6th, 1920, sends us a contribution as follows:

"Take what you can use from this diary. Thought I would avoid the
English antagonism throughout but later have decided to add the
following incident at Shenkursk, December 12, 1918. I was ordered by the
British General, Finlayson, to take the duties of S. M. O. and sanitary
officer of Vaga Column, that all medical and sanitary questions,
including distribution of American personnel would be under the British
S. M. O. Dvina forces--right at the time the American soldiers were
needing medical attention most. This order absolutely contradicted my
order from the American headquarters at Archangel, making me powerless
to care for the American soldiers. I wired the British I could not obey
it, unless sent from American headquarters. Col. Graham, British officer
in charge of Shenkursk column, informed me that I was disobeying an
order on an active front, for which the maximum punishment was death. I
immediately told him I was ready to take any punishment they might
administer and sooner or later the news would travel back to U. S. A.
and the general public would awaken to the outrageous treatment given
the American soldiers by the hands of the British. This affair was
hushed and I received no punishment, for he knew that there would have
to be too many American lives accounted for. I returned to the base at
Archangel and was then placed in charge of the surgery of the American
Red Cross Hospital.

"The Russian-English nurse story you know and also add that 75% of all
medical stores obtained from the British on the river front, if not
stolen by myself and men, were signed over to us with greatest
reluctance, red tape, and delay. It was a question of fight, quarrel,
steal and even threaten to kill in order to obtain those supplies justly
due us.

"Would like very much to have given you a more satisfactory report--but
right now am rushed for time--anyway, probably you can obtain most of
the essential points.

"Yours very truly,
(Signed) JOHN C. HALL."

This faithful and illuminating diary account of Major Hall's is typical
of the story on the other four fronts, except that British medical
officers dominated on the Railroad front and on the Onega front and at
Kodish.

Upon arrival of 339th Infantry in Russia on Sept. 4th, 1918, as
Regimental Surgeon, established an infirmary in Olga Barracks,
Archangel. After taking over civilian hospital by American Red Cross, I
then es