Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
Views of the VigilantSs
HOW WOMEN CAN FIGHT.
By eeIes. Burgess of The visiIante,

By Geictt Burgess ct The NiqHantes'
 Men must wait to be drafted, but any woman can volunteer in this war. Every woman should. An Army of Women is enlisting recruits. It's name is the American Red Cross, and to care for the wounded is it's mission.
 Don't think, however that means that you can put on becoming uni form, and after a-few lessons, go to France and nurse heroes in hospitals. Would you, if you were III, want to be cared for by an amateur? No, you would want a trained nurse who has graduated from hospital that would guarantee her character and efficiency. Don't you want your boy. if he is wounded. to have the very best care
 Both in England and in France many auxiliary hospitals were at first filled with amateur nurses. Men were neglected, Ill cared for. The bed sores by the lack of expericene of the nurses.
 To avoid such horrors, the Ameri- can Red Cross has enlisted thousands of graduate nurses, women efficient, experienced and conscientious and 70 scientifically trained that the surgeon g work is made effective. It has formed and prepared thirty base hospital staffs-with surgeons, nurses, order lies, dieticians, clerks and housekeep-
 
 ly to provide medical care for an army of a million men.
 It is the work of the women of the land to hep keep these hospitals our soldiers may be cared for Join the Red Cross today. Apply at the nearest Chapter or Branch. They tell you what to do. Get nine other wo- men and form an Auxiliary, and the Red Cross will send you an instructor.
 There are two things the Red Cross wants, and wants quickly-money and surgical dressings. Both are vitally necessary to keep the hospitals going.
 Of an army in the field, it is esti- mated that at least five per cent. will, during the first part of the campaign, be in the hospital For our 60.Oo0 i'll and wounded an immense number of surgical dressings win be needed. They must be all ready; They must be all exactly alike. They must be made.
 Send to the headquarters at Wash ngton for the Red Cross Circular on Dressings" then start a workshop and go to work. Let the don't bother headquarters with 1uestionsi Or, join some branch al- -eady established.
 There is enough work for every 1Aoman in the United States.
 If you can't do this, raise money 'or the Red Cross. Think of the sums required for hospital equipment ,ots, bedding. garments, kitchens, medicines! To equip the six base hospitals already sent to France cost ,z10, 900. and for the nursee' equip nent another S25 900.
 Fairs, entertainments. collections here are as many ways to raise | money as there are persons to do it.
 But remember that, once you enlist l he Red Cross Is sacred symbol, and 1 ion't misuse it or treat it lightly. It | tands for the highest work women | an do in this crisis. It stands for re- ponsible, organized. and scientifically ! rAined and directed work for the re- | ief of humanity. It is above distinc- | ions of race. Amid the world wide | ruelty and horror Of war, the Red | Cross is the emblem of unselflshness | md of the Brotherhood of Man.
 Is there any woman living who will 1 haf7