The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-09
|G|RL SCOUTS OFFER
! SERVICES TO REQ CROSS

| tloHdl diTl SCOUTS, VINO are organic
ing the girls and young women OF
the country for preparedness in
every state OF the union, have had
the proffer of their services In case
OF necessity accepted by the Ma
tional Red Cross and just how inn
portant their work is likely to be in
national emergency, is shown by
a statement issued from the ma
tional headquarters, at Fifth ave-
nue.. New York City, by Mrs. Juli-
cite Low. president and founder of
the movement in the United States.
Asked what would be the work
the Girl Scouts would perform In
the event of war with either Ger
many or Mexico, Mrs. Low said:
1.-THE Girl Guides, the forernn-
ner in Great Britain of the Girl
Scout movement in this country,
have answered that question. Aside
from the advantage to be derived
from the physical preparedness of
young girls, their special training
in any one of a hundred useful ac-
tivities and the discipline of mind
ard body the Girl Scout movement
provides for those who enroll there
are any number of specific services
the girls can perform in the event
of war.
THE Red Cross seems the most
immediate and logical organization
with which they can cooperate and
for this reason our services we're
offered to that organization as soon
as diplomatic relations with Germa-
ny were broken off. The fast that
our proffer was Immediately accept
eG indicates how valuable the. Red
Cross officials believe we can be to
them We should be especially
valuable in the event of invasion of
our territory from the south and
west
I'm fact the first place nursing
and first aid knowledge is one of
the chief principles of Girl Scout
ing. No girl can become quail
fled scout who has not mastered
the fundamentals of these. Every
Girl Scout can prepare and roll
handages, can make up hospital
supplies, understands how to stop
tho flow of blood, to resuscitate the
drowning and finally is efficient in
ordinary nursing. More than This
they can prepare simple foods, and
can make garments
"The general training they have
re ceived gives them the intelligence
and discretion necessary in dispatch
bearers and in others who form the
civilian support on which an army
has largely to rely. especially the
hospital or Red Cross service.
Many of the older scouts are al
ready equipped to enter the Red
Cross as full Pledged nurses. The
Younger ones are rapidly becoming
trained to be equally as efficient.
But it is unlikely any great
number of Girl Scouts will enlist
in the Red Cross as individuals for
the reason the organization We have
perfected in many states and are
l = in
valuable as an entirity. The mem
beers can perform more important
service as parts of an efficient
whole than as individuals, and the
| arrangements made with the Red
| Cross officials contemplates the use
of our entire organization in this
! manner.
| specifically here are a few things
the Girl Scouts are now doing and
are ready to do at any time:
| Prepare, label and pack hospital
supplies.
Knit socks for soldiers "a the
rate of a completed pair an hour
MAKE garments including night
shirts, caps. uniforms, haversaeks
belts and other equipment and sup
plies.
Mend and mark linen, garments
and other hospital accessories.
Wash sheets. pillow cases. tow
els, etc.
| Supply flowers, collect books
and magazines. taking these cheer
| ing articles to the hospitals daily
| or forwarding them to the field
| hospitals.
Serve literally as scouts, dis
| patch bearers, etc.
"fin places in civil occupations
and civil life generally hitherto
filled by men. thus releasing many
men for war service who otherwise
would be compelled to remain a
| home.
'In addition to these things u