Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
NEARLY $1,000 WOMEN NOW
ARE IN MUN|T|0N RESERVE
VI This Number, About 200 Are FIN
gagged in Active Work at
Seven Pines.
WILL CALL OTHERS SHORTLY
only Richmond Women Are Being
accepted for the Present, as Quar-
ters Have Not Yet Been Completed
to House Out-of-Town Workers.

Sy tho inauguration and successful
operation Of the Womens Munition Re-
serve, and to-day. three weeks since
announcement was made that the or
SANITATION would be formed, IL boasts a
membership OF nearly 5000 girls and
women. or this number about 800
arc engaged in actual work. and others
are being called for active service as
last as they can be used.
The sole purpose of the reserve Is
, 10 supply women with which to man
me United States Government Bag
loading Plant, No. 5, at Seven Pines.
All OF the female workers. and most
OF the government inspectors. viii! he
furnished this great munition plant
rom the enlisted ranks of the femi-
nine army
So far the women's reserve has re-
FUSED consistently to enroll nonresi-
cents. This Is not because nonrcsi-
cents are undesirable. but is due to
Inc inject fact that women and girls; whose
se provided with attractive and com
,Irtable quarters. These accommoda-
tiFuctioh at Seven Pines. and as soon
az they are ready for occupancy. non
residents who have previously Applied
Tor enlistment will be notified that they
vice
Indicating the intense interest which
me reserve has aroused. Miss Winifrcd
secretary. receives scores OF letters
though each mail. Some wish TO en-
Io!i Tor active work AT once and others
are seeking more inforination All in
cuirics and applications receive prompt
attention from Miss Crenshaw and her
personnel stan. Communications should
be addressed TO Miss trenshaw and
ton.
oUT-OF-TOwN APPLICANTS
KEPT on WAITING LIST
Letters come not only from Virginia.
Tut from many OF the Middle Atlantic
and most OF the Southern states. low
ever, until the necessary arrangements
Tor the accommodate OF strangers are
provided. II Will be necessary TO keep
me names OF these applicants on the
waiting list
II viii thus be seen that OF tho 5000
reserFists no" enrolled. all live either
&c Nichmond or its Immediate vicinity
ana are able 10 leave and return 10
the!r homes each day
Women ana girls from every walk
oil NE have been attracted 10 the SEX
en- Iinss plant. They have come from
comfortable homes. fash.onabl. man
sons and homes whe'e the pincn OF
nave been brought together on a Com-
mon plane Just as have The men who
n.ahe up mo ..mcricin army. all work
ing and hghtlng for a conruon rauyr.
70 Win tho war. Many OF Richmond's
foremost soG!"iy women. headed hv
: MIS- "estinoreland Davis. VIC OF The
Governor of Virginia as president. or
nc orSanizaton have responded These
women were guided purely by patri.
pie motives: many Of them VINO have
been at work since the nuni,Ion nv,
pesan operations could not tell the
rate at which they are paid They re-
ceiNe their pay checks with the others
D sn- M!,no4t carinG rap for tho sum
cross or give II 10 their children To
lie invested IN war savings stamps.
GIVES WOMEN OPpORrt NIFTY
TO SERVE; THEIR COUNTRY 7.
Her less fortunate sister. PERTAINS.
has 10 count her pennies with thr .
poo! cir! money IL necessity. ,,ut F..
trat does not mean that size is not just .
as ANXIOUS to work with her own hands (
with the. hope that she may be- the
means OF saving brother. lover or
Trend who Is over there. She Is equally
anxious. Thus does the Women's Mu-
milton Reserve give the poor woman
or Sir! the very opportunity for which !
she Is 'ookins-'he chance to serve her
time To earn her share o; the famiiy's .
housrhold expenses. The Women's .
Mun!t!on Reserve serves The ends Of
necessity while meeting the call OF
The new woman's organization not
only sprang into instant popularity. hut
ways II has attracted the attention
Of the nations press. and has even
drawn to this city the ever watchful
BY the motion picture camera Will soon
be secn on local screens
Complaints from those who have
Pines have been few and far between
In fact. each munitioneer has been hap
PLY, surprised ut the arrangements
made for her comfort. While fun
days work is demanded. each worker
has found herself surrounded by many
comforts. Her rest-house
hn -
compa mons compose conEcnial lot OF
patriotic women and girls. all bent on
helping the bows in the trenches. Sani
;arY hardly describes actual working
Buildings are kept spot
lessly clean. Comfortable chairs and
work benches are useG Supervisors
a careful watch is maintained at all
times TO see that the munition work
rrs do not encounter the slightest un-
plcasantncss.
WORKING QUARTERS
ARE NEARLY SOIsELESs
The absolute quiet about the work
IS so striking that 1t has lecn the sub
lect OF much comment among the work
with the idea that they would hear
1othing but the busy hum OF the wheels
II industry. They found instead. near
" noiseless quarters in which to do
heir work.
The reserve is supplying two classes
II workers. government inspectors and
,ctly the same scale OF wages. but their |
luties are unlike The inspectors
course OF instruction is longer than
he others.
Both classes Of workers are taught
n the same school by professor" A. l..
<enna. an expert In handling smoke
IRE kept under the trained eye Of F.
:. Lane. chief government INSPECTOR.
ietailed here by the ordnance depart
nent. who is assisted by several other
inspectors sent for the Durposa Of
eaching their art to the beginners.
COACHING WOMEN HOW TO
WEIGH sMoKELEss POWDER
The training 'hool presided over by
Professor" Kenna. son of the late sem
tor kenna, OF West Virginia. occupies ,
site In corner OF the giant plant. c
1e eie classes lar. are daily taught how to
,ags into which It is loaded and wrap
hem into charges for the use of Amer F,
IAN artillerymen. Each class Of re- q
ruits must pass through the school
efore being sent to the floors of any
I the bag-loading plants. In their i,
chooi work they are taught by the :
90 OF grains OF corn and rice instead I
I powder. They are given corafnI S