The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-23
ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY
NOT To Be DISTURBED
Women Who Enroll In Nunition RE-
serves Not to He Called Untii
Necessary.
riRer CONTINGENT BEGINS
instruction school opens Aaspietously
at Fort Lee Plant with Large En-
rOilmcnt

The instruction school for women
hamilton workers opened yesterday at
the United states bag-loading plant.
No. 3 a, seven Pines. when hirty
members OF the womens nun.tlon
reserve began active duty. They left
reserve headquarters. Third and Broad
streets shortly after o'clock and
took up their class work ia less thaa
an hour later.
The trip was made in a new motor
bus. which will continue in daily SER
vice between this city and Seven Pines
until special railroad transportation
facilities are completed for the use
of the feminine army
Notable List
Those women who had the distinc-
ton Of being among the FIRST OF the
reservists called for service were as
follows
Mrs. Clifford r Capertdn, Mrs.
Virginia Blankenship, Mrs, RALPH
Johnson. Mrs Arthur L.efsoy. Mrs.
A. f. Mueller. Mrs. Fred Hodges, Mrs.
C. Howard Lewis Miss KaaaIia Harris.
Mrs C " Hoisseux Mrs. Adele
Archer Small Mrs Herbert Race, Mrs.
Thomas Bigger. Mrs. Charles @, klzer.
Mrs c. X. Kelley. Miss Annie Ronald
son Mrs Alice NJ Meredith, Miss
Lillian Wilson Miss Edith Ma WILSON,.
Miss Margaret Cahell I3re~n Miss
Nora Stratton Mrs Gertrude IS Hob
son Mrs T. \ Turner. Mrs. Allyn n.
Tunis. Mrs. I. F. GryMes, Miss Har-
riett T.arus Crew, NJ -sS Marie STUART
smith Miss Margaret LAZY Smith.
Miss Mary Murray, Miss Elizabeth
Pettus and Miss Lillian Mckenzie.
Various reports affecting the wo-8
mems munition reserve having heen
put into circulation by unauthorized
sources, Miss Winifred ~ Crenshaw.
executive secretary and organizer. last
night issued a statement in which she
made plain the following facts;
Essentials Not Disturbed.
Women and girls who enroll
now win not be called for a week
or possibly longer All enrolled
will be eventually called. Women
and girls engaged in essential oc-
equations win not be enrolled. u
Those who are enga gen in non-
essential occupations will be en-
rolled, hut they will not be called
TO serve as munition workers
until absolutely necessary. Be-
cause the government dues not
want any industry disturbed
more than is unavoidable. the
womeus munItion reserve WAS
created. rs prime object is TO
increase the available number OF
women workers"
OF the women who had their first
experience as muntion workers all
We're enthusiastic over thcir expe-s
rience when they returned home last
night, The accounts they gave of tho.
work are certain to cause hundreds OF
women who have never before ems
gagged in any occupation 10 enroll for
immediate service
Pleased With Prospect
Each of the thirty had some pleas
ing incident to relate. and all seemedf
{ carried away with the idea that they
Were not only doing essential work
for the ordnance department, but ~
the same time were receiving attrac.s
tive wages for labor performed with
their own hands. Most of them res
garded II. however, as IA labor of love
for dear ones who are now Serving
with the Stars and Stripes on land ana
sea. ISL
Announcement will be made In ~
few days of the next cali for actlvaS
duty at the munition plant.