The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12

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All the world Is needing the Red
Gross nurse Our own American Rcd
Cross nurses have gone into military
service as n4eyn hers OF the A and y.
Nurse corps over 600 strong over
z coo are in France taking care of our
cwn wounded or Al the request OF
Great Britain serving with the British
T1peditionar~y forces They have gone
into italy and Greece and are on their
way TO Palestine. and they arc some
where near Salonika And vet Five
thousand more aduafe nurses before
the first Of June" is the "a m pa!En call
Of the Red Croes nursing service; and
This 10 coupled with twenty FIVE thou
sand by the first OF January"
The surgeon general OF the army
has asked the Red Cross To supply this
mum Der before these dates The
United Stat army and nsvv nurse
cor ps. and the Red Cross nursing ser
vice are all calling 70 the graduate
nurse Re enter military service
That there may he enough nurses
for the army we are mobillUnF the
nursing profession az well AZ these
~arcus departrn euts OF the govern
rent is pressing every individual quail
iTed nurse 20 make an immediate de-
cixion as TO her willingness to serve
with the army and navy
Every day in the headqua rters Of
the American Red Gross in Washing
ton groups OF trained nurses are bein =
rchifiyed FOR military service for the
environments at home or the war hos
ritsis abroad They are called !fke
soldiers and respond like soldiers.
The country Is leaning upon them As
heavily as on it's fighters FOR the
Urited States is now fully wake 10
ing force is just as essential TO victory
as adequate infantry or artillery or
feet
So keen, indeed is this realization
that every man and woman is In
welved The governm~nf is calling on
the general public 10 in it's share
make the sacrifices I'm m tho gaps.
and promote all public and home
health measures 20 re)c9so 'he train
ed nurse for war duty Tho@e who
engage private duty nurses arc urged
to rive the preference IN those nurses
awaiting orders of mobilization that
the Il ran cial burden may NOT bc made
teo great Practically every training
school for nurses in the I nifcd States
is expanding its accom- m odatiops 10
take in greativ increased mum her ~
STUDENT nurses TO helm meet the unpar o.
alleled situation A6hrstme nt is going
IN all along the line.
Also tne Red Cross has m odided US
former requirements Tor enrolment.
The age limit has heen lowered 70
fws-tv Gears aod ~ e"@ttal rae
nurses over forty are acce pied small
-r schools for nurses have hee0 pvt
on the 4 ccredtted list. and applicants
are Judged on their merits. On the
average more than 600 nurses a
AnFaIl4rr with the Rcd
Cross nursing service. and it's total
enrollrne nt which is the largest OF
any nursing organization in the world
exceeds 5000
what it means TO ne Red Cross
nurse Is a question that thousan
even hundreds OF thouss ndS or wo-
men. are asking. The answer iS that
~ f,e Red Cross nurse il TO have met
sha standards Of enrolment md TO ne
subject 10 such calls OF duty from the
Red Cross as are specified In the en-
rollment.
The Red Cross nursing service is the
navy nurse corps. and supplies nurses
re re~ded to the United States public
health service when Red Cross
rurses are called on for service with
the army and navy nurse corps, they
receive the paw and maintenance pro-
vided by law for these corps and are
entitled TO the same war risk lnsur-
a. nee as officers and enlisted men. All
nurses assigned to duty in military and
naval hospitals automatically become
members Of the army and navy nurse
corps, and after their assignment 10
suty are no longer under the super
..ssion and direction of~the Req Cross.
These nurses wear on the collars Of
Their uniforms the bronze letters ~.
n service under the gov
srnnent. Those serving %ireetiy IN