Graham W. Adee to Josephus Daniels
Title
Graham W. Adee to Josephus Daniels
Creator
Adee, Graham M.
Identifier
WWP20993
Date
1916 May 15
Description
Letter from Graham W. Adee to Josephus Daniels to go to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with the
President of the Board.
President of the Board.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
GMA/FEF
From: PA Paymaster G. M. Adee, USN.,
To: Secretary of the Navy, via Medical Officer of the Yard, and Industrial Manager.
Subject: Request that orders be rescinded.
Reference: (a) Navy Dept’s. let. No.4651-76;N-31/C of 5/8/16.
1. I am in receipt of orders as follows:
“1. In compliance with the request of the Naval Examining Board, Navy Yard,Washington, D. C. , you will proceed to Washington and report to the President of the Board at 10:00 A. M., May 23, 1916 , for temporary duty to take an additional written examination.
“2. Upon the completion of this duty return toPortsmouth, NH.
“3. This in addition to your present duties.”
2. It is requested that these orders be rescinded, as I am nervously run down and approaching a state of neurasthenia, for which last named ailment I have been treated on different occasions, since I have been in the Service, by PA Surgeon CT Grayson, USN., (who treated my first attack in 1910) , Surgeon RB Williams, USN., and PA Surgeon RF Sheehan, USN. My present nervous condition I attribute to the long delay in hearing from the two examinations I have already taken; one of January 10, 1916, and the other of March 14, 1916. It is submitted, that if the Naval Examining Board, Washington, DC has been unable to see its way clear to recommend me for promotion with my record of twelve years, and the written examinations which I have already taken, It would probably find less occasion to recommend me on an additional written examination while I am in my present condition.
(signed) G M Adee
From: PA Paymaster G. M. Adee, USN.,
To: Secretary of the Navy, via Medical Officer of the Yard, and Industrial Manager.
Subject: Request that orders be rescinded.
Reference: (a) Navy Dept’s. let. No.4651-76;N-31/C of 5/8/16.
1. I am in receipt of orders as follows:
“1. In compliance with the request of the Naval Examining Board, Navy Yard,
“2. Upon the completion of this duty return to
“3. This in addition to your present duties.”
2. It is requested that these orders be rescinded, as I am nervously run down and approaching a state of neurasthenia, for which last named ailment I have been treated on different occasions, since I have been in the Service, by PA Surgeon CT Grayson, USN., (who treated my first attack in 1910) , Surgeon RB Williams, USN., and PA Surgeon RF Sheehan, USN. My present nervous condition I attribute to the long delay in hearing from the two examinations I have already taken; one of January 10, 1916, and the other of March 14, 1916. It is submitted, that if the Naval Examining Board, Washington, DC has been unable to see its way clear to recommend me for promotion with my record of twelve years, and the written examinations which I have already taken, It would probably find less occasion to recommend me on an additional written examination while I am in my present condition.
(signed) G M Adee
Original Format
Letter
To
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948
Files
Collection
Citation
Adee, Graham M., “Graham W. Adee to Josephus Daniels,” 1916 May 15, WWP20993, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.