BRACERS Record Detail for 116767
To access the original letter, email the Ready Division.
Gladys Rinder recounts a visit from Vivien Eliot. See the original letter of same date at document .080002, record 46932.
VIVIEN ELIOT VIA W. GLADYS RINDER TO BR, 7 AUG. 1918
BRACERS 116767. TL. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell
Mrs. Eliot has just been to see me. At present Americans with dependent wives are exempt, but they both feel that this is only temporary. He intends to register in the American army, ask for exemption as a married man, and in the meantime if possible get a post in the intelligence department or some other branch of the army more suited to his capacities than general service. He has been medically examined, but was not passed fit for active service. He took with him a certificate from his own doctor, but the medical board did not appear to regard his neurasthenia as a drawback. She looked rather better than I expected after what she said, but they are, I fear, very much worried.
