading citizens
and relief organizations. A fund of $5,000,000 is called for to relieve
1,000,000 destitute, exiled and starving Armenians and Syrians scattered
broadcast all over Turkey, Persia, Syria and Palestine. The appeal declares that nearly
2,000,000 Armenians originally in their native country, three quarters of a
million have been massacred, or have died of wounds, disease or exhaustion
since the war began. People were found eating grass, herbs and locusts,
says the committee in describing its investigation of conditions in Armenia,
and in desperate cases dead animals and human bodies have been reported to
have been eaten. In some cases men were lined up so that several could be shot
with one bullet in order not to waste ammunition. A mother said that not a girl above 12
(and some younger) in the village of — escaped violation. The people kill
and eat street dogs...
NY
Times Oct. 22, 1916 pg. 2. Give
MILLIONS TODAY TO SAVE ARMENIANS.
It was announced
yesterday that one wealthy American who has already given $18,000 to the
Armenian and Syrian fund had sent another check for $25,000. By request of the giver his name was
withheld and will not be made public. Part of the receipts of the Yale-Harvard
football game in the Yale stadium will be donated to the fund while the Rev.Billy Sunday, who is holding a revival is to take up
a special collection in the Detroit Tabernacle. As soon as the money collected begins
coming in, which will be the next few days, the Committee in New York, of which
Charles P. Crane, 70 Fifth Avenue, is the Treasurer, will begin the purchase of
the most needed supplies, which are to be shipped to Armenia and Syria on a United
States naval collier loaned to the committee for that purpose by order of
President Wilson. Mr. Crane said
yesterday that he hoped that at least $4,000,000 will
be raised in the next three weeks.
A
statement detailing conditions in Armenia and Syria, as based on the latest
reports received from Turkey, was given out by the Armenian and Syrian
Committee yesterday. What is
left of the Armenian race is described in that statement as but few fragments, and the task of putting these
fragments together and maintaining them is the task, the committee adds, of the
United States,
Here is not a nation, says the statement, temporarily washed from it habitat by the wave of war, but an entire people, deported, exiled, scattered, tortured and butchered — and not for the sake of conquest or strategic advantage over the enemy, but for the deliberate purpose of exterminating that people from the face of the earth. (our emphasis, see epigraph at the outset of this article.)
Then follows a
complete story of the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks, and of the
torturing or deportation of the survivors, a story which was told in all its
detail in Viscount Bryces report, which was published in THE NEW YORK TIMES
two weeks ago.
One dollar, it is
pointed out, will sustain ten people one week in Asia Minor. An average of $1
given by each American, it is added, will keep alive what is left of the sufferers
for two years.
Hopefully these newspaper reports set the stage a bit as to what was happening after the onset of the Genocide in 1915. Let us go forward to 1919.
The history of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (ACRNE), a predecessor of what came ultimately to be the Near East Relief, has been told more than a few times.[Endnote 5]
After the War ended it took a while for the conditions in Asia Minor to improve to the point where relief workers could enter the Constantinople port areas (they had been mined). Eastern Asiatic Turkey was a still greater obstacle, and the Americans who went over to assess the situation concluded that it was not yet safe for the volunteers to travel into the interior.
Finally, in the NY Times February 17, 1919 pg. 6 we read that Near East Expedition Leaves. A reproduction of the full notice follows.
The S.S. Leviathan was formerly the S.S. Vaterland, a Hamburg-American (German) liner. It was the largest ship on the seas (tonnage 59,956; length 950 ft.; 4 times around the promenade deck = 1 mile) and had been interned at Hoboken by the Americans at the outbreak of the European war in 1914. It was taken over, commandeered by the U.S. Government when the Americans declared war on Germany on December 7, 1917. It was refitted, renamed S.S. Leviathan and was used as an Army transport for American troops to Brest, Finistre, France in Brittany. The ship was often referred to as one of Germanys worst enemies. Nine thousand soldiers were typically carried per trip.
Below we present an image from a German postcard giving the particulars of Vaterland. This is followed by a photograph showing the Leviathan painted in camouflage. It was photographed on May 30, 1918 by the United States Signal Corps photographer Lt. A.J. Sutton and we scanned it at U.S. National Archives, College Park, Maryland (RG 111 Box 105). When the Leviathan was transporting the ACRNE volunteers to Brest, France, the Leviathan still had its camouflage (see 2nd image below). By May 1919 its camouflage had been painted over or removed (see 3rd photo below). That photo also shows tugs near the Leviathan that allows the sheer scale of size to be appreciated.
The June 13, 1924 issue of Near East Reliefs now very rare serial magazine Team
Work we find a fairly comprehensive document, some 64 pages long, of those who
served in relief efforts. The
Leviathan party people are so designated. Since they belong to that distinct
group of what might today be called first responders they have special pride
of place not only for their timely volunteering for service in general but
their very early service from among the more than 10,000 individuals who
eventually served. Others had given
aid and helped survivors of the massacres etc. but were not part of the large
organized effort that constituted the ACRNE. It is beyond the scope of this brief article
to provide the significance of all this in the context of the foundations of
humanitarian aid efforts but so far as the United States is concerned it may be
useful to point out that a December 14, 1930 brief book
review of the Story of Near East Relief, an
interpretation by Rev. Dr. James L. Barton, 1930) opened with the
following: In a very real and intimate sense this book belongs to almost the
whole of the people of the United States, since almost every man, woman and
child in the country contributed to the work of the Near East Relief, the story
of whose labors and achievements it tells. (NY Times, 14
December 1930 BR pg.18). In
Dr. Bartons Story of Near East Relief (1930) there is an extensive listing
of Overseas Personnel in the form of an appendix but only names are given.
The two shots of the same group photo below taken on the British Red Cross
Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle show the workers in their ACRNE uniforms,
expressly designed for the effort (see below for a brief timetable of travel
from which one can deduce a rough date the photograph was taken).
Rough Timetable of Travel
The
Leviathan Party boarded the ship on the 15th of February. Early the next morning they were on
their way. Among them were some
women who were headed for Paris to serve in the YMCA. Others were
members of the Jewish Board.
Mine-Sweeps were on the sides so that loose mines could be cut
loose. At night, full black-out precautions were in place. The 6-day plus crossing
was smooth and they disembarked at Brest, France on Sunday morning 23 February.
They made their headquarters at the Red Cross at Brest, and boarded U.S.
Hospital train Pullmans with blankets and pillows—berths to just sit on
for Marseilles. They reached Marseilles on Wednesday around 1 P.M. and transferred
promptly to the British Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle, described as an
attractive ship painted white with a Red Cross painted on both sides. It too
was outfitted with mine sweepers, as a precaution. (It had been attacked back
in March of 1917 by a German U-Boat in the English channel.
It was sunk but raised and rehabilitated for service.)
They
went ashore for a day at Salonika, before going on to Constantinople. It was
Saturday morning 8 March that 241 people were landed – some 20 days from
New York. Some were housed at the terminal station of the Oriental
Berlin-Bagdad Railway. Some were taken out to the Prinkipo island,
of the Princes Islands group, and put up at a luxury resort facility that was
still occupied by German officer prisoners of War, etc. Out on the Sea of
Marmora were boats being unloaded of supplies at the warehouse facility at the
German-built deep water port of Derindje. The main
warehouse building also constituted living quarters for women at the top (3rd)
floor, men 2nd floor, the storeroom, dining room, supplies divided for
each unit such as Cesaria, Sivas, Harput, Malatia etc. (These arrangements etc.
were switched and developed as time passed and the facility became fully
operational as a relief supply center.)
There
is a fair body of information through letters that provide detail and
reflection on various happenings. The Missionary
Herald tried to give updates
on happenings (e.g. issue of June 1919 p. 235 ff.). The group that left for
Harpoot (Kharpert) was the last to leave Derindje. This was on the evening of Sunday, May
25, 1919. As an interesting aside we may quote from a letter written by Frances
C. MacDaniels to her Mother dated 25 May, 1919 stating
Well hate to leave this place. It would make a wonderful summer resort. The beautiful bay, hills, wild flowers and birds. They say
theres a lake [Geuljuk] 15 miles from Harpoot, so maybe we can declare a
holiday on the 4th of July and have a regular bath. She seems not
to have known that the ravines and gullies around the Lake were but one of many
scenes of mass murder of Armenians during the Genocide. [See Endnote 6]
Before
we present the Table, it will be helpful also perhaps to gain a bit of a
broader perspective by reproducing a message communicated to Armenian Syrian
Relief in New York City by Navy Radio from Constantinople to Washington, D.C. and
forwarded. This message dated 3/12/1919 (read March 12) provides details such as
were then available on the disposition and status of the volunteers and their
intended postings at the various locations. The scale of this first responder
operation will be evident. Some of the names in this Radio Message will be
familiar to some readers.
Message by Navy Radio, received via
Washington 3/12/19
Please
forward to Armenian Syrian Relief New York from Constantinople
Quote
Relief
ship Westmount sailed February 26th, for Batoum with 5000 tons
flour, one medical unit, clothing, supplies 5000 pairs
shoes all for half million waiting refugees and destitute people. Dr. Main, Elmer, Hadley, Todd
accompanying. Immediate need for
seed grains desperate.
Pensacola
arrived March first with entire party in excellent health and cargo in perfect
condition. All hands engaged in
discharging and storing cargo in preparation for shipment to interior. Cargo all being stored in capacious
warehouses constructed by Germans for military purposes put at our disposal by
British without cost.
Twenty
car train leaving March 6th over Bagdad Railway with Professor Moore
and Dr. Barton for Konia, Adana, Tarsus, Aleppo, Urfa, and Mardin. Workers and supplies
are taken also by same train for Cesarea, Sivas, Marash, Aintab,
Diarbekir and Harput. Additional
trains will follow as soon as workers arrive to receive and distribute
supplies. Country can be entered
with safety since military officers accompany, giving protection and assisting
in relief operations. Railroads are
in hands of British; we are assigned whole trains for the transportation of
cars, motor lorries, workers, farm tractors and to
land supplies at all points reached by rail. Overland
transportation more difficult owing to bad state of roads.
Following
assignment of workers has been made;
Accompanying
Professor Moore to Konia, Cesarea, and Sivas are Custer, Hawkes, Beach, Thayer,
Duer, Linn, Sutherland, Curt, Partridge, Irwin, and John Moore.
Accompanying
Dr. Barton to Adana, Tarsus, Marash, Aintab, Aleppo, Urfa, Mardin, Diarbekir,
and Harput are Loucks, Means, Vrooman, Weeden, Farnsworth, President Gates,
Riggs, Wirt and Carrier.
Joining
Dr. Main, Caucasus, are Ussher, Greenleaf, Ayer, Gilman, and Babcock.
