Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-22

says:
sThe most vital necessity of the
American Red Cross at the present
time is nurses,
Trained nurses are needed for the
home cantonments and the hospitals In
France. And it is also important that
a reserve organization should be Ell
fected at once.
New England is expected to furnish
$500 trained nurses for Red Cross
work.
Nearly all the New England hospi-
tails have enlarged their schools for
the training of nurses for war emer-
gencies.
1.-THE duty Of the nurse is as impor-
tant to the boy at the front as that OF
the physician and it is one of the high
est forms of patriotic service to which
the young women Of New England
can dedicate themselves at this time.
Miss Elizabeth Ross, in charge Of
the Bureau of Nursing Service, New
England Division, American Red Cross.
755 Boylston ST.. Boston. will give all
information to those who desire to
register"
The trained nurse" meaning the
young woman of good health, charac-
ter and education (for all these are re-
quired in the select schools) who has
graduated after course of training in
practical nursing, is in larger demand
today than at any period of history, in
any civilized land. The demand is far
in excess of supply. Thousands Of
Grained" nurses are leaving the cities
and towns for Red Cross service, feel
ing that the need of the army for their
Skill and care is greater than that of
the homes and hospitals.
Patriotic spirit is as strong in the
soul of young womanhood as it is in
young manhood. The plans and aims
of years are sacrificed that courage
Gus hearts may serve with deft and
subtle fingers, just as heroically and
efficiently as does the masculine hero
who goes over the top" with bayonet
or sword.
The Red Cross is an arm of national
service. 1t has become as necessary as
either of the others. The Army. Navy
of defense and rescue, our guarantee Of
right. justice democracy; of mercy,
uplift, Peace.
The Red Cross is recognized by the
government as an official branch or ma
Red Cross nurses be recognized, in
dividually. by the government as SOL
diers are recognized rank for or
der of merit. by commission. by insur-
ance: by family allowance for de
penCents'
We are recruiting young men un-
skilled III war or any Of the instru-
ments of war, and paying them Well,
with all the recognitions for special
ability or adoption, while training for
the country's defense and worlds re-
demption from the oppressor Why,
then, should we expect to call the
young women of America (who have
given years of exacting. wearying ana
repugnant study and work. as we
would hire a house maid or n stable
boy
1t seems to us that a just govern
ment, fighting for world justice should
put on its thinking cap and be just to
all who Loyalty serve
The Red Cross would call $500
nurses from New England. 1t must
have skilled nurses. The places Of
those who volunteer must be filled
We must have nurses over there" as
we must have surgeons and doctors
and fighting men. We also must have
nurses for the homes and the hospitals
Of our cities. just as we must have
doctors and surgeons and school
teachers. The nurse has become just
as important at the bedside and the
operating table as is the physician and
the surgeon.
The trained" nurse is a doctor. a
surgeon. "a cook. a sympathetic friend
| a cheering presence. a soothing com
panion, lady. On her depends the
early and satisfactory recovery of the
doctors most critical cases. Her i'm
portance is now forcing itself upon the
public mind. The field is broadening
far beyond the needs of war Remote
communities demand the skill and
hand of the trained nurse
! Believing in these facts, need we say
more? We cannot advise in individual
cases. but we may suggest in a general
! way, to young women of good health
good morals, fair education and a
strong determination to he of service
! to themselves and those all around
! them. that HERE is \ NOBLE
/ FIELD.
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