New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
British Women viii
Labor for Armies
Behind French Front
10000 Expected To Be Sen, :,
Chaufeurs, Cooks. Waitresse,
and Clerks

II was on January IL that We puhrA.,
the first forecast of the War Oaiee'. -.
interesting scheme for sending Wa.
clerical workers 10 France, TO replse. i.
men called up for active service. Affiliate
the suggestion was that the chief S.-
would be for clerical work. presumaN,
the Army Pay and other departments -,
it was also suggested that one Of III, 49,,
difficulties would be in the matter Of IA.
ing the women strangers in strangs IA.
1t was obvious that they would not b -,
lowed TO live in scattered 5illets. For 49,.
time after this the scheme was heN ;.
partly owing to the indispositon O, y.
Minister for War, and the great numb,
Of women who at once volunteered for IL,
work were rather discouraged BIZ the a,
swers they received. The statemen. VIII
il was expected the War Office would ,,A
lish early in January was held back.
Now the scheme emerges from its ob,,r,.
ity and proves TO be on a much larger a.,
more interesting scale than was ante
pated. All women working for the am,
are to be included in it.. and it applis, =
England as well as to France. The nus.
Der who at once come under il is prob,s,
about 10000. chiefly women clerical N,
workers in the Pay Department and o,.,,
army departments, with many hundred, a,
cooks and mattresses employed in 4,
camps, and the women chauifeurs who 4,
driving for the Army Service Corps and Il,
Royal Flying Corps-women whose nun.
bers will be very greatly increased dur,,
the next few weeks.
IL is interesting to note that two Of tb,.
groups-the women cooks and waitress.
and the chaufeurs-h been organized h
the Women's legion, which has for months
had an Office in the Duke of lork's Schoo
at Chelsea, and which now becomes ncors
rated in the larger scheme One may ss:.
pose that with an organized supply 4
qualified institutional housekeepers. coos
and mattresses to draw on the French sr.y
of women will not have to draw on outsits
help-that they will not have TO appeal
the various women's welfare societies q.
help in hostels or csnteens as was at hn
thought probable. This az once opens ug !
great field of service for women who hm
been working in girls canteens over hss
To Be Treated as Soldiers
1t is some months since women were fn.
employed as army chauffeurs, and nov 8
appears they are to serve in Yroa
branches of the motor transport, doing
sorts of miscellaneous work. such as tecti
cal storekeeping, mechanical engineering
and helping generally in the garages. h
pay will be good, though it is hot yet d.
nitely settled what the various workers A.
to receive. All the workers will be lodr
and rationed by the War Office, and 4
will also, like soldiers. wear uniform, q
kit being supplied. 1t will be very ilr
esting to see whether the women Of
classes. who VIGOROUSLY feed then'sTr
very badly. will show the same extfi'H'
nary physical improvement as the @ce
did when put on full army rations
The organizer Of the scheme is Ls.1iai'
General Sir Nevil Macready, the stlsAh,
general. and he has established brs,a
his department at Devonshire House, shS
Colonel Leigh Wood and Mrs. CsslnsH
Watson will be in charge. They vii y"
the duty of interviewing and selecting ''a'
en- candidates for the various arm! F's
and the whole scheme, both in France y
England, will be under Their supervise"
though France will have its own S'nH
controller. Mrs. Gwynne Vaughan.
Devonshre House will work in cooper
ton with Mrs. Tenant, director o.
Women's Branch of National Service ."
all women wishing to volunteer ioF ~,
work will send their applications diIss
her at st. Ermins Hotel, leaving hG
pass their names on as the dens''
workers is made.
The adjutant generals choice Of ne
women 10 control this very large ana \
cult new organization will give genera ~
isfaction TO progressive women y,
Chalmers W tson is one OF the "'.
women doctors OF Edinburgh. wne.
took her degree twenty years ago. sh' \
has for long interested herself in 'he >.
fare Of working girls. She IS ssN
Sir Eric Geddes. who did such er
work in rushing railway supplies to re-.
She is also a cousin OF Dr. Garrett AYE
son. .;
Mrs. Gwynne Vaughan is seien's
A graduate of London University, sno
present on the staff Of Brkbeck oo"''
A Gradual Enlistment Planned
A representative OF The Msne'H"
Guardian" had an interview to-0'
Devonshire House with Mrs. Chaimen
son. who is already installed the's
who frankly expressed her regret 70" -
much had been published about '%
scheme before all the details were 49,
out. The information was sao''SD =,
correct. but the authorities we're no.
ious to deal at once with host o. "
cants. 49,. -
ut is quite obvious" she said' n ,a q
scheme has TO be worked gradually.
cannot at once rush great numoe.' - (
women across to France. 10; eahnv,
Won any idea how many women -
wanted but the number you sues' - L
had been fairly moderate es'nls q
probably nearer the mark than ''' u. |
/ eested by some Of the newspapers. ~ 4
no. know how many will be 80,
where they will first be sent Inv ~, .
will come from this town m fr'D'' ~ 4
from that. and then inquiry mu" .Ds,b5
a. TO the accommodation that
or that can be provided. THIS : ,,.,
/ important matter The women 81 ,.s}
in scattered billets. They mu'' ,.,y q