Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
United States at War.
II Is Not an Army We Must
Shape and Train for Man: Ii Is
NatiOn-WoOdrOw Wilson.
Red Cross Nurses.

Graduate registered nurses be-
tween the ages Of rs and 40, physi-
cally strong and recommended by
their profession, may serve in the
base hospital units. The Red Cross
nursing service has 1900 accepted
nurses enrolled. Fourteen hundred
nurses are needed, enough for 2,000,-
600 men.
Nurses aids are selected from
those who have earned certificates
in elementary hygiene and home care
of the sick, home dietetics, and the
preparation of surgical dressings.
These courses are given in New York,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington,
Cincinnati. Cleveland, Chicago. San
+ rancisco, Pasadena, Los Angeles,
and wherever ten women can get an
enrolled Red Cross nurse as instruc-
tor.
Professional nurses and those de-
string instruction in first aid and the
courccs mentioned above should ad-
dress the bureau of Nursing Service,
American Red Cross, Washington,
l.. C.
Most women can help, if they will,
in preparation of supplies. Eight
three hour lessons, chiefly practical,
are needed for instruction in pre-
pairing surgical supplies. Write the
nearest chapter or the Bureau of
Nursing Service. American Red
Cross, Washington. ID. c.
Convalescent homes will be such
private residences or other buildings
or institutions as are accepted by the
American Red Cross as complying
with the necessary conditions for
providing accommodation for dis
abled officers and men who require
no further active medical or surgical
treatment, ,and who are awaiting dis
charge from the service on account
of permanent disability. The cX-
penses in connection with the upkeep
OF convalescent homes will be met en-
tirely by private funds except that
an allowance for subsistence may he
made by the government when de-
sired. Convalescent homes will be
at all times subject to inspection by
duly authorized representatives OF
the war department.
II increased medical science has
taught us anything it has taught us
that there is no such thing as being
sick all by oneself. The sickness OF
an Individual may sometimes be OF
tremendous community importance
Al
any case the community efficiency is
decreased by one unit. and even more
than that, since the person who IS Ill
demands attention from others. 1t Is
the realization of this fact that gives
Importance to the care with which
every member in the community
looks out for his own health.
The soldiers IN training have some
one to watch them constantly and a
sick list is made up daily. Every et-
fort is going TO be made by those IN
authority at the camps to give those
in training the most expert and most
immediate medical treatment.
Those in civilian life are not sub
feet to such a medical service, but If
the citizen army of enc million Is TO
maintain It's efficiency every citizen
n ust cooperate and must not only
care for his own wealth, but be on
the lookout for anything in the com
munity in which he lives which
would tend to decrease the healthful
character OF the locality. More spe-
officially, increased attention must be
paid to conditions on vacant lots, area
ways, cellars. backyards, drains, pollu-
ton OF streams, etc.
Private and public hospitals should
be encouraged and dispensaries
should he provided with funds maxi
ing .hcir continued activity possible.
What we should like to do IN times
of peace we have come to regard as
not merely desirable, but as abso-
lutely necessary in times of war.
Some such few desirable immediate
by-prcducts the conflict may bring