Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-16
Girls Behind the Men Behind the
Guns Are Doing Great
Work.
OYER $4,000 NOW TuERt
They Know They Have a Man. Size
Job and They Are TaekIing It in a
Mans Way-MoraIe Is
Perfect.


Seritable army Of her womanhood int,
Waftorn Europe. To date over II 90,
American nurses have been sent over
Within the year there will be RICH
mere on the ground more than 2i.OOl
o. these American girls behind tn,
men behind the guns"
This Is the estimate of Miss CARR,
q. Hall OF Boston, head of all Ameri
can Red Cross nurses in Great Britain
Of the 1900 now here, between
wand 700 are working in Great Brit
ain In the dozen or more American
hospitals that have sprung into being
within the past six months. The re-
mainlder are stating hospitals behind
the nnes in France.
with the arrival Of American sol
dicrs at Vladivostok came contln.
gent of nurses from the American Rcd
Cross unit at Toxic, Japan. AS hos.
TITLES and American casualties begin
there more United States arllv reeu.
lar nurses probc bly, will be sent to
Russia.
All Highly Trained.
AL women sent over so far are high.
~ trained graduate nurses, bacteriolo.
NSis, dietitians and college traincf
hygiene experts. The war department
IN Washington has ruled that only
these trained women may be sent over
for the time being at least.
For this reason General Pershing's
regent call for 5000 girl workers with
the American army in France will be
nlled by British instead of American
Girls. Tnglan1s women's army, the
".Wnacs' (Women's Army Auxilia ry
Cerps) is now conducting a nation
Wide recruiting campaign here for
tnese British girl volunteers for duty
as Clerks, chauffeurs, typists, orderlies,
telcphonlsts, etc. with the American
army.
Practically every troop convoy
from the United States brings scores
more OF these women experts. From
peace loving American homes that
nave not yet felt the grim hand of
war these blne-clad Yankee girls. like
their big brothers. are plunging into
this. maelstroal OF war with n deter.
mination and efficiency that has won
Tor them already the unstinted praise
OF MI the allies.
They know they've got man-sized
Jop before them, stripped of all the
so-called glamour of war, and they're
tacklIng 1t in mans way. Tn in the
field and base hospitals under she'll
fire and vallantly Drawing air raid ter
rors, they're carrying on" untiringly.
night and day. working increasingly to
save the lives of our boys.
Mies Hall, who was one of the first
American nurses to arrive in France
Immediately after the United States
decided to jump into this Job of wind.
Ing up the watch on the Rhine. was
witness OF the sterling quality of
American womanhood in this war un-
der fire.
Morale Is Perfect
i was one of the first to come over
with the Harvard Base hospital unit.
NO sooner were we landed than we
were attached to the British and hur.
rled up near the first line to staff a
little tented hospital city near Cam.
iers. There were two other American
field hospitals near MS.
1T was bright moonlight night.
Our tents were shown up like a silver
city At midnight she alarm sounded.
We leaped from our beds. There was
no panic. The hum of the Boche ma
chimes was plainly audible. Suddenly
FIVE deafening explosions told us they
had gotten our camp. II only lasted
about five minutes. but In that short
time their five bombs dropped In a
straight line had nearly demolished
our camp.
Tents containing American wound.
ed were ripped to shreds, temporary
hospital buildings moved down like
n pack Of cards. Six soldier patients
were killed and score or more In
jured. The morale of the nurses and
doctors was wonderful. Forgetting
SELF they plunged into the work of
rescue.
~One girl, Eva Parmnlee Of Boston
vas on duty in one Of the tents most
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