Newton D. Baker to Cary T. Grayson
Title
Newton D. Baker to Cary T. Grayson
Creator
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
Identifier
WWP15709
Date
1919 April 1
Description
Newton D. Baker writes to Cary T. Grayson thanking him for the work done by the General Medical Board of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense regarding medical care for deployed military.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
My dear Admiral Grayson
Dr. Franklin Martin advises me that the work of the General Medical Board of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense is now nearing completion and that the board will be dissolved on April 1st.
I cannot permit the occasion to pass without expressing my grateful appreciation of the work which you have done and the singleness of spirit with which your associates and yourself have devoted themselves to the great work which was placed in the hands of the General Medical Board of the Council of National Defense. While it would be invidious to make any appraisal of the work of your board in comparison with that of any other agency organized in the emergency, I need not, I know, assure you that the government appreciates deeply and genuinely the great and essential contribution which has been made by the Medical Board in the mobilization of the civilian profession, its classification as to specialties and fitness, and in the preparation and organization of information which would enable the Department to secure from the manufacturers of the country the vitally necessary instruments and supplies for the medical care and attention of our men in the field.
Since the cessation of hostilities the work of the Board has been rounded out to completion. I beg you to accept for yourself and your associates this expression of my deep appreciation of the service which you have rendered to the country.
Cordially yours,
Newton D. Baker
Dr. Franklin Martin advises me that the work of the General Medical Board of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense is now nearing completion and that the board will be dissolved on April 1st.
I cannot permit the occasion to pass without expressing my grateful appreciation of the work which you have done and the singleness of spirit with which your associates and yourself have devoted themselves to the great work which was placed in the hands of the General Medical Board of the Council of National Defense. While it would be invidious to make any appraisal of the work of your board in comparison with that of any other agency organized in the emergency, I need not, I know, assure you that the government appreciates deeply and genuinely the great and essential contribution which has been made by the Medical Board in the mobilization of the civilian profession, its classification as to specialties and fitness, and in the preparation and organization of information which would enable the Department to secure from the manufacturers of the country the vitally necessary instruments and supplies for the medical care and attention of our men in the field.
Since the cessation of hostilities the work of the Board has been rounded out to completion. I beg you to accept for yourself and your associates this expression of my deep appreciation of the service which you have rendered to the country.
Cordially yours,
Newton D. Baker
Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Files
Collection
Citation
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937, “Newton D. Baker to Cary T. Grayson,” 1919 April 1, WWP15709, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.