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Overlooked by the Correspondents in WashingtonTHE senate, tlie other day. passed n bill directing the secretary of the treasury to pay “to Gertrude I.ustig. the sum of $1.28653, bding the amount she would have received as pay and allowances as chief nurse, army nurse corps.from September 28, 1918. the date of her unjustifiable dismissal from that position, to May 22. 1919, the date of her restoration to the service. In reply to questions Senator Wadsworth said:The unfortunate tiling was that the nurse in question was in jail during that entire time. This case constitutes one of the most distressing and horrible things that I have ever encountered in connection with the treatment of a good woman by the government. It arose from a frame-up. The story is a rather distressing one, and I hesitate very much to tell it. The military intelligence department of the war department realized the error that had been made, and the department of Justice also realized it; and both departments, together with the sur-geou general, the head of the whole medical service, joined in an urgent request that this relief be granted to Miss Lustig. She lias been restored to service, and she is now a member of the army nurse corps. I may say to the senators that the government has done its best to locate the blame for this thing. The persons involved in It have utterly disappeared.This Is practically all that was said in the senate concerning the facts in the case. Senator King of Utah said: I feel that the war department should determine who committed this crime against the nurse and prosecute them criminally, and compel them to refund the amount. After waiting a reasonable time I shall ask an investigation of the entire matter.
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Westville Indicator
Westville, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 11, 1920
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