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January 1, 1918.

Maj. G.M. Elliott, Brunswick, Maine.

My dear Major:

Bill was in this morning saying you would like transportation in order to come to Augusta and make your report on the Halifax trip.

I am very anxious to have this report made to the Governor and Council and also for you to give them a talk on the work done there and in regard to the proposition of the field hospital. This I would like to have done at the next meeting of the Council and will let you know the date later. Please write immediately to all the doctors in the unit asking them to send in their accounts to me as I wish to embody them in this report so that at the next meeting the same may be paid.

I went before the Governor and Council on my return from Halifax asking for $25,000 for a field hospital. They seemed to be very much pleased with the idea and I thought it would go through without any difficulty. It came out in the papers the next morning and immediately Dr. Cragin of Waterville wired the Governor not to do anything until he had had a conferences with him. At this conference he informed the Governor that they already had a unit formed at Waterville and wanted the field hospital established there. There is a lot connected with this story I can tell you about later. Am in hopes to be in Brunswick some time before the next Council meeting and will be able to talk matters over with you. I was very much surprised but knowing the