Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-09
WORK OF THE ARMY NURSE.
Training Needed and Calls for Her Services

The army nurse has no sinecure. Con-
trary to the notion of the average Wom-
an, She plays no part on the field of bat
tie, but on the other hand, her work does
not consist in stroking the brow of this
handsome soldier. taking rosebud to
that one. and reading Il little love dirty
TO 4 third Along with hundreds of
thoroughly trained. experienced nurses
great number of unframed women-in-
Guiding some OF those women who are
always on the lookout for some new SEN
sation-are anxious to do army nursing
if the necessity arises, The less thought
full go even further and hope that the
. necessity will arise. They little dream
what it is to care for sick or sorely
wounded soldiers in strange and trying
climate. DR.. George F. Shrady knows
thing or two about, the army nurse
worth knowing. He Served q surgeon
throughout the civil war and knows just
what training is required to make a sue
cesstul nurse. what the nurse actually
does in the field, and what are the dang
gers of the work, says the New York
Sun.
"There's all the difference in the wofM
between civil AMI military nursing" he
said when questioned IN one we have
all the modern appliances and conNen-
I fences, and in the other none of them.
The young woman who has the ability TO
make the best Of her surroundings is.
; therefore, the one best suited to become
an army nurse. It's the Old story of mix
! illS one : tpiDi Win bidIiiN' All ell my
nurse should he an extraordinary woman
/ in many ways. | say woman purnoSclY
for woman is the natural nurse The
1 mother instinct. the mother heart in her
! fits her pre-emincntly for caring for the
sick. the wounded. the troubled. the
| hopeless The women of all nations are
the same. kind, civil obiiSing. humane,
tender beings. This cannot be sail for
! the men, and 50 we shall not consider
them as nurses. Yes. the military nurse
must he an extraordinary woman. She
should he uncommonly strong physically.
| able to endure prWauon ana hardShlp.
she should possess a vast amount 81
! Womanly dignity. dble to mona hefSell
| above her patients anu Aet t,i nus
| iheif nedftS anu minus - vel a. ,iiVii
bodies ahi Sne sH"ul1 nt Sollootsu !"
OBEY ORDERS Wlln""l dSh'hS queSt'onS.
| oddly enough, civil nursing IaihVr
Spoils a person for emergency work. ~
! our up-to-daie tloSPi'dts W. nav tNtlA
thihE III th' way Oh "piitdHtts any it,at' u.
mehtS' ana hoiSr' M'th tntSc NV a,
her mana, learns 70 ucpthu on tnfhi' anu
| consequently Woui" Hi'u ~ h5tfo 70 U.s.
the meagre appliances AT mana on d DAT
tIeii"ii. IL ism so fhdch SPetidl {. "iiililS
that woman het"S "9 q"'Nh-"
ana adaptapihtN.
.1+ l. ,r,us;po IN t,aar what five aver
a,,a un,,,r1 links mo nnrse ,ctu1'1v does
in the field. To hear her talk. one would
tI,inI. maj tho nurses went TO the front
~ ~ i;,,o IVA ser tbar,ceivcs mn ne tar
o e,at - for tbn Enemy a. cold matter of
fart female nurses are moi allowed on
IA GaId oven immcdia1ely after a battle
oxcont in rara cases much less while If is
heina fought, The nurses are generally
etafioned veil in me BACKGROUND. The
,,n,,ndnd &C FAST al they FAN are if pos
SiI,in carried ia the year where the hos
MN f,na that sacred yellow emblem. is
nm M There they are safe from the en-
a,3r's shots The enemy always respects
,hn hosnitaI f,ag If is y violation of the
arti,ies Of war 70 fire upon it: it il more.
i is a cowardly act for that woull be
fighting the HELPLESS
"SitihS 'i'o ~ ......, ..,,.,,,
ENtis tnlns - 40 - ca r D t,,,li - va
ulaleiy altti q ~ 49, ~ dnnn
l9okeu al,ei ,o 10y S.h dan,,nd
thar his should be 50. or course. no one
can fell how things will be in this war
but in the civil war there was not great