The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31

fiict with the Beers was a pl1gue II I'm. |
trained nurses.
Were 1t necessary we coul1 1,uh,,
the five thousand nurses ou I.. Ia
Cross roll In short time. Anon, tbos.
now enrolled are many women IF n,
traordinary aptitude and capabut.y W.
have nurses ready to respond Do, m,
summons who could take char. NJ
| 900 bed hospital. We have others vbo
are expert dletitians and who az. sue,.
GENTLY skilled in matters of the Kind 10
assume the management of IN, ep,i,o
culinary outfit of such an establish.
ment.
THE dress Of a war nurse 'a pravish
blue, with white apron, a white ga,
with Red Cross In front and turndouS
collar. She carries with her no otha,
luggage than a canvas bag. which con.
tains all the belongings she fpaure,
Her pay Is $50 month for service ont.
side of the United States $3.50 inside,
or about one-half her Ordinary wages
The Government, however, provides No,
with subsistence and Transportation.
THE personnel of the Red Cross /.
| the field is organized into sections ami
columns. Field columns, each consist.
ing OF nlnety-one men. uniformed in
| forest green khaki. with gray flannel
shirts and leggins. usually serve a,
bases of operations and along the limo.
of communication connecting such hases
with the front. 1t is their prinripo'
business to assist in the Transportation
of wounded and sick from the field hos.
pitfalls to base hospitals and to establish
rest and food stations. each column
being under the command of an army
surgeon.
with each hospital column there ar.A.
rty-six nurses. whose business /, IS no,
only to do nursing but to perform other
services in military hospitals, such as
to manage kitchens and superintend the
laundering and repair of linen. They
also do duty on hospital trains and hos.
pital ships. Each hospital is under the
direction Of an army surgeon, but the
Red Cross furnishes the personnel
mot least important OF the activities
of the Red Cross are those which are
represented in the field by information
sections. One of these sections is at the
headquarters Of each corps, division or
other body of troops operating as a sep
arate unit. Attached to 1t are clerks
stenographers and typewrlters. and It's
DuSlHeSS is 10 OBTAIN information from
the military authorities concerning the
sick. wounded and dead. and to transmit
such intelligence to relatives and
friends.
THE headquarters of all the informa.
ton sections is the informa ton bureau
OF the Red Cross in Washington In
fact. the chief of each such section In
the field Is an official reporter engaged
In gathering news for this bureau. Il
Is not merely news about Americans
that Is thus gathered. Should there BE-
war with Mexico similar intelligence in
regard to Mexican prisoners of war
would be communicated to their families
whenever possible. The news centre Is
the Washington headquarters. and to
the information bureau in that city all
inquiries should be addressed.
Every Red Cross nurse engaged In
war service, like all other members Of
that organizations personnel. wears on
her sleeve the brassard authorized by
the treaty of Geneva. 1t marks her as
a person sacred under the rules of civi.
lized warfare. Each brassard has IT,
number registered in the War Depart
ment, without whose permission no such
insignia are permitted TO be worn"