Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-10
EVENTS
WAR WORK OPEN TO
WOMEN IN COUNCIL
NATIONAL DEFENSE

A canvass for members of the
Rock Island branch of the women's
committee. council of national de-
Tense. will be undertaken in the city
shortly, the board approaching the
fact that in union there is strength.
The woman's committee, c. \. D., is
a branch of war work in which ey-
cry woman in Rock Island can en-
gage with but little inconvenience
10 herself and whose efforts Will be
great benefit tor the body which
she Will be asked to join.
Since the organization of the To-
cal branch a little more than year
ago. a number of important issues
have been taken up and success
fully carried 10 completion. Food
conservation was the first war work
undertaken by the committee and a
very large percentage of the Rock
Island householders signed food
pledge cards The second big I'M
dertaking was the registration Of
women This entailed considerable
labor on the part of a large number
of women, but the work was car
ried through to a successful con-
ClusiOn and practically every wOm-
an in the city was registered and
her name was filed for ready ref
erence when the emergency may
arise.
The registration of student
nurses was also carried on under
the direction of the wOmen's COM
mittee. council Of national defense,
with the result that a goodly num-
Der Of women was enlisted for train
ing as nurses
The registration Of children IN
der years of age Will be the next
undertaking. this to be accomplish
ed Sept a and &c This is in the
interest OF child welfare and every
mother will be asked to have her
little folk weighed and measured as
( a step in an effort to save the lives
/ Of thousands of children in the
state.
/ These are no small accomplish
ments, entaiIing the time and labor
I Of a large number of women. work
/ ing under the direction of the na-
Z tiOnal government.
7 Membership in the women's com
mittee, council of national defense.
may be secured on the payment Of
I 10 cents Part OF this money is sent
to the state headquarters to be used
in the promotion of state campaigns
/ for war work. Officers of the com
mittee give their services gratis and
the money therefore all goes to war
work
The personnel of the membership
committee is. Mrs. W. l. Yellman,
chairman; Mesdames B. D. COnneI-
ly, Louisa NJ. Copp, Cora /. East
man. F. +. Gadient and Miss Rose
Goldman and Clara Whitman.
Some member Of this committee
will visit each of the women's or
CARNATIONS throughout the city and
solicit membership. The committee
would much prefer, however. to
have the women of the city join the
council of national defense without
solicitation on the part of the mem
bers
1t is not only a privilege that ev-
cry woman should be glad to avail
herself of. but a real duty that she
should consider a great pleasure,
providing as it does an excellent
opportunity for her to serve her
country in a manner that counts for
much and vet which is void of spec
tacular methods.
Membership in the council Of ma
tiOnal defense may be secured by
application to any one of the above
named membership committee.
Announcement was made today
that the following schools and
churches Will be used as stations
for the weighing and measuring Of
children under years Sept. q
and 90: LOngfellOw, Horace Mann.
Eugene Field, Franklin and Lincoln
schools. the West End Settlement,
Oak Grove United Presbyterian
chapel, Gloria Del Presbyterian
chapel and Cleland Presbyterian
chapel The whole city will be di-
vided according to school districts
instead of by wards as less con
fusion viii be caused by this pro
cedure.
The Parent-Teachers' association
has accepted the responsibility Of
canvassing the city, with the OBJ
ject Of taking a census of children
under the age Of 6. They will make
a record Of the date of birth and
number of deaths which have Oc-
Cured in the family among chill
dren under wears