Evening journal., 1918-06-10
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
MUST HAVE NURSES
Importance OF Service is
Pointed Out at Sunday
Mass Meeting
NAVAL OFFICER
ONE OF SPEAKERS

A stirring appeal for trained nurses
TO take care of the American boys in
the army and navy. was made at Red
Cross mass meeting in the Queen The
atre last night Former Governor
Charles r. Miller, who presided. asked
for untiring support Of the various
campaigns for war objects that must
follow each other. He said the boys
in the trenches might well get tired.
but nevertheless they would see the
thing through, and their spirit should
be copied by all Americans. who must
not grow weary Of backing up the
army and navy.
Miss H. NJ DuBose, head nurse Of the
Brooklyn Naval Hospital, and a mem
Der Of the navy nursing corps since its
organization in 1908, was the first
| speaker A naval hospital nurse has
an eight hour day she said. In addi-
! tion to the usual duties OF nurse,
/ the navy professional has part OF the
4 training Of the young boys who will
! 90 out with the battleships to care for
/ the wounded and sick upon the voyage.
I Consequently, the nurse must be ex-
perty trained herself, to be able TO
/ teach the boys Miss DuBose said that
/ the type Of boys in the navy was OF
/ the best our country could produce.
| The bluejackets, as she had found them,
were wholesome, splendid, straishtfor-
ward young men, with a boyish spirit
that was particularly attraction. Their
courage and eheerfulness when Ill and
suffering pain. she said were wonderful
Colonel C. c. Wolcott. medical ofleer
Of the Naval Reserve Corps, caused a
laugh by repeating a conversation over
heard between two jackies One OF
them remarked on the scarcity Of
nurses. and the second replied that the
United States might just as well close
the hospitals because the boys would
refuse 10 be sick II there weren't going
to be any nurses to take care Of them.
Colonel Woleott asked the public not to
employ nurses unnecessarily. Trained
nurses for children or elderly persons
ought to be given UP, and these persons
cared for by their own relatives. Ner-
vous women. he said. should sacrifice
the luxury Of a trained nurse, who was
not necessary at all for them. A second
way to release trained nurses for the
army was for young girls TO enter the
training schools in the various hospi-
tails. A few months training would
enable them to be Of considerable help
and at the end Of their course, they
would ind a big demand for their pro-
fessional services. The third measure
TO supply trained experts for the ser
vice, Colonel Wolcott said, was for
everybody to use cmomon sense in
taking care OF their own health II peo-
pie would eat food which they knew
agreed with them, would stick to
regular sleeping hours, and get fresh
air and exercise, there would be little
need of their requiring a nurses SER
vices. He said that the wounded boys
needed trained care, their lives were
too precious to be trusted to half-train-
ed amateurs
Phyllis Partington q member OF the
Chicago Grand Opera Company, sang
several selections. z. S. Babcock gave
an organ recital before the program
The piano used during the exercises
was loaned by the Robelen Piano Co.
A large delegation Of nurses, gradu-
ates and those in training. were pres.
ent from the city hospitals