the first spanish–american war nurse to be buried at arlington national cemetery was anna h. campos, who died in cuba on september 2, 1899. her remains were repatriated about may 1900. by february 1901, the military had repatriated a few of the bodies of nurses who had died overseas. for families which wished it, or where remains went unclaimed or unidentified, the bodies were buried at arlington. these nurses were buried in what is now section 21. over time, more military nurses were buried next to them, creating a "nurses' section". the u.s. army quartermaster corps had control of arlington national cemetery at the time. in late 1906, brigadier general charles f. humphrey, sr., quartermaster general, gave permission for any army nurse who wished to be buried at arlington national cemetery with military honors.