A[at?]. Constantinople center Farnham, Count, Carman, with
Peet, Hatch and Washburn.
Temporarily
at dock and warehouses unloading and arranging cargo and hospital units, trucks
and Fords are MacGeehon, Hoagland, Warden, Perry, Kingsbury, Salman, Bailey,
Willson, Derstine, Bell, Field, and Capt. Niles Connelly, Burgess, and
Stoltzfus brothers, leaving temporarily at Beirut Miller, Hertzler, Graber,
Scott, Deter.
We
are calling from Beirut to Aleppo, Aintab, and Urfa Zimmermann, Miller,
Hertzler, Graber, Scott, Deter.
Visiting
Samsoun and Marsovan with supplies are Hatch, and Washburn, accompanied by
Holway and Smith.
Many
telegrams received from various parts of Turkey report thousands of Armenian
women and children forcibly taken by Turks are being set adrift by command of
high Turkish officers influenced by French and British authorities. Within few days 1300 children have been
discharged in Constantinople and many more in Interior.
The
situation demands immediate and comprehensive action upon a large scale as
surviving Armenians while cooperating to their utmost are too depleted and
impoverished to receive back all their own while the opportunity for rendering
mighty humanitarian service has never been surpassed.
We
are straining every nerve to set the new emergency with our 120 American
workers on ground. Eagerly
anticipating arrival 250 additional workers now on way that medical units may
be put into action and orphans cared for.
The
restoration of thes[e] subject peoples began
simultaneously with arrival of Commission throwing unusual responsibility upon
our Committee since all parties expect us to meet the situation adequately.
Unquote
Barton Sims
The
Table listing the Leviathan volunteers follows the Endnotes and
Acknowledgements below as an Addendum
The headings should be explanatory. To repeat, the Table is a working document. Our hope is that it will open some avenues for those interested in unearthing fresh photographic materials reflecting service to the Armenian remnants. There remains, of course, an enormous task ahead but at least we hope we have provided a first draft sketch. [Endnote 7]
Endnotes
[Endnote
1] For example Tessa Hofmann and Gerayer
Koutcharian (1992) "Images that horrify and indict": pictorial
documents on the persecution and extermination of Armenians from 1877 to 1922,
The Armenian Review, 45, 53-184; Armin T. Wegner,
A.M. Samuelli (1996) Armin T.
Wegner e gli Armeni in Anatolia, 1915: immagini e testimonianze = Armin T.
Wegner and the Armenians in Anatolia, 1915: images and testimonies (Milano:
Guerini e Associati);Ulrich Klan (2008) Armin T. Wegner - Bildnis einer Stimme Begleitbuch
[Armin T. Wegner - Portrait of a Voice, a companion book]
(Gttingen:WallsteinVerlag); Armin T. Wegner, Andreas
Meier, Wolfgang Gust (2011) Die
Austreibung des armenischen Volkes in die Wste: ein Lichtbildvortrag [The
Expulsion of the Armenians into the Desert: a photo report (slide show)] (Gttingen: WallsteinVerlag, as Compact
Disk); A.D. Krikorian and E.L. Taylor (2011) Achieving ever-greater precision
in attestation and attribution of genocide photographs in Tessa Hofmann, Matthias Bjrnlund, Vassilios Meichanetsidis (eds.), The Genocide of the Ottoman Greeks, Studies
on the state sponsored campaign of extermination of the Christians of Asia
Minor, 1912-1922 and its aftermath: history, law, memory (New York and
Athens: Aristide D. Caratzas).
[Endnote
2] See video
on our Conscience Films site entitled "History of the Armenian Orphan Rug
(Coolidge Rug) Made for the White House 1925, a photo essay, with commentary
by Abraham D. Krikorian, and 'scrolling' type-written "Afterword" on
You Tube. The subtitle is Story of an Armenian Rug Made by Armenian Orphans
for the White House: preserving authentic memory of survivors of the Turkish
Genocide against the Armenians. The You Tube URL is: http://youtu.be/MkQQEFsXDRg
[Endnote 3] See http://www.groong.com/orig/Probing-the-Photographic-Record.html `Witnesses' to Massacres and Genocide and their Aftermath: Probing the Photographic Record.
[Endnote 4] For a range of valuable information in a single source see William H. Halls edited volume Reconstruction in Turkey. As series of reports compiled for the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. 1 Madison Ave. New York City. For Private Distribution Only, 1918, 243 pages. This is available as an ebook at https://archive.org/details/reconstructioni00hallgoog
[Endnote 4] Sybil Milton (1986) Images of the Holocaust ̶Part 1. Holocaust and Genocide Studies vol. 1 (no.1) 27-61. Part 2. Vol. 1 (no.2) 193-216;Sybil Milton (1989) Armin T. Wegner: polemicist for Armenian and Jewish right. The Armenian Review vol. 42 (no.4), 17-40;Sybil Milton (1999) Photography as evidence of the Holocaust. History of Photography 23 (no.4), 303-312; Markon, Genya (1999) The Photo Archives of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. History of Photography vol. 23 (no.4), 341-349;Udo Wallendy (2003) Do photographs prove the NS extermination of the Jews? In: Germar Rudolf (editor) Dissecting the Holocaust. The growing critique of Truth and Memory. Theses & Dissertations Press, Chicago, pgs. 243- 267.
[Endnote 5] See James L. Barton (1930) Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930), An Interpretation (Macmillan, New York), 479 pages; for The American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief specifically see the entry under that title by Charles V. Vickrey in The World Court vol. 4 no. 10, Oct.) 1918, 586-589. This is in a special number of the World Court, vol. IV, no. 16 October 1918 entitled Relief and Reconstruction in the Near East. See http://books.google.com/books/about/The_World_Court.html?id=QjouAAAAYAAJ
[Endnote
6] Susan K. Blair (ed.), (1989) The Slaughterhouse
Province, an American Diplomats Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917 (New
Rochelle, NY: Aristide D. Caratzas, Publisher). It is of some interest that Dr.
Ruth A. Parmelee who was born in Turkey, a physician, of missionary parents and
had served at Mezereh at the American Hospital did not confide in Mrs.
MacDaniels as to what had been going on in Mamuret-ul-Aziz. In fact, Mrs.
MacDaniels expressed the opinion that Dr. Parmelee was the least pleasant of
the group going out to Harpoot. In fairness, Dr. Parmelee was a bit of a dour
personality but had seen more than her share of the atrocities committed by
Turks and Kurds, going back to her childhood at Trebizond during the Hamidian massacres.
As time went on, Mrs. MacDaniels and Dr. Parmelee seem to have come to an
accommodation and got along well.]
[Endnote 7] We sometimes joke that we are no longer spring chickens and must move on full forward on getting some of our work out so others can benefit from what we have done.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the United States National Archives for all their help and considerations while working on site both at the College Park, Maryland and at downtown Washington, D.C. facilities. We acknowledge the Oberlin College Archives for allowing us to work there and to study the Laurence H. and Frances C. MacDaniels materials. Likewise, we thank the Archives at the University of California Berkeley, Smith College and Mount Holyoke College. We acknowledge help from Union Theological Seminary, Burke Library, Columbia University Libraries and Hoover Institution, Stanford University Archives and special collections. We owe our sincere thanks also to Mrs. Ellen MacDaniels Speers who has been a great help and source of encouragement to us, especially with her parents letters, photographs etc.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Hoboken,
N.J.
February
14, 1919
Memorandum
for:
Executive
officer, U. S. S. LEVIATHAN.
1. Herewith find LIST OF PASSENGERS for
whom reservations are requested on your vessel scheduled to sail February 16,
1919.
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Hopkins |
Jay P. |
Colonel, C. A. C. |
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|
Chastand |
Emanuel |
Civilian,
Director of School for the Rehabilitation of Disabled
Soldiers |
|
|
|
D'Aran |
Henriette |
Civilian |
Y.W.C.A. |
|
|
Bockum |
Clara |
" |
" |
|
|
Morrison |
Ethel |
" |
" |
|
|
Andrews |
Florence |
" |
" |
|
|
Summers |
Nelle |
" |
" |
|
|
Thompson |
Jennie |
" |
" |
|
|
Benson |
Marion B. (Mrs.) |
Civilian |
Jewish Welfare Board |
|
|
Barnett |
Ray |
" |
" |
|
|
Perlman |
Cyrilla |
" |
" |
|
|
Goodman |
Lillian |
" |
" |
|
|
Levy |
Esther |
" |
" |
|
|
Aaronson |
Etta |
" |
" |
|
|
Eisenberg |
Jennie |
Civilian |
Jewish Welfare Board |
|
|
Burg |
Sadie |
" |
" |
|
|
Wolfson |
Rosa |
" |
" |
|
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Ahlers |
Caroline A. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Ahlers,
Caroline C. (Miss), of Dayton, Ohio, sailed on the "Leviathan,"
February 16, 1919 and served at Samsoun (November, 1919) and at
Constantinople (June, 1920) where she did outstanding work in the Trachoma
Hospital. She returned to the
United States in May, 1922, and is now Assistant
Superintendent of Nurses at the Broad Street Hospital, 129 Broad Street, New
York City. |
|
Allen |
Edith R. |
" |
" |
See
Todd |
R. seems
to be incorrect in the Passenger List |
Anthony |
A. Gertrude |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Balise |
Elma Cakefair
Guest |
" |
" |
- (Mrs.
Peter Balise), of New Haven, Connecticut sailed on
February 16, 1919. The end of the
year found her in Malatia from which she was transferred to Aleppo. She returned June 18, 1920, and is now
living at Hadley, Massachusetts (P. O. Box 444), attending to her duties as a
house wife. |
|
Balph |
James M. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Barker |
H. Constance |
" |
" |
" |
Listed in Barton |
Barnum |
Harry H. |
" |
" |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Berg |
Matilda |
" |
" |
" |
Middle initial L. in Barton |
Bill |
Pauline |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Willimantic, Connecticut, sailed on February 16, 1919, to teach and to
manage a Near East Relief salesroom.
She was at Port Said, November 29, 1919, later at Tripoli, and
returned on May 23, 1920. She is
now at the Sea View Hospital, Staten Island, New York City as Director of
Occupational Therapy. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Blackman |
Blanche S. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Blackman,
Blanche A. (Miss), of New York, sailed on February 16, 1919. She started the nurses' training
school at Marsovan, and came home April 22, 1920. She is now Superintendent of Nurses at
the Broad Street Hospital, 129 Broad Street, New York City. |
Middle initial A. in Barton |
Bliss |
Amy A. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Baldwinsville New York, started overseas on February 16, 1919. She was appointed to Harput where she
did hospital work. Returning, she
left Constantinople on May 15, 1920 and reached America June 21, 1920. |
|
Boberg |
Stanley G. |
|
|
Signed on
from Camp Lee, Virginia as a laboratory assistant. His appointment took him to Marsovan,
whence he returned April 22, 1920.
