Telegram November 9, 1919 from Jules Wortsmann to Secretary of War Newton Baker
Date
1919-11-19
Title
Telegram November 9, 1919 from Jules Wortsmann to Secretary of War Newton Baker
Date
1919-11-19
Description
telegram inquiring about C.O. Jacob Rose
Subject
WWI conscientious objection / objector
Coverage
United States
Creator
Wortsmann, Jules
Source
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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image/tif
Language
English
Type
text
Transcription
COPY TELEGRAM
Nov. 9, 1919
Hon. Newton D Baker,
Secretary of War,
Washington, D.C.
Received further information that Jacob Rose, a conscientious objector, in hospital, at Ft. Douglas, has been nineteen days with inadequate medical attention. His condition is serious. Despite your authorization, Maj. Beers refuses admission to Doctor of Rose’s choice. This I the face of denial of such conditions by Genl. Harris and Col. Penn is alarming. If this results in a repetition of Burke’s case it will be because you have failed to take proper action. We expect you to issue definite orders for prompt relief.
Jules Wortsmann.
Citation
Wortsmann, Jules, “Telegram November 9, 1919 from Jules Wortsmann to Secretary of War Newton Baker,” Conscientious Objection & the Great War: 1914-1920, accessed June 25, 2021, https://cosandgreatwar.swarthmore.edu/items/show/1730.