The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
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the service what it is today
II is stated that as soon as inforlna-
tiun reached Chicago of the loss or
the two nurses on board the Mongolia
ana the serious injury Of third
number of nurses in that city promptly
volunteered to fill the places Of those
who had made the ma jor sacrifice in
the service of t..eir country.
Red Cross nurses in Serbia, in order
/ that they might have better facilities
! in caring for the wounded. elected 10
/ go to Belgrade, on the Austrian front,
! taking up & position In hospital eX-
posed to shell fire of the enemy. These
nurses remained in this dangerous pO-
Sition through the capture of Belgrade
| by the AustrianS. followed by IFS re-
capture by the Serbans and LATER by
subsequent recapture by the PruSsian
and Austrian armies, all the time di-
rectly in the line Of fire
That 1t is impossible to anticipate
and provide against danger is demon
strated from the fact that not nurse
among the number Of more than 30
sent by the Red GSosS to foreign bat
tlefields since September. 1911, has lost
her life, while it remained for two
nurses peacefully seated on the deck
of ship in midocean to meet with
fatal accident which occurred during
practice firing.
Nurses working in Belgium occupied
a spot situated in the line of flight
frequently travelled by Zeppelins in
crossing the English channel. In some
instances windows in hospitals occu-
pied by these Red Cross nurses were
broken by bombs cast by the aircraft,
yet not nurse suffered injury.
Experience of Two Nurses.
Red Cross nurses have been assigned
to duty in all European countries and
not single nurse died from accident
since the opening of the European war.
The experience of Miss Helen Scott
of Illinois and Miss Rachel Torrance
or New York is drama of thrills.
These two nurses were sent out on
board the Red Cross ship in Septem-
Der, 1914. to Russia, where they helped
TO organize a Red Cross hospital at
kieff. After about one years service
In this city. at the urgent request Of
the queen of Bulgaria, they were trans
1erred to her country to aid the Bull
gar1an government in establishing
nursing service for the Bulgarian armv.
In this work a nurses school was %.
In Sofia i,ko
naive women graduated from the
american college at Constanttnople.
were received for training. These two
american nurses continued their work
AT SOMA until the hospital service there
was taken over by the Germans Dur-
lnK .nis 'me they were always under
the dlrect patronage of the Bulgarian
queen. After the assumption of the
work ny the Germans, Miss HAY and
MINIS torrance went to Philippopolis
ana TOOK over the relief work in tbo+
part or the country at the request of
me bulgarian queen. These nurses
we're recalled to the United States i'm
h'ulhteiy after the declaration on
april y, Of the existence of a stats 90
war bv the congress of the Cpit.d
states and have already renortad 80
on.
III war expert services must be con.
''e', ana while 1t seems necessary
" ""'h our enrolled Red Cross nurses
OF me technical hospital service thoro
: 7''' "n'pie opportunity for the serv-
&C. of the patriotic ,v,r,o,,
america. To moot .b. -'o"'
''"'h' situation every woman muSt
" "'''hg TO perform the dutv for
'",'" ' she Is best qualified. believing
'''s service rendered TO once,s
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