He is now a bank official in Chicago, his address being 8035 Eberhart Avenue. |
|
Bond |
Louise |
" |
" |
Bond, S.
M. Louise (Miss), registering from New Haven, Connecticut, joined Near East
Relief in February 1919. She was
valuable in Kars in the Caucasus.
When released in June 1920, she went to England. She is now in America, living at
Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York. |
|
Bradley |
Sabra C. |
" |
" |
Bradley,
Sabra Claire (Miss), of Fulton, Missouri, sailed with the "Leviathan"
party of February 16, 1919 and was assigned to Samsoun. Later work took her to Constantinople
and Ismid. She reached home
September 11, 1921. She is now
teaching at Tucson, Arizona, her address being P. O. Box 866. |
|
Bristol |
Elsey L. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Brown |
Anna E. |
" |
" |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Brown |
Mary M. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Burt |
Amy A. |
" |
" |
" |
Listed in Barton as Mrs. Amy
Anthony Burt |
Bury |
Elizabeth A. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of North Coventry, Connecticut enlisted with Near East Relief as a nurse and
sailed on February 16, 1919. She
served at Erivan and Harput, remaining at the latter difficult post (where at
one time she was a sufferer from typhus) until April 30, 1922, when she went
to Constantinople. She arrived in
America April 28, 1923 and be addressed at 168
Chaplin Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. |
|
Carr |
Gladys |
M.D. |
American
Committee for
Relief in the Near East |
Patterson,
Gladys M. Carr – (Dr.; Mrs. William B. Patterson), of Massachusetts
went as Dr. Carr on the "Leviathan" with the medical force as roentgenologist.
She covered the entire field installing,
supervising and teaching X-Ray work in the various hospitals. She returned November 28, 1919. Dr. Carr - Patterson may be addressed
327 West 78th Street, New York City. |
Barton says now Mrs. William
B. Patterson |
Carruth |
Clara L. |
Civilian |
" |
(Miss),
of Bloomfield, New Jersey, started for Erivan with the "Leviathan"
party. Her work was
secretarial. She came home May
17, 1920 and is now acting as assistant in the Department of Religious
Education at Yale University. Her
address is 90 York Square, New Haven, Connecticut. |
Barton says now Mrs. O. G. Reuman |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Carter |
Isabel |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Carter,
Isabel Hopestill (Miss), of East Orange, New
Jersey, interested in industrial work, started for Constantinople on February
16, 1919, with the Wellesley Unit.
She severed her connection with Near East Relief on July 17,
1920. At the moment she is in Yarmouth,
Maine reading mathematics and writing.
|
Not listed in Barton |
Chamberlain |
Louise H. |
" |
" |
Isaac,
Louise H. Chamberlain — (Mrs. Emerson Isaac) of Cleveland, Ohio, sailed
on Frbruary 16, 1919. She was sent to Erivan on a hospital
assignment. There she met Emerson
Isaac, whom she married after her return to America which
was in January, 1920. Mrs.
Isaac's present address is 925 East Morton Street, New Castle, PA. |
" |
Clark |
Alice K. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Evanston, Illinois, went with the "Leviathan" party and taught
at Hadjin. During the more than
six months' siege of the town [,] the American compound was captured by the
Turks but the diplomacy of the Near East Relief people protected the 300
orphans from the attackers. For
several days the Near East Relief personnel and several missionaries were
forced to live in a closet under the stairs. When the Turks recaptured the
buildings on June 13, the inmates were taken to a Turkish camp and held for
two days before being sent on to Caesarea. Miss [Edith] Cold and Miss [Mary]
Super shared the exciting experiences.
Miss Clark left Constantinople for the U.S.A. July 10, 1920 and is now
living at 1217 Forest Avenue, Evanston, Illinois. |
Barton lists as Alice Clark |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Clements |
Colin C. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
of New York, a member of the "Leviathan" party,
looked after educational work in Urfa.
He prepared a text book for use in orphanage
schools. In May 1920, he left
Beirut for Paris. He is now
living in Boston at 118 Mt. Vernon Street. His occupation being that of dramatist
and author. |
|
Cold |
Edith |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Oberlin, Ohio, went out on February 16, 1919, and was appointed to
Hadjin. With Miss Alice Clark and
Miss [Mary] Super
she endured the siege of the town being fired on by the Turks
when she carried a white flag into the compound of the orphanage. With the others she made her way to
Talas and on to Constantinople |
|
Cook |
Elinor M. |
" |
" |
McDowell,
E. W. (Mrs.) served in the Urumia District at Tabriz and at Baghdad. |
Barton
says now Mrs. Robert H. McDowell.
Her husband was McDowell, E. W. (Dr., served in Bagdad as Near East
Relief Director. In the autumn of
1922 he went to Constantinople with the Nestorian Mission. In the early summer of 1923 he reached
New York. He and Mrs. McDowell
may be addressed care Presbyterian Board of Missions, 156 Fifth Avenue, New
York City. |
Cooley |
Margaret |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Berkeley, Calif., did relief work at Baku during 1919. Her address is 2241 Glen Avenue,
Berkeley, California. |
Not listed in Barton |
Cooper |
Stella I. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
" |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Corning |
Sarah (Br) |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
(Miss),
of Hanover, New Hampshire, sailed on February 16, 1919. She was billeted to Erivan for
hospital service. Stationed at
Marsovan Miss Corning did a [sic] distinguished humanitarian work. She was
in Smyrna in October after the disaster and from there went to Greece in
January of 1923. In September she
was in Oropos and reached America in December 1923,
after an absence of nearly five years.
She is now visiting her friends and resting. Her address being Chegoggin,
Yarmouth Country, Nova Scotia. |
|
Coughlin |
Mary E. |
" |
" |
Peterson, Mary E. Coughlin (Mrs. Axel
S. Peterson), of Massachusetts, as Miss Coughlin, joined the nursing
personnel on the "Leviathan" and was sent to Adana. There she was in charge of the clinic
in the orphanage through the winter of 1919-1920. In the Spring she went to the island
of Proti and was transferred to the Red Cross (May
18, 1920), which took over the care of the Russian refugees on that
island. Mrs. Peterson is now
living at 1200 South Carlisle Street, Philadelphia, Pa. |
Barton says now Mrs. Axel S.
Peterson |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Curry |
Gladys A. (Br) |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Curry,
Gladys Alma (Miss), went to Aintab and Beirut, sailing with the
"Leviathan" party. She
returned to America in early 1920, but soon went overseas again and in 1922
was a volunteer with Near East Relief in Constantinople. Her permanent address on the side of
the water is care U.S. Motrgag & Trust Co.,
Madison Avenue and 74th Street, New York City. |
Barton lists as Gladys Curry |
Dando |
Anna |
" |
" |
Parmelee,
Anna Dando - Mrs. H. C., of Frostburgh, Md., as
Miss Dando, joined the "Leviathan" party of February 16, 1919. She was assigned to Mardin, August
1919, and in October, 1919 was transferred to
Diarbekir where she aided in opening the hospital. On July 9, 1920, she reached home once
more. Mrs. Parmelee is now living
in Sanford, Florida (Route A). |
Barton says now Mrs. H.
Parmelee |
Dasey |
Miriam |
" |
" |
Dasey, Miriam
K. (Miss), of New Haven, Conn., started for Constantinople on February 16,
1919. She worked at
Constantinople as Secretary to the Medical Division, and at Derindje in
charge of medical supplies and returned to America, October 19, 1920. She is now Registrar of the School of
Medicine of Yale University and may be addressed, Sterling Hall of Medicine,
333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Con. |
Barton lists as Miriam K. Dasey |
Daum |
W. Fletcher |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Daum |
Sue May |
" |
" |
" |
Barton lists as Mrs. W.
Fletcher |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Davidson |
Mildred E. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
(Miss),
of Ramsey, Nj. sailed for the Derindje station on
February 16, 1919. She did
hospital work and returned June 12, 1920. She is now teaching in the High School
in Hackensack, N.J., her home address being Ramsey, N.J. |
|
Dixon |
Margaret E. |
" |
" |
Brown,
Margaret E. Dixon – (Mrs. Wendell D. Brown), of Hackensack, New Jersey,
left this side on February 16, 1919, and was appointed to Sivas as a stenographer. She married Wendell W. Brown, returned
to this country, and is now living as given at the right. |
Her
husband was Brown, Wendell W., of Yonkers, New York, sailed April 23, 1919,
and served at Oulou Kishla. He married Margaret E. Dixon at Constantinople
on January 15, 1920, and they returned to this country February 22,
1920. He is now farming at
Boonton, New Jersey and may be addressed, R. F. D. 1. |
Doherty [read Dougherty?] |
Minnie E. |
" |
" |
Dougherty,
Minnie E. (Miss), sailed on February 16, 1919. She was assigned to Marash as a
teacher in the industrial department.
She was one of the staff caught in the Near East orphanage during the
siege of the town when Armenians and French were attacked
by Turks for some three or four weeks. She returned on May 24, 1920, and is
now at her home, 137 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, Mass. |
Barton lists as Minnie E.
Dougherty |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Downer |
Lilla De Mar |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
(Miss),
of Montclair, N.J. crossed with the "Leviathan" party and was
assigned to Harput. There she
established a school for subnormal children, the first of its kind in Turkey. Owing to serious eye trouble Miss
Downer was obliged to return to America in September,
1920. She is now living in
Boston. She may be addressed care
Near East Relief, 151 Fifth Avenue, New York City. |
|
Dudley |
Stowell B. |
M.D. |
" |
(Dr.), of
Weiser, Idaho, was one of the "Leviathan" party. Registered as medical director his
assignment took him to Mardin where he did a difficult and valuable piece of
work in rehabilitating an old hospital.
In addition to his work as a physician Dr. Dudley was director of the
Mardin Unit, which included industrial work, agriculture, road building and
the general care and employment of the orphans and refugees. When Mardin was organized Dr. Dudley
went to Beirut (December 13, 1919) whence he returned to the United States,
April 190, 1920. He is now at
Caldwell, Idaho, occupied as a Physical Director. |
Barton lists as Dr. Stowell Dudley |
Dunaway |
John A. |
Civilian |
" |
of New Bloomfield, Pa., started for Aleppo on February 16,
1919, to do publicity and relief work.
He returned to America March 23, 1920. After marrying Miss Rose Shayeb, he went overseas again with his wife. Upon their return to the United States
they were attached to National Headquarters for over a year. At present Mr. Dunaway is in Persia
with the Millspaugh Financial Commission. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Easton |
Blanche S. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
|
Barton says now Mrs. Joseph
W. Beach |
Eckert |
Elizabeth A. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Bolton, Mass., crossed on February 16, 1919, to do secretarial and relief
work in the Beirut Area. She
returned on September 12, 1920.
