Halifax Relief Expedition Commissioner in Charge to Massachusetts Governor Samuel Walker McCall Report
The Report of the Halifax Relief Expedition, December 6–15, 1917, submitted by Commissioner Abraham C. Ratshesky to Massachusetts Governor Samuel W. McCall, documents the Massachusetts State Guard’s (State Defense Force) emergency response to the devastating Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917. During the disaster, Governor McCall immediately authorized a relief expedition consisting of 11 Massachusetts
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