Arizona republican., 1918-02-04

time just how long supplies will con- tinue to move"
 This bureau is using every effort to get merchandise from every source, and if the chapters will follow the same plan, undoubtedly the production of work can continue.
 For the chapters in the southern district and Arizona, the division makes the following explanation rela- tive to why the branch warehouse has not yet been opened in Los Angeles: 'The premises have been arranged, MT. John Treanor, manager of the Riverside Portland Cement company, has been appointed assistant director to take charge, and everything is ready except merchandise. Having consulted with a number of Red Cross workers in the south, it has been de- cided wise not to attempt to start this until we can supply a stock of mer- chandise.''
 The department of nursing, Ameri-
 can Red Cross, the mobilizing agency for nurses in military service is in
 urgent need of recruits. The present | average enrolment is 1000 nurses per month. But this enrolment, heavy as | it is, is not sufficient to keep pace with l |. | is estimated by the surgeon generals l office that if the war continues, within
 a short time the Red Cross will need
 between 30.000 and 10000 nurses for | our army alone, according to an off
 cial Red Cross bulletin
 The allies are also depending upon
 US to supplement their nursing serv- l ice. There are between S0,000 and 90,- 900 registered nurses in the United
 States at present. Approximately 16.- 1 300 of this number are enrolled Red Cross nurses, the majority of whom | are in active service ready for mobli-
 zation or prepared for specified service. | The Red Cross enrolment forms the
 reserve of the United States army tnurse corps and the United States
 navy nurse corps. According to Miss Jane Delano, chairman of the National Committee of Red Cross Nursing serv- ice, the fact that recruiting of nurses | is not keeping pace with military needs
 does not indicate that women of the | country are slackerS in the nursing
 service, but merely shows that the
 sudden and extraordinarily heavy de-
 mand for nurses has not been thor
 oughly realized by women available.
 Already the nursing service of the
 Red Cross has equipped and sent
 abroad 1,790 nurses for service with
 army and navy nurse corps. has pro-
 Vided about 2,500 nurses for home
 service with army and navy corps 1T
 camp and cantonment hospitals anC
 has over 1000 nurses organized into
 units and practically ready for mobili-
 zation.
 In addition to nurses serving witt
 army and navy nurse corps. 56 Rec Cross public health nurses are on duty | of1if fay nj ; ments, S9 are serving directly undel
 the American Red Cross in France, 1. in Rumania, three in Greece and on' in Serbia By careful adjustment, th' nursing service so far has met the de ; mandS of the government in furnish ing units of nurses for military, maya ; and public health service without SC 5 riously disorganiZing the ranks iron , which they have been taken.
 2 But as demands grow daily, a SC ? rious problem arises in home nursing l for civilian needs. Estimated by tn army nurse corps that over 5000
 nurses will be needed on the basis o . present estimates of a foreign army O . 100000 men. This situation is mad f doubly serious because conditions c = war, which take wage earners fror e homes and nurses from civilian hos { pitals, produce increased amount C = sickness and distress among the civil I ian population. with decreased facili S ties for guarding it's health.
 e Since the entrance of the Unite s States into the war, number of pup
 nurses entering nurses training schoo
 has increased 20 per cent over the yes l. before. Generally, too, superintendent d of these training schools have by evel ,- means at their command enlarge If their facilities for training and housir le greatly increased numbers of puI l. nurses.
 When this last has been impossib
 their committees in several instanc of have put suitable accommodations Ut their disposal and a number of trail lg ing schools have so arranged hou nt that pupil nurses may take cours in and still live at home. In order to me ht increasing demands of the army al ne navy nurse corps, the Red Cross h in modified somewhat the former requir n- ments for enrolment.
 w The age limit is lowered to 21 yea r. and in special cases nurses over ed may be accepted Smaller schools
 nurses have been placed on the a SC credited list and applicants are judg IFS on merits. All Red Cross nurses a cd signed to duty in military hospit; Id automatically become members " 1 army or navy Hui Sc Npi p' anu ai h. assignment to duty they are no long nd under the supervision or direction it's the Red Cross.
 al These nurses when on active dI he are entitled to the same governme lp. war risk insurance as army and na ep officers and enlisted men. Within of last few days the Red Cross nursi IT. service has recruited and equipped ,m group of 100 nurses for the army nul
 corps for service with the British ( ed peditionary forces at the request g. the British government, and has mo v ilized several highly specialized grol nd of nurses for orthopedic, contagio ill psychiatric and facial surgery hos ay. tals, as well as mobile operating un mt and other important groups.