She is now at Hsiku, Tientsin, China, where
she may be addressed, care Mr. Robert Chandler,
American Board of Missions. |
|
Eddy |
Sylvia G. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Eddy,
Silvia T. (Miss), of Simsbury, Conn., sailed June 24, 1919, [sic] to do
hospital work. Her assignment was
Mardin. She was in Aintab during
the siege and in Beirut in August of 1920 leaving Beirut on September 30 for
America, which she reached November 12, 1921. She is now living in Simsbury, Conn.,
and doing nursing. |
She apparently missed taking
the "Leviathan" |
Eldred |
Irene R. |
" |
" |
Eldred,
Irene (Miss), who signed on from
Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., registered for social
work and crossed with the "Leviathan" party. She was sent to Tarsus where Near East
Relief then had a relief station and orphanage. She served later at Adana. July 10, 1920 was the date of her
departure from Constantinople for home.
She is now Educational Secretary for the W.Y.C.A., her address being
37 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. |
Barton lists as Irene Eldred |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Elliott |
Mabel E. |
M.D. |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
(Dr.), of
Benton Harbor, Michigan, steamed on February 16, 1919. She headed the Marash Unit, May 17,
1919. On January 21, 1920, the
Turks broke loose in the town.
Dr. Elliott evacuated the hospital on the night of February 10. She went out with the French, two
nurses, a worker, one Y.M.C.A. man, Mr. [Rev. Charles F. H.] Crathern, and 5,000 refugees, half of whom died from
exposure to cold and snow before the end of the three days' march. On May 23, 1920, Dr. Elliott returned
to America. Going back five
months later under an arrangement between Near East Relief and the American
Women's Hospitals, Dr. Elliott in January 1921 established at Ismid an
up-to-date hospital with attached clinics, nurses' training classes and a
soup kitchen. At the beginning of
September, 1921, she went to the Caucasus on a
medical inspection trip.
Returning to Ismid she transferred her personal work in October, 1921, to the Caucasus. Immediately after the Smyrna disaster
(September, 1922) she was send to Mitylene to aid
the refugees who manage to reach that island. In November,
1922, she was made Medical Director of Near East Relief in Greece,
establishing seven Near East Relief hospitals and many clinics in various
parts of Greece and the islands.
She was appointed by the Greek government to carry on a quarantine
station on Macronissi Island for the refugees from
Anatolia. Greece has decorated
Dr. Elliott with the silver cross |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Elliott (continued) |
Mabel E. |
M.D. |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
of St. George, the gold cross of St.
George, and the Greek Croix de Guerre.
She returned to America, October 1, 1923. Since then she has been speaking for
Near East Relief in many states.
She may be addressed care Near East Relief, 151 Fifth Avenue, New York
City. |
|
Emrich |
Richard S. M. |
Civilian |
" |
Not
listed |
|
Emrich |
Mrs. Richard S. M. |
" |
" |
" |
Listed in Barton as Mrs. R.S. Emrich (Jeanette W.[allace]
[Emrich] |
Emrich |
Richard S. |
" |
" |
" |
Barton
says Richard Stanley Emrich |
Emrich |
Wallace C. |
" |
" |
" |
Not
listed in Barton |
Emrich |
Duncan B. M. |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Everett |
Bernice J. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of Franklin, New York, sailed on February 16, 1919, with the Wellesley
Unit. In September,
1920, she was the head of the Personnel House in Constantinople, but her
service was chiefly as director of the Broussa Unit
in the town where the Wellesley Fund was expended. During the three years of her
connection with Broussa [,] Miss Everett developed
the schools, expanded the industrial activities, aided the refugees driven
from their homes by the Nationalist uprisings, trained 1,300 orphans, and
aided in the transfer of several hundreds to the Near East Relief orphanage
in Bardizag. She
was decorated by the Greek Red Cross in 1921. In June, 1920 she was in Bulgaria for a short
time. March 13, 1922, saw her
started from Constantinople for America.
She is now living at 76 Hoyle Street, Norwood, Mass., doing some class
teaching. |
Not listed in Barton |
Farrington |
Mabel |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Hahn,
Mabel Farrington – (Mrs. L. H. Hahn (sic), of Claremont, Calif., sailed
on February 16, 1919. She served
at Kars and Alexandropol (January, 1920) and returned to America in the
summer of 1920. She is now Mrs.
J. H. Hahn and
is living at El Monte, Calif. |
Barton says now Mrs. L. G.
Hahn |
Fees |
Ruby C. |
" |
" |
Not listed |
Barton says now Mrs. R. C. McGibbon |
Fenenga |
Agnes |
" |
" |
|
Listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Fischer |
Caroline |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Fisher,
Caroline (Mrs. Paul B. Fisher), went out to Broussa
at the same time as her husband for educational service. She came home in October,
1919. |
Not listed in Barton |
Fischer |
Paul B. |
" |
" |
went to Broussa as an
administrator, sailing February 16, 1919 and returned to America July 15,
1920. He may be addressed 416
North Main Street, Wheaton, Ill. |
|
Fisher |
Faye |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Flynn |
Marcella K. |
" |
" |
Rice,
Marcella Katherine Flynn – (Mrs.), of Pennsylvania, as Miss Flynn, was
another member of the nursing personnel of the "Leviathan". She was stationed at Sivas in charge
of the operating room at the hospital.
She returned to the States June 29, 1920, and now, as Mrs. Rice, is
living at 2424 W. Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia. |
|
Foreman |
Lucille |
" |
" |
Not listed |
Barton lists as Lucile |
Fowle |
Anna H. |
" |
" |
|
Not listed in Barton |
Fowle |
Theodore W. |
" |
" |
|
Listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Fowle |
Wilson F. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
of Bethlehem, Pa., crossed in the "Leviathan"
February 16, 1919, and suffered an accident near Derindje before taking up
his assignment at Oulou Kishla. In May, 1920 he underwent an operation
in Constantinople and in July went as supercargo on a boat for Mersine laiden with flour for
Adana. He remained with the Adana
Unit during the summer and autumn, reaching Constantinople in early November, 1920.
Released from Near East Relief, he is at present with the Standard Oil
in Beirut. |
|
Frank |
Sadie A. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Nashville, Tenn., signed with Near East Relief from Plattsburg, N.Y. She sailed on February 16, 1919, and
was assigned to do relief at Akhalkalaki. She reached the U.S. April 29,
1920. She is now a journalist and
is living at 327 West 75th Street, New York City. |
|
French |
Frances E. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Barton lists as F. Elma |
Fridy |
Thomas A. |
" |
" |
who signed on from the Medical Department, Base Hospital,
Camp Lee, Va., sailed on the "Leviathan." He served in Erivan for over a year,
left Batoum homeward bound on May 3, 1920, and reached the States August 20,
1920. He may be addressed
Brookville, Fla. |
|
Frost |
Elizabeth |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Fuller |
Wilfred J. |
[Dr] |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Fuller,
Wilfred Joy (D.D.S) of
Somerville, Mass., went across on February 16, 1919, with a
roving commission. During his
service, which ended April 3, 1920, he visited every station. He is now practicing as a physician
and dentist at 134 College Avenue, Somerville, Mass. |
Barton lists as Dr. Wilfred
J. Fuller |
Gallant |
Clara L. (Br) |
Civilian |
" |
(Miss),
of Arlington, Mass. went over on February 16, 1919, and did hospital work in
Aleppo. For some time she ran a
dispensary for refugees in the heart of the city. |
|
Gannaway |
C. R. |
[M.D.?] |
" |
Not
listed |
Barton lists as Dr. Charles Gannaway |
Gannaway |
Ruby R. |
" |
" |
" |
Barton lists as Mrs. Charles
R. Gannaway |
Gittings |
Ina E. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Gittings, Ina
E. (Miss), of Nebraska and New York, shipped on the "Leviathan" on
February 16, 1919. She was sent
to Tarsus and Adana. She returned
June 25, 1920. At present she is
a professor and may be addressed at University Station, Tucson, Arizona. |
|
Graham |
Eunice B. |
" |
" |
Not listed in Team Work |
Barton says now Mrs. F. E.
Skinner |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Greene |
Esther |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Greene,
Esther F. (Miss), of Providence, R.I. joined the "Leviathan" party
and went to Malatia with the Smith Unit which administered there a home for Defectives,
an Armenian orphanage and an Industrial Department. While a member of the Harpoot Unit Miss Greene was robbed by bandits. She was in Constantinople in June, 1920, acting as Chairman of the Committed for
Industrial Work and General Relief, and a year later started for home. She is now General Secretary of the
Rhode Island Society for Mental Hygiene, her office being at 118 North Main
Street, Providence, R.I. |
Barton
lists as Ester F. Greene |
Greene |
Olive |
" |
" |
Not listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Guest |
Elma |
" |
" |
Balise, Elma Cakefair Guest – (Mrs. Peter Balise),
of New Haven, Connecticut, sailed on February 16, 1919. The end of the year found her in
Malatia from which she was transferred to Aleppo. She returned June 18, 1920 and is now
living at Hadley, Massachusetts (P.O. Box 444) attending to her duties as a
housewife. |
Barton says now Mrs. Peter Balise |
Hall |
Robert L. |
" |
" |
Not listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Harman |
Byron M. |
M.D. |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Dr.),
of New Jersey, crossed with the "Leviathan" party February 16, 1919
and was billeted to the Caucasus.
There he served as physician at Tiflis, Shusha and Karaklis,
at the latter place meeting his future wife Mrs. Willie Maie
Hunter. They were married in May
1920, and returned by way of France to America which
they reached July 9, 1920. Dr.
Harman is now Superintendent of the Essex Mountain Sanitarium, Verona, N.J. |
Harman,
Willie Maye Hunter – (Mrs. B. M. Harman), of Picayune, Miss., left on
Nov. 5, 1919, for hospital Karaklis. Married to Dr. Harman she now lists
herself as "housewife."
[For address see column to the left.] |
Harris |
Elizabeth |
Civilian |
" |
(Miss),
of Albany, N.Y., sailed on the "Leviathan" February 16, 1919, and
did orphan investigation during April and May, 1919 at Marash whence she was
transferred to Aintab. After the
siege began in April, 1920 she and several others
managed to reach Aleppo under military escort, on April 23. She reached America July 23,
1920. Miss Harris is now studying
in Boston, Mass., her address being 87 St. Stephen Street. |
|
Harvey |
Florence |
" |
" |
(Miss.),
left America with the "Leviathan" party and was assigned to Smyrna
to do relief and industrial work.
