The Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, distributes Red Cross cigarettes and chocolate to the convalescent Americans at Dartford Hospital, near London. Despite the rainy weather, the boys insisted on meeting the Secretary half-way, and all those who were able, trooped out of the hutments and clustered around Mr. Baker as he came along with the Red Cross officers

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. London.
Group title: Hospitals. England.
On caption card: S-6.
Data: N.W. Div. Pacific Div. Gulf Div. Pa. Div. Potomac Div. Atlantic Div. Lake Div. New England Div. Northern Div. Southern Div. Central Div. S.W. Div. Mt. Div.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 21