The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-07-26

the service what 1t is today.
1t Is stated that as soon as informa-
ton reached Chicago of the loss of
the two nurses on board the Mongolia
and the serious injury of third q
number of nurses in that city promptly
volunteered to fill the places Of those
who had made the "major 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 to
go to Belgrade, on the Austrian 'front.'
taking up a position In hospital ex-
posed to shell fire Of the enemy. These
nurses remained in this dangerous po-
sltion through the capture Of Belgrade
by the Austrinns, followed by its re-
capture by the Serbians and later by
subsequent recapture by the Prussian
and Austrian armies, oil the time d.
rectly in the line Of fire.
That 1t Is impossible to anticipate
and provide against danger Is demon
strated from the fact that not Il nurse
among the number of more than 25O
sent by the Red Cross to foreign bat
tlefields since September, 1914, has lost
her life, while 1t remained for two
nurses peacefully seated on the deck
of ship In mldocean to meet with n
fatal accident which occurred during
practice firing.
Nurses working in Belgium occupied
q 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 q single nurse died from accident
since the opening of the European war.
The experience of Miss Helen Scott
of Illinois and Miss Rachel Torrance
of New York is a 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
ferred to her country to aid the Bull
garian government In establishing II
nursing service for the Bulgarian army.
In this work nurses school was es-
tablished In Sofia, into which many
native women graduated from the
American college at Constantinople,
were received for training. These two
American nurses continued their work
at Sofia until the hospital service there
was taken over by the Germans. Dur
ing this time they were always under
the direct patronage of the Bulgarian
queen. After the assumption of the
work by the Germans, Miss Hay and
Miss Torrance went to Phllippopolis
and took over the relief work in that
part of the country at the request of
the Bulgarian queen. These nurses
were recalled to the United States i'm
medlately after the declaration, on
April 6, of the existence of state of
war by the congress of the United
States and have already reported to
Red Cross headquarters in Washing
ton.
In war expert services must be con-
served. and while 1t seems necessary
to hold our enrolled Red Cross nurses
for the technical hospital service, there
is still ample opportunity for the serv-
ice of the patriotic women throughout
America. To meet the needs of the
present situation every woman must
be willing to perform the duty for
which she is best qualified, believing
that every service rendered to once's
country is equally important-New
Work Herald.