The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-19
Red Cross Nurses Needed.

The urgent appeal for nurses, aot in
hundreds but thousands, sent forth by
the Red Cross must grip the magma
ton and thrill the unselfish patriotism
of every girl and young woman of the
county where it touches.
Many appeals are being issued from
the Red Cross and other authoritative
sources to gather in the girl-power of
the country waiting to be called into
hospital service. Today one sees pub
lished photographs Of a group of uni
formed girls from Dixie ready to sail
from New York to administer aid dur
ing the last moments of their brother
in-patriotism or cheat the Huns bullets
of their Death intent by bringing the
wounded back to convalescence. Yes
terday one heard of neighbours two
daughters who have offered to their
country's cause their strength, their
prospectlvely brilliant careers and their
possible lives because the family had
no men to adorn the nations service
flag. Another day, one passes a rural
school house emptying itself Of score
or more Of eager young women who
have been discussing ways and means
of receiving training to become fitted
to stand by the valorous American
private in his stricken hour There
rises talk of a Prince Georges Unit"
its own nurses for France, ambitious
, perhaps but possible for on an earlier
day had come to Mrs. H. J. Patterson
as general chairman for the women's
section of the County Council of De
tense an announcement heralding the
establishment of an Army School of
Nursing DR.. W. C. Gorgas, surgeon
general of the United States Army had
announced such plan and the following
is the announcement:
Realizing that there are many
thousands of women in this country
who stimulated by patriotic motives
are earnestly desirious of opportunity
to serve in this emergency | desire to
point out that one of the highest types
of service is in assisting in the care of
the sick and wounded. The way is
open for such service.
IAN Army School of Nursing under
the direction of the Army Medical De-
partment has been created and branch
training schools will be established in
many of the military hospitals in the
United States. It is purposed to ad-
nit young women between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty five years old
who have advantage of high school
education or its equivalent, The train
ing will be similar to that given in the
best hospital traing schools. This not
only offers an excellent training but also
the opportunity of service which is so
earnestly sought by the women of the
country.
Members of the women's commit
tee Council of National Defense. can
render valuable assistance by using
their influence in enrolling as many as
possible in this line of work. No type
of service is more, important at this
time. The need is urgent.
1t has been obvious for some time,
states the Council News Letter, that a
large increase in the nursing force of
the country will be necessary if our
Army and Navy as we'll as our civil
population are to be cared for properly
Should the cessation of hostiIities take
place before the young women have
completed the courses upon which they
enter, a certificate will be issued en-
titling the holder to credit in the civil
hospital for the branches successfully
complete and the terms OF service in
the Army School. Further information
is to be had from Mrs. Edgar Brown at
the Hyattsyille Red Cross headquarters.