The San Francisco call., 1898-11-21
WOMEN MAY FIND SERVICE
 WITH THE FLAG Army Nurses Offici- ally Recognized. RULES TO BE OBSERVED TRAINED GRADUATES ESPECI-
 ALLY DESIRED. Change of Front of the War De- partment in Regard to
 the Care of the
 Sick.
RULES TO BE OBSERVED
TRAINED GRADUATES ESPECI-
 ALLY DESIRED.

circular which has just been issued from the surgeon generals office of the War Department at Washington is i'm portant, inasmuch as it shows the inten- tion of the department to place the fe- male nurses in the employ of the Govern ment on proper footing, and provides for the application and appointment of volunteer nurses. In this connection Anita Newcomb McGee, acting assistant sur geon, U. $. A, has issued a communica- tion stating that applications from grad uate trained nurses willing to leave the former limits of the United States" are especially desired. A number have been sent to Honolulu, and others may be or dered to Manila whenever the surgeon in command there finds their services to be needed. Applicants will also be cOnsid- cred who do not wish to go across the water
 The circular which Is so different in tone from the breezy refusal of the services of the Red Cross nurses at the beginning of the war is:
 War Department, Surgeon Generals Office.
 WASHINGTON, Nov 1, 1898.
 As it is desirable that the employment of female nurses with the army should be placed on an exact and uniform basis the following instructions are published for the guidance or medical officers:
 When the services of female trained nurses are required at a hospital. application should be made to this office They will be supplied cants. Authority to make contracts hereto fore given in certain emergency cases, is here by revoked. and 1t is not desired that the services of volunteer nurses be accepted.
 Officers having more nurses than are needed will annul contracts of unsatisfactory ones only, and report to this office without delay the number of desirable nurses available for trans fer.
 Every change in the status of female nurses. such arrival, departure, discharge or death, should be reported by information slip on the
 GEORGE M. sTERNBERG,
 Surgeon General, United States Army.
 Another circular deals with the infor- nation for female contract nurses in the United States army. The contract which is made by sthe surgeon general with unlimited period, and she receives $50 d month salary. While nursing at the hos pital she receives also her lodging, board and laundry of uniforms. No uniform has yet been prescribed. The surgeon general may, at the request of hospital surgeon, appoint chief nurse, who shall supervise the other nurses, but Is not to undertake nursing herself. nurse Is subject to military discipline, and when travelling under orders will be furnished with transportation. In case of sickness contracted in the line of duty nurse IS entitled to medical attendance at the nearest army hospital. Should she prefer to return home the surgeon may grant sick leave, with pay for thirty days. expected to remain at least six months, if their services are satisfactory. The con- tract of a nurse may be annulled at any time by the surgeon general.
 In making application nurse Is fur- nished with a blank on which she is to answer several questions in relation to her qualifications, health, experience and whether graduated or not. With this she must forward the indorsement of the lady who is Cor was when she graduated) the superintendent of her training school. All applications should be made directly to the office of the surgeon general, Wash ingtOn. D. C.