She arrived in Constantinople from Smyrna April 2, 1920, and took
charge of the Acorne Shop. She severed her connection with Near
East Relief in June, 1920. She may be addressed at Orono, Maine. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Headlee |
Frances K. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Headlee,
Frances King (Mrs.), of Spokane, Wash., sailed on February 16, 1919, and did
administrative work in Smyrna. In
March, 1920 she was transferred to Y.M.C.A. at
Athens. On December 4, 1920, she
returned to the United States.
Mrs. Headlee is now living at Laguna Beach,
Calif., where she Curator of the Art Gallery and art editor of "Laguna
Life." |
|
Heizer |
Beatrice |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Heizer |
Ida W. |
" |
" |
" |
Barton says Ida Wright Heizer(Mrs.
O. S. Heizer) |
Heizer |
Vivian |
" |
" |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Henry |
Ruth W. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
went with the Smith Unit of workers supported by Smith College on the
"Leviathan" on February 16, 1919. She was assigned to Erivan and worked
at Etchmiadzin. June, 1920 found her Director of the Unit at Adana where
she was under fire in the summer of 1920 and on January 1, 1921 she left
Constantinople on her return to the States which she reached on the last day
of the month. She is now teaching
in Amherst, Mass., her former home. |
|
Hewitt |
Candace |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of New York City, left for Konia on February 16, 1919. She returned March 18, 1920, and may
be addressed 127 East 21st Street, New York City. |
|
Higdon |
Aimee V. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Barton
says now Mrs. John C. Higdon |
Higdon |
John C. |
" |
" |
" |
Listed
in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Hill |
Justina H. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of Spartanburg, S.C., classed as a bacteriologist, went with the
"Leviathan" party. She
was assigned to Harpoot. She
returned to America June 18, 1920 and is now engaged in research work in
Baltimore, Md. Her address is
1728 St. Paul Street. |
|
Hinson |
Orrie A. |
" |
" |
Hinson, Orrie A. (Mrs. W. J. Hinson), of Swainsboro, Ga., went
with the "Leviathan" party.
She did secretarial work in Constantinople and came back June 12,
1920. She is now manager of the
Commercial Department and Secretary to an attorney in Swainsboro, Ga. |
Barton says Mrs. Orrie A. Hinson |
Hoffman |
Edith V. |
" |
" |
Erazian, Edith
Hoffman – (Mrs.), of Altoona, Pa., went overseas on February 16, 1919,
to do hospital work in the Caucasus.
She served in Erivan and Etchmiadzin and returned to the United Stated
in June, 1920.
Her address is 729 Second Avenue, Juanita Station, Altoona, Pa. |
Barton says now Mrs. Edith H.
Erazian |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Holmes |
Mary C. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of New York City, started overseas on February 16, 1919, and was detailed to
Urfa. Her experiences, told in
her book, "Between the Lines," included the directorship of a
crowded orphanage and its management throughout the siege of the town when
the Turks and French fought fiercely and the Near East Relief people were cut
off from supplies and food. In
1921 she moved the children to Syria.
In July, 1922, she reached America. Miss Holmes received the Croix de
Guerre with palm in acknowledgement of her aid to the French in Urfa. At the moment she is living in New
York City (2064 Harrison Avenue, the Bronx), and giving addresses for Near
East Relief. |
Barton
lists as Mary Caroline Holmes |
Holt |
Sophia S. |
" |
" |
Holt,
Sophie S. (Miss), of Somerville, Mass., a former A.B.C.F.M. Missionary,
sailed on the "Leviathan" and went to Ismid where she started an
orphanage which grew under her care for three years. She returned to America June 16, 1922,
and is now attached to the Near East Relief Wisconsin Office, 930 Caswell
Block, Milwaukee, Wis. |
|
Hubbard |
Mary |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of White Plains, New York, went over with the "Leviathan" party of
February 16, 1919, and was assigned to Sivas. She worked at Caesarea. She left Constantinople for home by
way of Marseilles on July 28, 1920.
She may be addressed 29 Lafayette Street, White Plains, N.Y. |
|
Hulburt |
Winifred |
" |
" |
Not listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Huntington |
Frances |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Le Bouvier, Frances Huntington – (Mrs. Louis Le Bouvier), of Connecticut, crossed on the
"Leviathan" to do hospital work in Konia. She married Captain Le Bouvier, March 16, 1920, and is now living in
Constantinople, occasionally doing special pieces of work for Near East
Relief. |
Barton
lists as le Bouvier |
Husch |
Sylvester B. |
M.D. |
" |
went over on the "Leviathan" with the medical
personnel to do work in the various Near East Relief areas. His present address 67 West 12th
Street, New York City. |
Barton
lists as Dr. Sylvester Husch |
James |
Mildred |
Civilian |
" |
Not
listed in Team Work |
Listed in
Barton |
Jameson |
Elsie |
" |
" |
(Miss), of
New York City, was a member of the "Leviathan" party and was
assigned to the Beirut Area to do work in nursing and hygiene. She served at Aintab. At present she is a dietitian, her
address being 37 East 76th Street, New York City. |
|
Janson |
Leah M. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Brooklyn, N.Y., went overseas February 16, 1919. She served at Constantinople and Proti and came home June 12, 1920. She is now in the N.N.C. [Navy Nurse
Corps] attached to the U.S.N. Hospital at Mare Island, Calif. |
|
Jarrett |
Margaret C. (Br) |
" |
" |
Not
listed in Team Work |
Listed in
Barton |
Jenks |
Agnes |
" |
" |
Not
listed in Team Work |
Barton
lists as Mrs. Barton P. Jenks |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Kelsey |
Lincoln D. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
of Springfield, Mass. went over on February 16, 1919 and
aided in the establishment of agricultural activities Marsovan. He returned April 22, 1920 and is now
a Farm Bureau Manager with an address at 93 Court House, Albany, N.Y. |
|
Kelsey |
Alice G. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Kelsey,
Alice Geer – (Mrs. Lincoln D. Kelsey), crossed as above to do relief
work at Marsovan. Mrs. Kelsey is
now keeping house for her husband and her two small children at the above
address. |
Barton lists as Alice Geer
Kelsey (Mrs. Lincoln D.) |
Kerr |
Stanley E. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Kershner |
Dora |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Kifer |
Mary B. |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
King |
Rachel |
" |
" |
Martin,
Rachel King – (Mrs. Edward F. Martin), of New York City went across
with the "Leviathan" party starting from New York February 16,
1919. Her work was sanitary,
hygienic and nursing in Caesarea.
A year after her arrival she started for America but found conditions
so disturbed as to make traveling dangerous so she went back to her
post. In May 1921 she was in
Constantinople filling a three months' contract. October saw her in America where she
married Edward F. Martin and returned with him to the Near East. While Mr.
Martin was stationed in the Caucasus Mrs. Martin ran the Personnel House for
a while and did some nursing. She
may be addressed care Rev. J. S. King, Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y. |
Edward F.
Martin of Wisconsin, signed with Near East Relief in
Paris. In July 1919, he was
assigned to the Supply Base at Oulou Kishla where
he arrived in August. Later he
went to Caesarea where he took charge of the Boys' Industrial School. In May, 1921
he was connected with the Transportation Department in Constantinople and in
September returned to America where he married Miss Rachel King, whose
acquaintance he had made in Caesarea.
Together they returned in December of the same year, Mr. Martin taking
the post of Director of the Warehouses at Derindje. In June 1923 he closed them,
transferring the remaining supplies to Ortakeuy. That accomplished the Martins went to
Alexandropol where Mr. Martin was Superintendent of Transportation. Released in November 1923 , Mr. and Mrs. Martin reached America in January,
1924. They may be addressed care
Rev. J. S. King, Little Britain, Orange Co., N.Y. |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Knox |
Blanche |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of Germantown, Pa., went across with the "Leviathan" party to do
hospital work. She served
Erivan. On September 5, 1920 she
reached America and is now teaching in the Training School for Nurses with
the Germantown Hospital, East Penn Street, Germantown, Philadelphia. |
|
Knox |
Gertrude E. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Providence, R.I., with the "Leviathan" party and worked in
Samsoun. She served there until September, 1920, and then went to Constantinople to teach
in the College for Girls. She
came home September 11, 1921, and may be addressed 26 Jenckes Street,
Providence, R.I. |
Barton says now Mrs. Wells |
Lambert |
Robert A. |
M.D. |
" |
(Dr.), of
New York City secured the first party of medical personnel at Near East
Relief and sailed with them on the "Leviathan" (February 16, 1919)
as Laboratory Director with Dr. George L. Richards. Taking along supplies that had
preceded the party and then unloaded at Derindje, a complete hospital unit
was started into the interior of Turkey.
The main supply of material was left at Adana and Dr. Lambert went on
to Aleppo where he was chief laboratory worker and Medical Director. Later he became director of the
district North Syria with stations Alexandretta, Aintab, Marash, Urfa,
Diarbekir and Mardin. He reached
the United States September 1, 1920.
He is now in So Paulo, Brazil, at the Instituto
Anatomo-Pathologico de Falcultade
de Medicina e Cirurgia. |
Barton lists as Dr. Robert A.
Lambert |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Larson |
Pearl G. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for
Relief in the Near East |
(Mrs.),
of Chicago, Ill., crossed on the "Leviathan" and went to the
Harpoot district. In January, 1920 she went to Malatia where she cleaned and
clothed several hundred refugees in addition to her taxing hospital
work. She returned September 5,
1920 and is now doing field work for Near East
Relief in Pennsylvania. Address
Near East Relief, Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.. |
Barton says now Mrs. David A.
