Rare 1914 Emergency Passport German Entry WWI United States Embassy Berlin USA

Description

Rare 1914 Emergency Passport German Entry WWI United States Embassy Berlin.
Approx Size: 11.5” x 17”
This emergency passport was issued to Marcia Priscilla York on 11th August 1914, less than 2 weeks after Germany declared war on Russia and France.
Passport from Embassy of the United States of America in Berlin Germany.
Issued to Marcia Priscilla York, described as 31 years old. Bears her signature as well as Ambassadors.
Has red American Consultate Carlsbad Austria seal
Passport number 03307
In very good condition. Original fold creases. Stored and will ship flat in protective rigid poly sleeve. Light pencil markings on back. No rips or tears. All text still legible and bright. Light dirt or ink smudges as pictured.
For context on this document, the State Department declared on 1st August 1914 that emergency passports could be issued to Americans abroad who request them. From "Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War" File No 300.11/8a:
The
Secretary of State
to the
Ambassadors and Ministers in European Countries
Department of State
,
Washington
,
August 1, 1914
.
[Circular telegram]
You are authorized to issue emergency passports to American citizens who request them. Inform Department if additional blank passports are needed. May temporarily use typewritten forms if necessary. Direct all consular officers to advise American citizens within their districts to register and to give duplicate certificates of registration, with wafer seals attached, to all persons registered who do not bear passports. In case of emergency certificates of registration may be issued directly from consular agencies. Standing instructions concerning expatriation are to be observed. Afford protection to all Americans needing or requesting it. Communicate Department each request for financial assistance, with circumstances of case, and United States address of relatives, and whether consuls have difficulty in drawing on Department for funds deposited by relatives. Advise Americans to avoid remote places and unnecessary risks and to stay in capitals or large cities near sailing ports if they must remain abroad.