Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-05-08
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON RED
CROSS NURSING SERVICE
Report OF Miss Jane A. DeIano,
Chairman


Report OF Miss Jane A. DeIano,
Chairman
436. Meetings.-A regular meeting Of
the National Committee on Red Cross
Nursing Service was held in New Orleans
LOUISIANA. on May !. 1916, at the time of
the Meeting of the American Nurses AS
sociation Owing to the large number OF
Red Cross Nurses in attendance at the
meeting of the American Nurses Associa-
tlon, several interesting sessions were
held for various groups, one being devot-
ed to the organization of base hospital
units, at which several of the chief nurses
were in attendance. A meeting was also
arranged for members of State and Local
Committees and many of their problems
were freely discussed with the National
Committee.
The second semi-annual melting was
held as usual in Washington on the dayA
preceding the Annual Meeting. December
l3. 1916. Delegates from the State Nurses
Associations and Members of the COM
mlftees in attendance at. the Annual Meet
ing met as usual with the National Com
mittee.
437. Personnel-Miss Marion Oliver
was appointed a member of the National
Committee in December, 1915. and re-
signed in June, 1916. There has been no
other change in the Committee during the
past year.
There are at present A State Commit
tees and II Local Committees. with a
total enrolment of over 1900 Red Cross
Nurses. Seven hundred fifty-iye repre-
sentative nurses throughout the country
are serving gratutously as members Of
state and Local Committees on Red Cross
Nursing Service. The development of
units of nurses for service in the event of
war has greatly stimulated the enrolment
or Red Cross Nurses. Sixteen hundred
have been enrolled during the past year.
The work of the National Committee on
Red Cross Nursing Service has so greatly
increased during asst hot
1t has been necessary in developing the
work to create a Bureau of Nursing Ser
vice Miss Clara d. Noyes. for several
years General Superintendent of the
Training Schools at Bellevue and Allied
Hospitals. was appointed September 90 1916,
as Director of this Bureau.
Although born in Maryland. Miss Moves
comes Of New England ancestors who
have been prominent in the history Of
this country for several generations. She
was graduated from John Hopkins Hospi-
tai Training School for Nurses in 1896.
The following year she went to the New
England Hospital for Women, and Chill
dren. Boston. Massachusetts, as Superin-
tendent Of the Training School, and in
1901 accepted the position Of Superintend-
ent of ST. Luke's Hospital and the Train
Ing School for Nurses, New Bedford,
Massa chusetts.
Miss Noyes has been active in all nurs-
ing affairs and for the past three years
President of the National League of
Nursing Education, and is at present
President of the Board of Directors Of the
American Journal of Nursing. Since 1907
she has lectured at the Teachers College
on Hospital administration and brings to
the Red Cross a wealth Of experience as
an organizer and an administrator.
With the development of a large nurs-
Ing personnel for the use of the Navy as
well as the Army, it seemed most de-
sirable to secure the assistance of a mem
Der Of the Navy Nurse Corps to assist in
the enrolment and classification Of nurses
for service. Assignment was made Sep
tember 25, 1916, by the Surgeon General
Nursing Service of Miss Katrina Hert-
zer, who has been for several years a
member of the Navy Nurse Corps. Miss
Hertzer was born in Ohio and rs a grad
uate of the Illinois Training School for
Nurses. She remained after graduation
as an Instructor in the Training School
and later became Superintendent of
Nurses at the City and County Hospital
ST. Paul, MINI. She was appointed a
member of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1911,
was made Chief Nurse in 1912 and served
In this capacity at the United States Ma
val Hospital at Chelsea, Mass, until 1914
In August, 1914, she accepted appointment
as an American Red Cross Nurse for SER
vice in Europe and was assigned to duty
at Budapest. She was later transferred TO
Siberia. Russia, to aid in the care of
prisoners of war and has only recently re-
turned to this country.
4ae: Delegates to the Annual Meet
4uS-lne IOHOWlnS UeleRateS from the
State Nurses Associations are in at
tendance at the Annual meeting:
Connecticut-Miss Florence NJ Redfield.
California-Miss Alma Wrigley.
Georgia-Miss Jane Van De Vrede.
Delaware-Miss Evelyn Hayes
District of Columbia-Miss Lily Kaneiv
ALTERNATE Miss Mary H. Culbertson.
Illinois-Miss Minnie II. Ahrens.
Kentucky-Miss Anna E. Flynn
Maryland-Mrs. Geo. F. Sargent.
Massa achusetts-Miss Emma NJ Nichols.
New Jersey-Miss Helen Stephen
New York-Mrs. II. D. Burrll.
North Carolina-Miss Cleone Hobbs
Ohio-Miss Abbie Roberts.
Wisconsin-Miss Cora v. Nifer
West Virginia-Miss Nellie Manning.
Missouri-Miss Anna Barr
Michigan-Miss Agnes Deans.
43S. Europe-With the beginning of
the year 1916 the Red Cross was still sun
porting % Red Cross Nurses in La Panne.
Belgium. and three in Bulgaria Thirty
seven volunteer nurses on duty In Ger
many and Austria were transferred from
our units to Russia on October l. 1915. sun
ported by special fund appropriated bv
the German Government to care for the
prisoners of war They were assigned as
follows: