Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
!%r@y. Jay 28,. 1919; "Heard officially today that Che
that ' s a town, tlTurnen, and Ekaterinburg, have been
viki. That .Red Cross personnel were safe in Omsk
teen nurses would leave Osrak for I&ut sk. It They
I think. "Expecting that Omk my be taken.
activities in Orrc;k and return personnel there
hopes. "These are very uncertain t-s. "
"July 29 ; Attended financial cormittee meting. It was Very interasting.
Cornnittee appointed on discipline. I was pleased that t& cormnittee report
read that personnel starting on train nwrber 19 to gp to Verkhmudlnsk
includes Xss Anderburg, hrican Red Cross nurse, and Mi@s W i l l i q , aide.
They were in danger on the Manchu~ian border where bandit$ attempte
the town, but Red Cross personnel and guards took refuge Ln a brick
ing mtil Russian Amy eliminated bandits. Mail from Washington,
Xss Dalbey, Will and Hmdett and Miss Xller.
you how. "First dl for several weeks. It
1 3 ; lnfantry dance nighttim. l1 Oh, this is goin@; to be interesting.
"Saw the Sheman come in today--that ' s a warship, you hw, it was a trans-
mrt; ship with 1200 En aboard. It was while I was dres#ng. The wmkg
has fog&, I could see ri&t out to the ocean.
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'lWtt1e did I think a~ I lifted distance glasses to s+ the boys on the
deck that nephew was one of them." That was nly sister? Rose's oldest son,
Louis Hiclanan. I told her she should have namd him TYtWm Eclanan. "He
phoned me tonieflt , but since he is in quaranth I got a pass and went out
to see Mm." The quarantine was because of the cholera. Tney were all ri@t,
but they weren't allowed to get off at the place where tky docked, and so
we went out to see him. - & had sore HawaLian girl on tw string when we
got there.
'We went over the transport. He is on his way to Manila and will leave in
a few days." Well, we took a basket full of food and niqe things to him.
That was Miss--oh, isn't that awful that I forget names. ms Mary, the one
I mntioned in the pPctures. Well, 1'11 think of it.
Q. How did the Hawaiian @rl get on board the Sheman?
A. I don't know. No, I don't how. So, maybe she Ud gom connection,
you know, with the Army.
Q. Was she living in Vladivostok or had she corn with tqe boat?
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A. Well, she was going to EZlblla, you see. Now that se funny to rn that
they cam way up to Siberia first before going to MaMla
Q. Where had the boat core mm, do you know?
A. It was a United States boat, it was a transport ship,