The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-16
RED CROSS NEEDS 80, ODD
NURSES FOR WAR WORK
Four Thousand Month Must BE Sup
piled If America Is to Do
Her Share

More than 1000 American Red Cross
nurses have gone to Europe for active
service since last Easter, quietly, as
American soldiers have gone and are
going; under orders of obedience, like
the soldiers; and, like the soldiers
again, for the duration of the war, in
the race OF danger and hardship, pre-
pared for any sacrifice to protect the
lives of our fighting men.
The tasks Of these women, who
nave gone on the supreme adventure
OF their lives, are the very embodi-
ment of the Easter message. And still
there is call for more nurses. More
over, many Of them must be recruited
from the Southwest
Even though more than 1000 Red
Cross nurses are on active duty in
military and naval hospitals and in
public health work at home and
abroad, it is probable that $4,000 more
will be needed for the American arny
alone. Five thousand are needed by
June of this year and 1000 more
each month until the first of January
The Surgeon-General of the United
States is urging the American Red
Cross to do its utmost to provide these
nurses.
Will Women Emulate Menu
Washington headquarters OF the Red
Cross believes that women of the
Southwest do not realize the vital need
Of America for their services, else the
response would be much greater. Red
Cross headquarters recently made
this announcements:
Nurses, and more nurses, If America
Is to win the war, is the cry Of the
nation to her women today. There are
at present about 1000 nurses in active
service. And the first contingent of
the American Army is scarcely In the
field. Men are being called to the col
ors by the hundreds OF thousands.
Whether they will be protected and
cared for when sick or wounded de-
ponds on whether American women
are willing to make the same sacrf-
fees their brothers are making. Fail
Ing In this. they will have done meal
culable harm to the efficiency and
morals of our troops.
Requirements For Applicants.
Requirements for enrolment as q
Red Cross nurse are as follows:
An applicant must be a graduate of
q school for nurses giving at least q
two years course OF training In a gen
eral hospital
Registration: in states where regis
tret1on is provided for by law, an ap-
bllcant, to be eligible for enrolment.
must be registered.
Age Limits: An applicant must be
at least FL years and not over 40 years
81 age.
Endorsement: An applicant must be
q member OF an organization affiliated
with the Anne an Nurses Associa-
ton and Endorsed by the Executive
Committee, or by It least two officers
of such organization. She must also
be indorsed by the present superln-
tendent OF the training school from
which she was graduated or the one
under whom che trained. Her appli-
cation must be approved by the Local
Committee on Red Cross Nursing Serv-
ice. and before being forwarded to
Washington must be Endorsed by at
least two members Of the local COM
mittee.
Southwestern division Red Cross
officials believe there will be a ready
response to the appeal for nurses once
the women OF the Southwest realize
the imperative need for their services.
The course in home nursing offered
by the American Red Cross is a def
nitsiy established chapter activity Of
importance equal to any Red Cross &C
ttvity.