The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
$4,000 Student Nurses Wanted for

Training In u. S. Hospitals
The Council of National Defense
authorizes the following:
With the Nations reserve of train
ed nurses depleted through the cal
ling of literally thousands of nurses
for service in military and naval hos
pitfalls, both abroad and at bases in
the United States, it has become
necessary to call Immediately for 25,-
600 student nurses for training in
American hospitals.
This call for women between the
ages of 10 and 35 is being issued
jointly by W. C. Gorgas, Surgeon
General of the United States Army;
Rupert Blue, Surgeon General of the
United States Public Health Service;
H. P. Dawson, chairman, War Council
American Red Cross; DIR. Franklin
Martin, chairman, General Medical
Board, Council of National Defense;
Anna Howard Shaw, chairman,
WOmans' committee, Council of Ma
tional Defense.
The call is made. necessary because
only trained nurses can be used to
advantage in military hospitals and
to replace the graduates in this pro-
fession already called to service The
enrolment will begin July %, and
those who register will thereby be sub
ject to call for training in the Army
nursing school or in civilian hospitals
until April 1, 1919.
Following is the formal appeal is
sued:
'FTo the Young Women of America:
"Across the sea, from France, with
every closing day of heroic struggle
of our fighting men, there comes a
more imperative call to the women of
America to assume their full share of
responsibility in winning this world
war for the right. of men, women and
nations to live their own lives mad de-
termine their own fortunes.
''There exists now an extreme need
for at least $4,000 women of charac-
ter, intelligence and education to fill
the gaps on our hospital stats caused
by calling of many thousands of
skilled nurses to the fighting front.
''There is only one way to fill these
gaps by helping our hospital training
schools supplied with students, who
are not only preparing for service
abroad and at home at the end of
their course and at the same time are
equipping themselves to earn theil
living in one of the most noblest OF
professions, but from the very outset
of their course are serving their coun-
try as well as learning.
F'The Surgeon General of the Unit
ed States Army, the Surgeon General
of the United States Public Health
Service, the American Red Cross, the
General Medical Boardd, and the
womens' committee of the Council OF
National Defense therefore unite IL
an earnest appeal for $500 young
women between the ages of 10 and 81
to enroll in what shall be called the
United States Student Nurse Reserve
The enrolment will begin on July %
1918. Those who register in thi!
volunteer body will engage to holC
!, themselves in readiness until Apri
1, 1919, to be assigned to training
school in civilian hospitals or to the
Army Nursing School and begin thei1
course of study and active SUDDEN
nursing.
''The service which we are asking
calls for the best that the womanhoot
of American can offer in courage, de
; votion and resourcefulness. We can
, not go forward to victory overseas i
the wives and families of our fighter
, are not sustained in health AM
: strength, if we can not protect on
: workers against the hazards of wa
intries, If we can not defeat acciden
t and disease-our armies at home
: Upon the health of the American
, people will depend the spirit of thei
4 forces in the field.
s acting on the urgency of tn
r need, the undersigned have asked tn
0 State divisions of the Womens Com
t mittee of the Council Of Nations
r Defense, through their local units,