Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-08
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Hospital. Seattle. Wash efai
Miss Johanna Burns, ST. Luke's Hos.
pital seattle Wash. AAoo-
Miss Katherine Flynn, San Frarc,s.o
Hospital san Francisco, Cal.
445. Emergency Detachment. 80
sur,ss-The Emergency Detachment
OF organization for which the Stata TINS ms
Local Committees on Red Cross Nm, anu
ing S'rNlc" nave been made Responsive
such groups viii usually. consist of ten
nurses. one OF whom will be desi1r,teH
as Head Nurse. who will act as such ne,
III assigned to duty under the . III
VISION Of the Chief Nurse of the ARM
N "a The Unit l snd Will wiI become &c mem
DUTY as such. These grouns are tu 70
n 20 supplement- the nursing stan 70
military hospitals already estabiished
uItal ships hospital trains or for nos-
other service where easily n,oh,,; Hdy
rroups 81 nurses may he needed. The
,omr, i,'ees nave responded with en-
tree retachments az comn,eteiu ping
ianidlr ~ possible. 1t is hOned t dat
vay4 o3mplete these Detachments viii
.l.-"- lvsilable for duty. II is in.ad
81 to max" the Emergency Detachments
u NIr-es permanent organizatjnn nv
&C. Dc me i G'r fs rMns OF the Committees
rEuf may occur in order to mainta;n
~, required stability. MAINTAIN
-4e. Mexican Border Eervics-I.ate
~ Mexican Border came from the ece SO, on
ol General of the Army Erortun.4a
'. may ~ our local committees had
t5ra.' "4 La Emergency Detach-
rr,~piit 70 our call for nurses ana we
f'f r' dini'ulty in securing the reonir.d
I" chairmen Of several of the
n" .t'e-s even sacrifcing their vaca-
tons "r1er 70 meet this need. one
-.nlr'd ana forty-four Red Cross
Nrs.~ hdFe ,neen sent to the military
tn-r.aIs "a Texas, New Mexico ana
trz ~ Lack % space makes II Inn,
nr-s h. - give the names of The n,ra en-
Ni' =" following list will indicata thu
c'nr ''"aS through which they were
80 et and their assignments
W. 'nd 'rmiug CHAM, to Camn NJ
A''t. Texas "
~'o nehara, 20 Fort Sam Houston.
-rn. l 70 Camp McAllen, Texas
Cli.re ~ Denver, 10 u Nogales
.en,c. 10 Eagle Pass. Texas.
o'Hel- Atlsnta; Z to Laredo. Texas.
4 FHsta. 70 Camp McAllen, Texas
ir.f''rc". | TO Laredo. Texas
iowa. "HN city. TO Llano Grande
tou- 49, T TH. Orleans. 4 to Eagle
.'aN fn'- baltimore, TO Douglas
tal"rlore T. Eagle Pass. Texas.
raNIwor' ! TO Laredo. Texas
Mf uta Minneapolis, to Llano
Dr.-lr. Texas.
%.l.-. De omaha. to Brownsville
>eo. ''.. es--Camdcn, to Fort Bliss
rot.t to Fort Bliss. Texas.
Tftutuu, J 80 Fort Bliss. Texas
'h.k- Albany, ; to Douglass, Ari-
rgGll" TO brownsville. Texas.
t.' 'anton. to Deming, New Mex
g., Land. . to Deming. New Mexico
.Whus' /" 10 Eagle Pass; Texas
laTf7u. TO Deming. New Mexico
lr -E.Npn'a. Philadelphia, to
townsville Texas
"a Dallas. ! t. Fort sam Houston.
Tcyas
Antonio to For, sam Houston,
Nlrn~- Norfolk. to Brownsville,
T. yaG
Ma,hington u. C.--s TO Douglas. Ari-
r. +, Fort Sam Houston. Texas
10" laredo. Texas.
y special effort was made to call upon
tnr1-nlfteos that had not been active in
sr'ur me- nurs -s for Europe. so that the
"yp," nee which we consider most val
nll could be widely distributed. For
'n same reason comparatively few
rI-~'s we're selected who had been ON
'l in Europe
W" were most anxious to give each
y hospital Unit an opportunity to
....1 two nurses for actual experience
p military hospital. and special re-
Quest was sent to the Surgeon General
rr permit ~sinn TO do so. This request
granted with the assurance that
N . nurses selected would be transferred
NJ heir own Units should any OF these
q, allied into service.
Tie cher Nurse of each Base Hos
rfil I MT was asked to designate two
= D. SOS for this assignment and the fol
lowing have representatives in the vari-
,u- military hospitals on the border:
bellevue. Presbyterian. Post Graduate,
Han. Hospital Units. New York City
ln+t0n CITY. Massachusetts General.
a. Potter Bent brigham, Base Hospitals
ltL. -,d,. Rase Hospital Unit. Cleve-
l7UH bhip ,
,p~r NATL General. Base Hospital
i..' .rinnati. Ohio.
Eo,reetor Base Hospital Unit, Roch~
4, Tor y
n7p.r hospital. Base Hospital Unit.
NytrY' Mich.
W.4tMgton University. Base Hospital
Az. Courses of Instruction-The H.
t..... \. preparedness excited N TINS
.,.NN'r. by the European war-intensi-
t,d ia me early summer by the posi-
lI.i> ~ war between the United states
70l resulted in an eXtraordi-
rln. Increase in the interest In tne
c"gr--- Il instruction given under the
"j-uIr-. If the Red Cross
The demand by women anxious and
carar tp bc Of service to their country:
tur some form Of instruction that would
81 measure be preparatory. resulted III
80 rec9mmendatiun by the National
Committee on Nursing Service at inc
las' Annual Meeting. that a comnlneo
course of N lessons in Elementary ny
rler- and Home Care OF the SICK ano
~ First Ald to be arranged and put INTO
practical oneration. This was done put
b the demand for which this course
WAS especially provided was no longer
urgent the special course was Inails
ftdraWn september J. 1918, ar,ef
W.ltN the course Of - lessons III E,e
Ilcnt4ry Hygiene and Home care or the
SrN was adopted Ak the basis or prep
grttIon and selection of women Tor ser
N't. as nurses aids.
fA7. Nurses Atds--Considerab.e con :.
f1s'on seems to prevail in the minds OF
TIE public as to what entities one 10 De
de- Engtcd 80 a Nurses Aid. rms IS
rAlrlv due 20 unauthorized newspaper
r.NAtty. and an apparent lack OF under
stu .iuE ON the part OF thAse who nave
ti-ru Rcd Cross courses of instruction.
TIA E,d Cross recognizes but one type
o. p Ure,. tile woman who, by speciai PRE-"
f., ioual prepara lion in a school OF hur"
irr meeting the requirements as estao
naNct Nv the National Committee on iteu
Crrs. Nursing Service for enrolment IN
g. service as \ Red Cross Nurse. oH .IT
o'irr hand no woman has right 10 Sal
htr.t( q nurses aid unless she H's
!, selected for service as sucn VIII
htA Cross Base Hospital Unit coul Sc
NJ Thmcntarv Hygiene and Home ear
o. 'Ne SICK. under the auspices OF tne H liz.
e. ss Is an absolute prerequisite Ior ."iS
In