McKee |
Law |
Louise M. |
" |
" |
Law, Mary
Louise (Miss), of Staten Island, N.Y., one of the "Leviathan"
passengers became one of the Urfa Unit serving during the
siege and later was the matron of the Near East Relief orphanage at
Tripoli. Returning in June, 1921, she went back in October the same year and
served in Aintab and Sidon. She
was transferred to the Presbyterian Board of Missions with which she is still
affiliated. Address in its care
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City. |
Barton lists as Mary Louise
Law |
Lawrence |
Alfred A. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Lawrence |
Arthur L. |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Lawrence |
Galeb [read Caleb]
W. |
" |
" |
" |
Barton lists as Prof. Caleb
W. Lawrence |
Lawrence |
Edward W. (11 yrs.) |
" |
" |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Lawrence |
Helen |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Lawrence |
Henry K. (6 yrs.) |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Lawrence |
Ralph K. (3 yrs.) |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Locke |
Ethel M. |
" |
" |
" |
Barton lists as Ethel M. Lecke (now Mrs. W. A. Stoltzfus) |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Lightbody |
Elsbeth M. (Br) |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Lightbody,
Elspeth M. (Miss), of New York City, steamed on February 16, 1919. She was assigned to Kars for nursing
work. She is now acting as Assistant Directress
of Nurses in the State Hospital, Scranton, Pa. |
Barton lists as Elspeth Lightbody |
Loughbridge |
Stella N. |
" |
" |
Loughridge,
Stella N. (Miss), of Nebraska and New York City went with the
"Leviathan" party and was assigned to Talas and Caesarea. She became Director of Orphanages in
the Caesarea District and later served temporarily at Sivas. In the course of much traveling in the
interior Miss Loughridge had experiences with
bandits. She aided in bringing
out many orphans at the time of the deportations. Before returning to America (which she
reached August 20, 1923) she was established at the Girls' Orphanage at Juniyeh. Miss
Loughridge is now in Los Angeles, Calif. (4611
Welch Place), resting and preparing to return to Turkey. |
Barton lists as Loughridge |
Mack |
Margaret L. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Rockland, Co., N.Y., joined the nursing personnel on the
"Leviathan" and went to the Caucasus where she served at Erivan and
Tiflis and in Shusha during the hostilities. In October,
1919, she was in Batoum in charge of 6,000 refugees, working with only native
helpers. She came back February 16,
1920 and is now doing relief work in Hillburn,
Rockland Co., N.Y. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
MacDaniels |
Laurence H. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
MacDaniels,
Laurence H., of Dorchester, Mass., went with the "Leviathan" party
and was booked to establish the agricultural work at Harpoot. He returned to this country July 15,
1920, is now on the teaching staff of Cornell University and is living at 422
Chestnut Street, Ithaca, N.Y. |
|
MacDaniels |
Frances C. |
" |
" |
(Mrs.
Laurence H. MacDaniels) sailed at the same time. She did clerical work at Harpoot. See above. |
|
MacIntosh |
Mabel D. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
MacLean |
Christina M. (Br) |
" |
" |
|
Barton lists as Christine
MacLean |
Magee |
James R. |
" |
" |
of Pennsylvania, joined the relief workers of the
"Leviathan" party and went to the Beirut Area. His duties were performed at Shuf and he returned to the United States May 16,
1920. He is now an Internal Revenue
Agent at Denver, Colo., 203 Custom House. |
|
Marden |
Etta D. |
" |
" |
Not
listed in Team Work |
Not listed in Barton |
Marvin |
Henry M. |
M.D. |
" |
Marvin,
Harold M. (Dr.), of Florida, joined Near East Relief from the Peter Bent
Brigham Hospital in Boston, being listed among the medical personnel that
went over on the "Leviathan."
He was assigned to the Caucusus and
ministered to the medical needs of Alexandropol, Karaklis
and Kars. He returned home in July, 1920. He
is now doing medical teaching at the New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. |
Barton lists as Dr. Harold M.
Marvin |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Mason |
Louise J. |
M.D. |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Mason, J.
Louise (Dr.), of Boston, joined the "Leviathan" party and went to Ordu. For
more than a year she did relief work there where both Armenian and Greek
orphanages were administered from Trebizond. She returned to America June 7, 1920. She is now living at 191 Newbury
Street, Brockton, Mass., and acting as High School physician. Her permanent address is Falmouth,
Mass. |
Barton lists as J. Louise
Mason |
McCarthy |
Peter
T. |
M.D. |
" |
(Dr), of Montana and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston,
Mass., joined the Near East Relief medical personnel on the
"Leviathan" for work at Adana where he was Surgeon-in-charge. His hospital clinic and field work was extensive. After the evacuation of Marash in February, 1920, many operations were necessary upon
refugees whose feet had been frozen by their long tramp through the
snow. Dr. McCarthy left Adana on
March 8, 1920 reaching home May 30, 1920. He is now settled in Missoula, Mont.,
46 Higgins Block, practicing as physician and surgeon. |
Barton lists as Dr. Peter T.
McCarthy |
McGwigan |
Maud K. |
Civilian |
" |
McGwigan, Maude
M. (Miss), of Muscatine, Iowa, sailed on the "Leviathan" with the
nursing personnel. She was
assigned to Marsovan. She reached
the states August 24, 1920. In
1922 she went to China where she is now attached to a hospital in Tientsin,
Shantung Province. |
Barton lists as Maud M. McGwigan |
McIntosh |
William P. |
M.D.? |
" |
Not
listed |
Barton lists as Dr. William
P. McIntosh |
McKay |
Janet M. (Br) |
" |
" |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
McMichael |
Bessie
B. |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Smith
Belle B. McMichael – (Mrs,) registered from
Erie, Pa, when, as Miss McMichael, she enlisted with Near East Relief and
started overseas on February 16, 1916.
She was stationed at Mardin where she was in charge of the children's
orphanage. She returned July 9,
1920. Mrs. Smith is now living at
2993 Whitney Avenue, Detroit, Mich. |
Barton says Belle B.
McMichael (now Mrs. B. M. Smith) |
McNeill |
Martha F. |
" |
" |
MacNeill,
Martha Foster (Miss), of New York City went on the "Leviathan" and
was sent to Aleppo. She was given
charge of the workwomen in Aleppo industrial rooms and did not come back
until July 15, 1920. She is now
connected with the New York State Office of Near East Relief and is living at
1020 Woodycrest Avenue, New York City. |
Not listed in Barton |
Meeks |
Nelson P. |
" |
" |
of New York City was on the "Leviathan's" list,
booked for relief work. He served
at Tiflis, Erivan and Alexandropol and returned March 7, 1921. He may be addressed care Mrs. F. P.
Meeks, 52 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, N.Y. |
|
Merrill |
Winnefred E. |
" |
" |
Merrill,
Winifred Ellen (Miss), of Boston, trained as teacher and orphanage matron,
crossed on the "Leviathan."
Later she billeted to Beirut.
She returned to America August 1920, and is now in Boston, Mass., 112
Jersey Street, teaching English to foreigners. |
Barton lists Winifred E.
Merrill |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Miller |
Ernest |
Civilian |
American Committee for Relief in the Near
East |
Miller
Ernest E., of Chicago, Ill., with experience as quartermaster agriculturist
and superintendent of a boy's home, went on the "Leviathan." He was assigned to Mardin. He came home May 16, 1920. He is now serving as a missionary at Dhamtari, C.P., India. |
Barton
lists as Ernest H. Miller. |
Mills |
Blanche |
|
" |
Mills,
Blanche E. (Miss), of Berkeley, Calif., went across with the
"Leviathan" party.
After more than a year of hospital work in Erivan she came back to
America in September, 1920. Her present address is 2521 Piedmont
Avenue, Berkeley, Calif. |
Barton lists as Blanche E.
Mills |
Mitchell |
Edwin K. |
|
" |
Mitchell,
Edwin Knox, of Hartford, Con., returned to the States on November 25, 1919,
from service in Alexandropol. He
may be addressed care Prof. Edwin K. Mitchell 57 Gillett Street, Hartford,
Conn. |
|
Mitchell |
Elsie R. |
M.D. |
" |
(Dr.), of
Berkeley, Calif., crossed on the "Leviathan" with the medical
personnel. Stationed in the
Caucasus she served at Etchmiadzin and Erivan during the period when the
refugee situation was terrific and just a beginning was made with orphanage
work. Dr. Mitchell is now living
in California but may be reached by addressing her 228 East 9th Street,
Plainfield, N.J. |
Barton lists as Dr. Elsie R.
Mitchell |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Moore |
Alice |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of Chicago, Ill., was a member of the Smith College Unit when she sailed on
February 16, 1919. The Smith Unit
took over the work at Malatia with its varied activities – an Armenian
Orphanage, a Home for Defectives and an Industrial Department among
them. In June,
1920, Miss Moore was re-assigned to the Samsoun Unit. She started for home November 15, 1920
and is now living in Santa Paula, Calif., (P.O. Box 743), where she is doing
secretarial work. |
|
Morgan |
Alfred
L. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Morgan |
Alice |
" |
" |
" |
|
Morgan |
Janet
E. (Br) |
" |
" |
Morgan,
J. Edith (Miss), of Montclair, N.J., sailed February 16, 1919, as a member of
the nursing personnel of Near East Relief. Attached to the Corps at Mardin she
served during the early and very difficult days. She returned December 9, 1920. Her present address is 305 Halsey
Street, Newark, N.J., where she is Resident Superintendent of the Newark
Female Charitable Society and Director of the Fresh Air Home. |
Barton lists as J. Edith
Morgan |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Mowbray |
Agnes L. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Farnsworth,
Agnes Mowbray – (Mrs. Thomas Farnsworth of
Montclair, N.J. went across with the "Leviathan" party on February
16, 1919. She went to
Constantinople where she did secretarial and relief work for eighteen
months. She edited the "Acorne," the News Publication of the American
Commission of Relief for the Near East, from its beginning until her
departure in December 1920. Now
married to Mr. Farnsworth, whose acquaintance she made overseas, she is
living at 63 Evergreen Avenue, Hartford, Conn. |
Barton
says Agnes Mowbray (now Mrs. Thomas A.
Farnsworth. Teamwork says Thomas
F. Farnsworth) |
Myer |
Leon H |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Newman |
Arthur T. |
" |
" |
of New York City, a sanitary engineer, left America with
the large party that sailed February 16, 1919. He was sent to Smyrna where he set up
the sanitary machinery in the hospital.
He was a member of the Inter-Allied Sanitary Commission and was
advisor on sanitation for the Greek Military Hospital. He reached the United States January
20, 1920 and may now be addressed 704 Race Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. |
|
Niles |
Margaret H. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Bloomfield, N.J., joined the "Leviathan" group of dietitians and
food specialists. Sent to Harpoot
she worked with refugees and orphans.
America saw her again in June, 1920. She is now a nutrition worker, her
address being 57 Clinton Road, Glen Ridge, N.J. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Noone |
Byron M. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Noone,
Byron Mortimer, signed with Near East Relief early in 1919, sailing on
February 16. Assigned to Smyrna,
Mr. Noone remained there until the closing of the work in January,
1920. In Constantinople in April
he joined Y.M.C.A. for service in Adana.
There he continued after rejoining the Near East Relief (December 1,
1921). With the evacuation of
Cilicia he moved Adana orphans to Tarsus, thence to Mersine
and by boat to Constantinople. He
left Adana the following February (1922), to go to Konia to assist Dr. Dodd,
and in November, 1922, after the Smyrna disaster, he transferred the Konia
orphans – 400 boys and 300 girls – to Greece. He was in Syra
in charge of the boys' camp in April, 1923, and
reached America on the first day of November, 1923. Mr. Noone is now studying at Columbia
University, his address being 346 West 57th Street, New York City. |
|
Norton |
Ellen
M. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Noyes |
Fanny G. |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Olkon |
David M. |
" |
" |
" |
" |
O'Neill |
Lillian |
" |
" |
(Miss),
was on the roster of Debarkation Hospital No. 2 at Staten Island, New York
City when she joined the group of nurses on the "Leviathan." She was sent to the Caucasus and
stationed at Karaklis. She reached the States June 25, 1920,
and may be addressed 143 East 27th Street, New York City. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Park |
James L. |
M.D. |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Dr.),
sailed on February 16, 1919, on the "Leviathan." He was assigned to Mardin, where he
managed the boys' orphanage and the laboratory. He took over the Directorship of the
Aintab Unit before the ending of the siege (February, 1921) and was
instrumental in restoring some degree of normal living among the people. In September,
1921, he was connected with the U.S. Consulate at Smyrna where he stayed for
a year. He is now Vice-Consul at
Constantinople. |
Barton
lists Dr. James L. Park |
Parmelee |
Ruth A. |
M.D. |
" |
(Dr.), of
Baltimore, Md., was one of the medical personnel on the
"Leviathan." She was
assigned to Harpoot. There she
ran a daily clinic in the city for women and children, shared in the care of
the 100 - child home care units of the orphanage, managed the home for girls
rescued from Turkish harems, administered the maternity hospital and fought
typhus. Deported from Turkey by
the Kemalists in January, 1922, she went via Aleppo
and Constantinople to America, May 1922, returning to the Near East late in
September and taking up the superintendence of medical work at a refugee camp
near Salonica. She has also taken
charge of the industrial work for refugee women established by the American
Board at Salonica. She may be addressed
care A.B.C.F.M., 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. |
Barton lists as Dr. Ruth A.
Parmelee |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Patterson |
William B. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
also crossed on the "Leviathan," his work being
X-Ray operator. He went to all
areas. [See Dr. Gladys M. Carr
for address] |
|
Peabody |
Stephen C. |
" |
" |
Peabody,
Stephen Clough (Rev.), of Appleton, Wis., sailed on February 16, 1919, for
the Near East. He was stationed
at Samsoun. He came back to the
States January 20, 1920. Rev. Mr.
Peabody is a congregational clergyman and may be addressed care Y.M.C.A. of
Moline, Ill. |
|
Pearson |
Gertrude S. |
" |
" |
Geistweit,
Gertrude I. Pearson – (Mrs. H. Geistweit), of
Oak Park, Illinois, as Miss Pearson made a start on her way to the Near East
on February 16, 1919. She was
sent to Erevan where she helped establish a soup kitchen and gather the
children into orphanages and schools.
Then she was attached to the Karaklis
station. She came back to the
United States July 21, 1920. Mrs.
Geistweit's present address is 520 Barkman Street, San Diego, Calif. |
Barton says Gertrude I.
Pearson (now Mrs. H. H. Geistweit |
Peers |
Adeline G. |
" |
" |
Peers,
Adeline C. (Miss), of Mississippi, crossed on the "Leviathan,"
February 16, 1919. She served in
Aleppo and returned to the States August 11, 1920. Her address at the moment is 1333
Buchanan Street, Topeka, Kans. |
Barton lists as Adeline C.
Peers |
Peers |
Frank |
" |
" |
Peers,
Frank J. W., signed with Near East Relief from the base hospital at Fort
Sill, Okla., and crossed with the "Leviathan" party of which his
sister Miss Adeline Peers was a member.
Sent to Aintab Mr. Peers was there during the difficult days of the
siege. His address now is 106
Packard Street, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
Barton lists as Frank J. W.
Peers |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Peltier |
Paul D. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Not
listed |
Barton lists as Paul Peltier |
Perry |
Edward T. |
" |
" |
of Hartford, Con., crossed February 16, 1919, and was sent
to the Caucasus where he warded off starvation and disease from some 850
orphans. At Erivan he was in
charge of the industrial work and he suffered an attach
of typhus. In May,
1920, he came back to the States, and worked in the personnel department of
Near East Relief. He is now
studying in the theological seminary of Hartford, Conn., preparing to return
to Turkey under the American Board in the summer of 1924. His address is 155 Broad Street. |
|
Phelps |
Annie A. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
yet another of the "Leviathan's" passengers on February 16, 1919,
went to Marsovan where she had charge of the industrial relief. Later she was at Samsoun. She returned to the United States
December 2, 1921. She is at
present working in the Cleveland Associated Charities, her address being 2215
Devonshire Drive, Cleveland, O. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Phillips |
Mabelle C. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Phillips,
Mabelle Charlton, of Plainfield, N.J., and New York City, was a member of the
Wellesley Unit that crossed on the "Leviathan" and was assigned to
the Constantinople Area. She did
case work in Constantinople as chairman of the Case Work Committee. She aided with the care of the Russian
refugees on the island of Proti. After about two years in
Constantinople she was transferred to the Caucasus where she built up the
work in Djarlal Oghli. She returned to America, January, 1923, but went back to Russia with the Friends'
Society in whose care she may be addressed at Bunzuluk,
Somara. |
|
Pinneo |
Annie L |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Power |
Mabel H. |
" |
" |
" |
Barton lists as Mrs. Mabel H.
Power |
Pratt |
Armstrong C. |
M.D. |
" |
(Dr.), of
New York City was a member of the medical personnel of Near East Relief that
crossed on the "Leviathan."
He was attached to the Unit sent to Smyrna which
left Derindje with its hospital and laboratory equipment on April 10,
1919. He assisted in the
difficult task of setting in order the old Turkish hospital in a part of
which the American hospital was opened.
Then he was sent to the Caucasus and stationed (July, 1919) at Karaklis. He
returned to New York, March 22, 1920, and is now living in Gallup, New
Mexico. |
Barton lists as Dr. Armstrong
C. Pratt |
Pratt |
Edna S. |
Civilian |
" |
(Mrs.
Armstrong C. Pratt), did relief work in Karaklis
and came to the States as above. |
Listed
in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Pye |
Ernest |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Ranney |
Charles
F. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Reilly |
Grace
L. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Allston, Mass., went over on the "Leviathan" with the nursing
force of the Near East Relief.
She served at Constantinople and was one of the nurses attached to
Near East Relief on the island of Proti when the
refugees driven from Russia by the Bolshevists went there to be cared
for. She returned to America June
19, 1920, and is now Superintendent and Instructor of Nurses at Arlington
Heights, Mass. (149 Hillside Avenue.) |
Barton says Grace L. Reilly
(now Mrs. H. J. Raynor) |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Richards |
George L. |
M.D. |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Dr.), of
Fall River, Mass., Assistant Director of the Medical Division of Near East
Relief, aided in filling the lists of the medical personnel and sailed with
them on the "Leviathan."
In the assignment of duties after the meeting with the Director Dr.
[George H.] Washburn, in Constantinople, Dr. Richards was stationed at
Derindje as Director of the medical work there and in control of the
distribution of medical supplies to that unit. After Dr. Washburn's return to America
his post as Medical Director was filled by Dr. Richards. With Dr. Richards in charge [,] a
railway clinic
was maintained on a three-car train running between Derindje
and Angora. After all the
material for the stations had been sent out [,] Dr. Richards visited European
Turkey and all the stations in Angora, performing ear, nose and throat
operations and attending to the redistribution of many supplies. Since his return to America Dr.
Richards has been medical advisor to Near East Relief. He is now practicing in Fall River
(124 Franklin Street). |
Barton lists as Dr. George L.
Richards |
Richards |
Mary L. |
Civilian |
" |
(Mrs.
George L. Richards), went over registered as a nurses' helper. See above. |
Not listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Richards |
Lyman G. |
M.D. |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Dr.), of
Fall River, Mass., joined the medical personnel on the "Leviathan"
February 16, 1919. He was
stationed at Smyrna with Dr. [Armstrong C.] Pratt and Dr. [Hugh W.] Bell
working in the hospital and the clinics until about October first, when he
returned to America. He may be
addressed care Dr. George L. Richards, 124 Franklin Street, Fall River, Mass. |
Barton lists as Dr. Lyman G.
Richards |
Richmond |
Clara
C. |
Civilian |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Riggs |
Charles T. |
" |
" |
" |
Barton lists as Charles Riggs |
Riggs |
Mrs.
Charles T. |
" |
" |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Riggs |
Mary |
" |
" |
" |
Listed in Barton |
Robb |
Genevieve L. |
" |
" |
Robb,
Genevieve I. (Miss), of New York City, joined the nursing personnel of Near
East Relief that sailed on February 16, 1919. She was stationed at Adana. She left for America via Mersine, March 13, 1920, reaching home May 30. Miss Robb is now Supervising Nurse of
the New York State Department of Health, her address being 229 East Main
Street, Walden, N.Y. |
|
Rosenberg |
Caroline |
M.D. |
" |
Not
listed |
Barton lists as Dr. Caroline
Rosenberg |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Rothrock |
Anna E |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Mrs.),
crossed on the "Leviathan" as head of the nursing force of Near
East Relief and was stationed at Constantinople where she became
Superintendent of the American Hospital at Stamboul. This hospital developed a
well-organized training school for native nurses. Transferred to the Red Cross, Mrs. Rothrock worked with the Russian refugees on the island
of Proti.
She is now doing hospital social service for the South Side Hospital,
South 20th Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
|
Barton lists as Mrs. Anna E. Rothrock |
Ryan |
J.
Clyde |
" |
" |
of Muncie, Indiana, was a member of the
"Leviathan" party.
Stationed at Trebizond he served actively in the turmoil of this busy
station. March 3, 1920 found him
again in the United States. His
address is 300 East Highland Avenue, Muncie, Ind. |
|
Ryan |
Winogene |
" |
" |
(Mrs. J.
Clyde Ryan), of Muncie, Indiana crossed as above with her husband as a relief
helper at Trebizond. Return and
address as above. |
Barton says Mrs. J. Clyde
Ryan |
Schultze |
Helen |
" |
" |
Shultz,
Helen (Miss), of Reading, Pa. was one of the "Leviathan" group of nurses.
She served in Marash during the days when the American buildings were
under fire and came home May 23, 1920.
She is now doing private nursing in Reading, Pa. her address
being 155 No. Front Street. |
Barton lists as Helen Shultz |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Shafer |
Irving E. |
M.D. |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Dr.), of
Salisbury, N.C., was one of the "Leviathan" party's medical
men. Stationed at Samsoun with
its hordes of refugees striving to leave the country he did a huge amount of
work in the former Greek hospital turned over the Near East Relief. He returned February 9, 1920 and is
now practicing at Salisbury, N.C. |
Barton says Dr. Irving E.
Shafer |
Shane |
Myrtle O. |
Civilian |
" |
(Miss),
of Columbus, O., who had endured the troubled days of Bitlis as an American
Board Missionary, sailed on the "Leviathan" and undertook executive
duties at Alexandropol. She was
one of those who remained in the Caucasus after the fall of Kars in October, 1920.
