New-York tribune., 1916-02-28
Bv PERCY ALDEN. NJ. r.

London. Feb. 16.-Mrs. Lloyd George
has. from the outbreak of the war'
taken keen interest In the magnllcen'
work that has been accomplished by
women both Mt home and abroad and
has labored increasingly to insure the
success Of the many and varied enter
nr.ses in which women are engaged
Roth her sons are serving with the
colors. and her daughter. Oiwen, is
working somewhere in France with the
voluntary aid detachment OF the Brit
ish Red Cross.
There is plenty o, work FOR women
TO do. even though they cannot hght'"
said Mrs. Lloyd George TO me recently
"The story of what women have done
through the Red Cross IS simply
amazing. Let me give you two or three
figures. Thirteen hundred trained
nurses are working to-day in England
and on the Continent in connection
with the British Red Cross. In sddi-
tion. the V. A. D. has supplied l,5Oo
women to serve under trained nurses.
They are posted at hospitals both In
England and in France, and the effect
figures. Eighteen hundred trained
women fer higher posts All have OBJ
tanned certificates in first aid and HON
nursing. while many have certificates
also In hygiene, sanitation and cookery.
If you would like TO see some of the
hospital work you can find 1t either at
the large Red Cross hospitals for the
British at places like La Touquet and
Rouen, or you can go to Calais and see
the Anglo-belgian hospitals thece, OF
The Queen Alexandra at MaIo-les- oalhs'
or the Elisabeth, at Poperinghe. Many
women are giving their services ut the
rest stations which have been cstaD-
lished II various railway stations. Ihey
meet the men as they come back from
tie trenches and supply them Wit food
and comforts and clothing and gener-
ally reft them for the next move for
ward.
Work in 100 Home Hospitals.
"Originally. the idea was that women
not fa ly trained should act as tenn
porarv nurses to look after the wound
cd in imurovlsed hospitals. The X. A.
u. &. ap.I0led of this work and ccn-
dccted examinations and inspections
Of the women volunteers. IT was
thought that they would fiji the gap
LEFT by the War Office, since the War
once machinery made no arrange
meuts for rest stations OF sorting nos
pltals for dealing with wounded or SICK
coming back from the dressing stations.
a detachment consists of command
ant, Quartermaster, and a supern-
tendent nurse with twenty nurses. The
organization was put 20 a severe test
when, al tho fall Of Antwerp, in Octo-
Der. the wounded Belgians had 70 eyGc-
uate hospitals in Belgium and be ac-
commodated in England. Since then
the War Office has modified the Y. A.
y. and thrown more and more work
uu0n their shOu ders, and the women
have responded IN very remarkable
fashion. The greater part Of the work
of the hospital is cooking, washing or
scrubbing. II is carried out by these
women with wonderful self-abnega
There sre in England over one hun
dred British Red Cross auxiliary home
hospitals, and you can easily see how
great drain upon the women Of this
country the work of these hospitals
must have entailed.
"The Women's Emergency Corps was
ftarted only two days after the dec
laration Of war. This work originated
with the womens suffrage societies and
naturally It has swept into It's ranks
large numbers OF women OF indepen-
dent means. believe even In the first
fortnight, 1t received and classified ten
thousand candidates, doctors, nurses,
interpreters, motorists and the un-
trained who desired training and were
willing 70 do anything that was offered
20 them. Thousands Of these women
have been placed in situations in con-
nection with trans. buses and rail
ways. thousands more are taken up by
the big commercial undertakings. and
very large number are engaged In