The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-12
Girls Behind the Men Behind the
Guns Are Doing Great
Work.
OVER $4,000 NOW THERE
They Know They Have 4 Man-sixed
Job and They Are TackIinq II In a
Mans Way-MoraIe Is
Perfect.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has poured
yeritable army of her womanhood int,
war-torn Europe. To date over 1900
american nurses have been sent over
Within the year there will be RICH
here on the ground more than 24,OOt
OF these American "girls behind thu
men behind the guns"
This is the estimate Of Miss Carrie
ID. Hall of Boston, head of all Ameri
can Red Cross nurses in Great Britain
OF the 10000 now here, between
600 and 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-
ma1nder are stating hospitals behind
the Zines in France.
With the arrival Of American SOL
d1ers at Vladivostok came a contin-
gent of nurses from the American Red
Gross unit at Toxic, Japan. AS hos
tlities and American casualties begin
there more United States army regu-
lar nurses probably will be sent to
Russia.
All Highly Trained.
All women sent over so far are high
" trained graduate nurses, bacteriolo-
gists, dietitians and college trained
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 Pershings
recent call for 5000 girl workers with
the American army in France will be
filed by British instead of American
girls. England's women's army, the
'Waacs" (Women's Army Auxiliary
Corpse is now conducting a nation
wide recruiting campaign here for
these British girl volunteers for duty
as clerks, chauffeurs, typists, orderlies,
telephonists, 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
have not yet felt the grim hand of
war these blue-clad Yankee girls, like
their big brothers, are plunging into
this maelstrom of war with a deter
mination and efficiency that has won
for them already the unstinted praise
Of all the allies.
They know they've got a man-sized
Job before them, stripped Of all the
so-called glamour of war, and they're
tackling 1t in mans way. Up in the
field and base hospitals under she'll
fire and valiantly Drawing air raid ter
rors, they're carrying on" untiringly,
night and day, working increasingly to
save the lives of our boys.
Miss Hall, who was one of the first
American nurses to arrive In France
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 I'M
der fire.
Morale Is Perfect.
II was one of the first to come over |
With the Harvard Base hospital unit |
No sooner were we landed than we
we're attached to the British and hur-
He'd up near the first line to staff
little tented hospital city near Cam
ers. There were two other American
Held hospitals near us.
ut was a bright moonlight night.
Dur tents were shown up like silver
,ity. At midnight the alarm sounded.
We leaped from our beds. There was
10 panic. The hum of the Boche ma
hines was plainly audible. Suddenly
I've deafening explosions told us they
lad gotten our camp. 1t only lasted
bout FIVE minutes, but In that short
fme their five bombs dropped in a
traight line had nearly demolished
ur camp.
"Tents containing American wound
d were ripped to shreds, temporary
ospital buildings moved down like
pack Of cards. Six soldier patients
yere killed and a score or more in
1red. The morale of the nurses and
octors was wonderful. Forgetting
elf, they plunged into the work Of
escue.
"One girl, Eva Parmalee of Boston
as on duty in one of the tents most
ably hit. One bomb fell so near her
othing was ripped and torn by bits
. flying debris and pieces Of sand ,
dyed in the flesh Of her face. Un-
aunted, she carried on through it all,
lshing here and there aiding wound :
! and assisting in the work Of rescue.
OF until it was all over did she no
&c the state of her clothes or the bits :
sand in her face"