Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
Q. Were all the Red Cross personnel Ameficans?
A. No, no. I could even tell you in list of nurses t
San Francisco, there were som that didn!t have American
Then also, a lot of rdssionary wan were solicited. The
fessional people, people who had some knm how, started 2
way of aid before the captain of the Arnerican boat, repol
lat got on at
:itizenship.
doctors and promthlng
in the
;ed tb Washington
that something should be done. That I s when this aid was
arn~y of occupation consisted of mmy countries. I think
that. You know, I never looked at this f'mm the tire-w
I got horn, I guess, untPl now.
Q. Well, here we are, fifty years later.
I
A. Letts see, therels something written along here.
fomrly Naval. barracks of Russia. Barracks Number 7, 2 of us, was
it&ed. me
I've described
y shortly after
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where all the ARC lived. The hospital is at the other e of the building.
We had a luncheon that was real hrican cooking. A greaJt treat as well
as a surprise to us. Our barrack has a large central ao@al hall on the
second floor. *nts quarters are partitioned off around the social hall.
The Dining room-this is where we had our parties and thwgs. Then we had
another place on the second floor, but I haven't corn to that yet. 'ID-g
room, entire first floor mde pleasant-well, the dinl om Was in the
basmnt--made pleasant and harelike by blue printed se and
tableclothes. The third floor was partitioned through center, women
on one side and men on the other.
We have four in a room. momnates are MISS Ethel a refugee worker,
Miss Hilda McClintock, who is a daughter of Professo ock of the
Chicago Uhiversrity. Miss Sarah Matthews, a sister to Mi
t
Matthews, a nwse
friend of mine in Milwaukee. After lunch we sigied our mice contracts."
See, we had to agree to certain things. "After dinner wd had the 'Comn
Cause' in mvfes , followed by an informal dance.
Q. I assume you were being paid for this.
A. Yes.
Q. Was that in the contract that you signed?
A. I guess so. Then we had insurance given us, too, yoy know, for the
period of service.
4. Did your contract state a partic& length of senriqe as well 6s
salaxy?
A. No, no, I think not. Well, there was an agreement that you wo
tain the dignify of the Red Cross and so forth. I was to send
WashFngton and different ,
r
and at the end I had to send
of their service to
"It seemed the mst American
!
hing that has happened, since I left om."
That was what, I've forgotten Oh, I guess it was the friends I ms , you
know, and the connections. I