the 1904 annual meeting of the order of spanish–american war nurses was scheduled for early september at the louisiana purchase exposition in st. louis, missouri. however, at the request of dr. mcgee, the meeting was postponed until november 7, 1904 (although the meeting location was not altered). when the order met in st. louis, the membership voted unanimous to erect a nurses' memorial with all due speed. but no design for the monument was chosen. the total cost of the memorial was also not reported, but dr. mcgee requested that each member donate $2 ($ in dollars) to bring monument fund to amount needed. by november 1, 1904, just $187 ($ in dollars) had been raised, bringing the monument fund to $546.84 ($ in dollars).