She took no holiday from her work until after two and a half years'
most valuable services in the Caucasus area when she went to Constantinople
for a visit. In September, 1921 she sailed once more for the Caucasus where
she continued her Near East Relief service until the winter of 1922. At that time she was released from the
organization, and again took up missionary activities. She is now serving at a mission school
at Salonica. |
|
Sharp |
Roberta K. (Br) |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Canada and New York City, was one of the nursing members of the
"Leviathan" party.
After serving in Smyrna she went to Constantinople and was transferred
to the Red Cross for work for Russian refugees at Proti. Miss Sharp is now Nurse in Charge at
Wells College, Aurora, N.Y. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Sherman |
Louise R. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Sherman,
Louise Reed (Miss), of Massachusetts went overseas on the "Trafford,"
February 23, 1919. She worked in
the Beirut Area at Tripoli and returned to America June 18, 1920. She is now traveling for her health
but may be addressed Newtonville, Mass. |
Listed in
Barton. She may have missed the Leviathan. |
Sherman |
Vina M. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Small |
Helen K |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Maine, made one of the "Leviathan" party and went to Hadjin
where she was in charge of the orphanage during the siege. She went on the Adana, whence she
transferred 600 orphans to the Island of Cyprus. From Adana she was transferred to
Harpoot where she stayed a year, and sailed for the states in August, 1921.
Miss Small may be addressed at Yarmouthville,
Maine. |
Barton
lists as Helen H. Small |
Smith |
Arthur J. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton as Dr.
Judson A. Smith. There seems to
be a reversal of the first two initials in the passenger list. |
Smith |
Harriet A. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Boston, Mass., made one of the nursing force on the
"Leviathan." Stationed
at Urfa she was in charge of the orphanage clinic throughout the hostilities
and until June, 1920 when she left Constantinople
for America. Her address is 52
Westland Avenue, Boston, Mass. She is connected with the
Massachusetts State Department of Public Welfare. |
Listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Smith |
Carleton T. |
M.D. |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
of Massachusetts, sailed on January 16, 1919, and was
assigned to Adana where he served as a laboratory worker at a time when the
hospital was packed and the clinic was giving 2,500 and 3,000 treatments a
week. He came home May 27, 1920
and may be addressed 14 Webster Street, West Newton, Mass. |
Not
listed on the passenger list of the "Leviathan" but Team Work lists
his wife and himself as being on the Leviathan. |
Smith |
Hildegarde G. |
Civilian |
" |
Smith,
Hildegarde (Mrs. Judson A. Smith), of Cambridge, Mass., sailed with her
husband, Dr. Smith, on the "Leviathan" and went on with him to
Konia, where she did hospital and orphanage work. The permanent address of Dr. and Mrs.
Smith is 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston Mass., but at the moment they are in Los
Angeles, Cal., where they be addressed, 900 Wildwood Trail. |
Barton says Hildegarde Smith
(now Mrs. Judson A.) [Both Smiths are listed by Barton.] |
Smith |
Lillian S. |
" |
" |
Keizer,
Lillian Soule Smith – (Mrs. John Keizer), of Boston, Mass., went across
on the "Leviathan" and was booked to Derindje for secretarial work
and housekeeping. She married Mr.
Keizer at Barzidag. |
John Keizer
of Lafayette, Ind., was in Paris in August, 1919,
when he signed with Near East Relief.
He did transportation work at the Derindje warehouse. He married Miss Lillian Soule Smith of
the Derindje Unit, May 7, 1921, and they returned to America via Holland July
3, 1921. Mr. and Mrs. Keizer are
both doing Boys' Industrial School work.
Their address is Bolton, Mass. (P.O. Box 42.) |
Smith |
Maurice F. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not
listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Smith |
Olive A. |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of Plattsburgh, New York, and of New York City, was a member of the Wellesley
Unit that crossed on the "Leviathan." She acted as Business Manager at the
Constantinople Headquarters throughout her Near East Relief service. She returned January 29, 1920. Miss Smith is now personnel manager in
a department store in Terre Haute, Indiana, and may be addressed 920 South
7th Street. |
|
Smith |
Sarah M. |
" |
" |
Smith,
Sarah Margaret (Miss), of Ephrata, Pa., joined the force of nurses on the
"Leviathan." Assigned
to the Beirut Area she worked at Shuf. She returned August 10, 1920. Her present address is Ephrata,
Lancaster Co., Pa. |
Barton lists as Sarah
Margaret Smith |
Smucker |
Jesse |
Brother |
" |
Smucker, Jesse
M. (Rev.), of Smithville, Ohio, crossed with the "Leviathan" party
and was assigned to Diarbekir where he aided Miss Emily Wade and Miss [Anna]
Dando to manage the activities of the station. He returned September,
1920. At present he is acting as
teacher and minister at Smithville, O. |
Probably a Mennonite. Barton lists as Jesse M. Smucker |
Snyder |
Paul |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
Snyder,
Paul V., of Texas, crossed on the "Leviathan" and was sent to
Marash. He was there during the
dangerous and exciting days of the American occupancy. Mr. Snyder was one of those who stayed
on at the Near East Relief station after Dr. [Mabel] Elliott and others had
taken out some 3,000 refugees.
Later he went to the Aleppo area and was in the transport service at
Beirut. He returned to America,
September 25, 1920. He is now
living in Hesston, Kans. |
Barton lists as Paul V.
Snyder |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Spaulding |
Mary |
" |
" |
Spalding,
Mary of Lowell, Mass., a dietitian, joined the "Leviathan" party,
served at Sivas and later at Alkhalkalaki and
returned to the States, July 19, 1920.
Miss Spalding is now living in New York City at 410 West 115th Street,
and is studying health education. (Barton
lists as Mary Spalding) |
|
Stapleton |
Robert |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Stapleton |
Mrs. Robert |
" |
" |
" |
Not listed in Barton |
Starrett |
Eyadas M. |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Stevens |
Katherine |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Stevenson |
Emily R. |
" |
" |
(Mrs.),
of Spuyten Duyvil, New York City, crossed on the
"Leviathan" with the nursing forces for a year at Adana. She came home October 18, 1920 and is
still living at Spuyten Duyvil, where she is
engaged in nursing. |
Barton says Mrs. Emily R.
Stevenson (now Mrs. Oldfield) |
Stively |
Florence M. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Syracuse, New York, another "Leviathan" nurse, was stationed at
Harpoot. She left Constantinople
for home May 15, 1920. Miss
Stively is now at home in Syracuse, New York (454 James Street), and is
nursing. |
|
Stone |
Mary S. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Not listed in Barton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Stuart |
Ruth |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of New York City, a nurse with the "Leviathan" party, went to the
Caucasus and worked in and about Alexandropol, being at Shusha during severe
fighting and insisting on returning to that dangerous point. She returned June 8, 1920. Miss Stuart may be addressed 134 Mt.
Vernon Street, Boston, Mass. |
|
Sullivan |
Mary L. |
" |
" |
Not
listed |
Listed in Barton |
Super |
Mary W. |
" |
" |
(Miss),
of Narberth, Pa., another "Leviathan"-ite
had thrilling experiences during the siege of Hadjin. She had nursed a Turkish officer back
to health and his intervention somewhat lessened the difficulties of the
siege. On June 13, 1920, the
Turks captured the buildings and ordered out the Americans, allowing them to
carry only hand baggage. On July
20, 1920, Miss Super left Constantinople on her way to the States. She is now doing private nursing in
Narberth, Pa., her address being 728 Montgomery Avenue. |
|
Sutton |
Alice E. |
" |
" |
Sutton,
A. Estella (Miss), of New York City, sailed with the big group of February
16, 1919, served in Constantinople and was transferred to the Red Cross for
work with the Russian refugees at Proti. She came home in February,
1921, and is now doing nursing in Phoenix, Arizona, her address being 2210
West Jefferson Street. |
Barton
lists as Alice E. Sutton |
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Teal |
Helen |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Miss),
of Indiana, steamed on February 16, 1919 with the nursing contingent on the
"Leviathan." She served
in the Aleppo district and returned April 14, 1920. She is now Assistant National
Director, American Red Cross, Public Health Nursing, and her address is 1260
Allison Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. |
|
Tenner |
Arthur S. |
M.D. |
" |
(Dr.), of
New York City was one of the first group of medical
personnel sent across by the Near East Relief. As an eye surgeon he was assigned to
Aleppo where the eye diseases of the Near East seemed to be concentrated in
the refugee camps in and around this border city. He established an ophthalmic hospital
in Aleppo and did some work at Adana.
He returned September 11, 1920 and is now practicing at 70 East 56th
Street, New York City. |
Barton lists as Dr. Arthur S.
Tenner |
Tipple |
Adeline
M. |
Civilian |
" |
Tipple,
Adeline Mary (Miss), of New York City sailed on the
"Leviathan." Assigned
to Sivas (July 1919) she organized 500-boy orphanage preparing much of the
equipment – furniture and bedding – with the aid of the
refugees. From July to November
she conducted a boys' camp. In January, 1920, Miss Tipple was transferred to
Alexandropol. On June 8, 1920 she
left Constantinople for the States.
At present she is doing social work in New York City as Head of the
Italian Work of the Clark Neighborhood House, her address being 283 Rivington Street. |
|
Surname |
First Name |
Situation/Title |
Team
Work Veterans' Number Entry |
Comments |
|
Todd |
Edith
Allen |
Civilian |
American
Committee for Relief in the Near East |
(Mrs. J.
Edward Todd), of Flatbush, New York, crossed with the "Leviathan"
party and was sent to Tiflis.
There she met and married Mr. Todd, September
20, 1919, severed her collection with Near East Relief and returned to
Constantinople (February, 1920) to take a position with her husband in Dr.
[William W.] Peet's office in the Bible House. The Todds
returned to America in April, 1920. They are now living in 3 Woodbine
Street, Worcester, Mass. |
J. Edward
Todd of Lawrence, Kansas was a member of the pioneer Near East Relief party
sailing on the "Mercurius" January 16,
1919. Assigned to Tiflis he
worked there until, after his marriage to Miss Allen, he ended his connection
with our Committee and went to Constantinople to take a position in Dr. Peet's office.
He returned as indicated in the column to the left and is now selling
life insurance in the "Heart of the Commonwealth." |
Trefethren |
Anna
L. |
" |
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Trefethren, Anna Laura (Miss), of
Oberlin, O., another "Leviathan" nurse was assigned to Marsovan,
where she served for a year, returning to America September 20, 1920.
She is now a Community Visiting Nurse in Oberlin, her address 207 East
College Street. |
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Traux |
Anna M. |
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