The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-03
Enrolment in Reserve Opens
Monday in Red Gross Rooms;
Grady Must Furnish
Quota of Is.
CAMPAIGN TO CLOSE
AUGUST FIFTEENTH
Will Depend on Volunteers; No
Experience Necessary; Quail
fications Outlined; Big
Chance to Serve.

Enrolment Of women and girls to
fill Grady county's quota to the stu
dent nurse reserve will begin Monday
at the Red Cross rooms in the fed.
eral building to continue until the
conclusion of the drive Thursday,
August is when local campaign re-
ports must be submitted the state
chairman, according to a report is
sued by Mrs. Orin Ashton, chairman
of the woman's division of the Coun-
Gil OF Defense this morning. Com
mittees have been appointed to round
up the county nurses training unit
and Grady countys report will show
up strong in the reckoning of Oak
lahoma's recruiting, Mrs. Ashton
states.
Although enrolment blanks for
signing up women for the reserve
have not been received by tho local
. committee, active steps must be TAX
en- next week If success is to be
. scored, the committee stated today.
Mrs. Ashton acting as chairman OF
the movement In the county, announc-
cd the names OF assistants on the
committee this morning as follows:
Rev. A. S. Freese and Mrs, Morgan
Hamilton The committee will open
offices in the Red Cross rooms Mon
day morning and keep quarters open
continuously until August il or until
the required number Of nurses are
signed up.
Depend on Volunteers.
The plan of procedure, in the main,
will be to depond on the voluntary
response of girls OF Chickasha and
Grady county for war work assign
ment. Girls and women who can
comply with the few qualifications
mentioned in the Nurse Reserve lit
crature already posted, ae requested
TO list their names with Mrs Ashton
and the committee any morning in
til the time fer rolls to be closed. IN
tho event volunteering falls short of
expectations ot the response to the
call fails to some degree, cards
which wore signed up in the recent
nurses reserve enrolment will be
gone over and examinations of regis
trants to determine selections will 90
off without delay.
In finishing preparations for the
opening OF the drive the enlistment
committee announced today the
principal requirements which tho vol
unteor viii be expected TO meet be.
fore entering the service. Physical
examinations outlined for all govern
mcnt service performed by women
will be given and the applicant must
be in good health and between the
ages of Is aud 40 This applies only
TO women and girls enrolled in the
Rcd Cross training schools. Appli-
cants for government school training
must be physically fit between the
ages of 10 and S5 and lave at least
a high school education.
No Experience Required.
Contrary to the information that
has been given out from some source
no experience in nursing is required
of beginners in the reserve corps.
Student nurses viii be required to
furnish their own uniforms, wrist
watches, and other equipment and
viii be ated as apprentice nurses
only with no pay for the first six
months and S6 per month for the re-
mainder of the first year. Two weeks
vacation each year is allowed every
student and all living expenses after
entering service are furnished by the
government. Graduation is held for
the class on the termination of two
years training.
Enrolment will be divided into pre-
ferred and deferred classes, those
who prefer to remain in the United
States being granted the opportunity
to sign up for home service only