The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-28
MUST SPEED UP
THE RED CROSS
GREATER OUTPUT or DRESSINGS
is NECESSARY.
LOCAL WORKERS NEED HELP


New Glasses Being Organized
More Socks Called For-ereat
Opportunity For Nurses,
Now that Secretary Of War Bake
admits that we have almost 500.00t
American soldiers in France, it viii
become apparent to all Red eros!
workers that the output of snrgica
dressings and other hospital supple!
cannot be too large, for the American
troops have taken over a sector of thu
French front and are most likely Il
be in the thick Of the fighting any day
certainly as soon as the German!
launch their expected offensive.
When it is remembered that some
times a soldier has been so badly
wounded as to require a whole case o.
surgical dressings to save his life, il
will be seen that a reserve supply can
not, be made too large, and besides
we are supplying about 1000 hospit
ais for the French, English, Belgian
and Italian armies.
Must Do More Work.
Only three more, days to finish oul
February assignment in surgical
dressings In order to do this, one
hundred irrigation pads must be made
at local headquarters early next week
so q good attendance is urged. II
will take the time of a worker for ar
afternoon to make one pad; SO we
must average more than forty women
each day to do this work, and keep VI
other work. Don't depend on some
one else filling your place, but be
there yourself. Bring thimbles. Or
ders come from Central Division that
workers signing UP. for thirty-twc
hours definite service may at the com
pletion of that time receive the Red
Cross to wear upon left side of apron;
those signing up for seventy-two hours
may receive in addition, the red cross
to wear upon Golf. The thirty-twc
hours work must be completed in five
weeks seventy-two in eight weeks.
Enrolment for class in surgical
dressings class for Tuesday is almost
complete; only few places left.
". ' Knit Socks.
Instructions just received from Chi
cago in regard to knitting are as fol
lows:
We have had orders from National
Headquarters to stop absolutely the
making of trench caps. The Govern
ment. is now furnishing with each
mans equipment a cap especially de
signed for use under the steel hel
NETS worn at the front. The winter
is nearly over, and yarn should moi
any longer be used for unnecessary
articles. Hand knitted socks are
greatly wanted and wherever suitable
yarn can be obtained the production
Of this article should be pushed.
Nurses Are Needed.
Nurses, more nurses, and still more
nurses! is the calf from the Ameri
can army in France.
There are at present about 7,OOI
nurses in active service and this mum
Der is barely sufficient for our presen
army, while the number of men II
growing by leaps and bounds and cas-
ualties on q large scale may be eX
pected il France any day. I'D
That the women are not respondin;
to this call as they should is not be
cause they are slackers or unwilling
to do their duty, but because the nee'
and the situation have not BEEF
brought home to them with the RICH
emphasis.
Every woman over 81 years of ag
who has had at least two years train
| ing as q nurse in a recognized schoo
and who meets other requirement
can render the most patriotic seryic
by enrolling under the banner of tn
Red Cross.
/ Women who are not trained ar
urged to enroll in the schools 10
nurses to prepare themselves to TAX
the places of those who go to tn
front, and eventually to go to tn
| front JneHStlfSS' otuuSo "AN
no expense for tuition, board, laul
dry, lodging, uniforms, etc. The pr
fession will be in need of all who ca
be trained for many years after tn
war, and consequently there need b
no hesitation upon the idea that
tpeace should come the training woul
be superfluous.
The nurses training schools Shout
be filled to overfowing by young won
en- who are eager to serve their coul
try. Unless they are, our soldier
and sailors and the civilian victims
the war will suffer.-From Centr
Division Bulletin, American Re
Cross.