The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
TRAINED WOMEN NEEDED
These Are Necessary to FIJI the Depict
ed Ranks Made Vacant by So Many
Having Gone to Training Camps
And Overseas.

Because trained nurses only can be
used to advantage in the military hos
pitfalls of the United States, and to re-
place the graduates in this profession
who are already in the service the
Council of National Defense has issued
a call for $4,000 student nurses for
training in American hospitals.
Only women between the ages of 10
and IS need apply for registration. The
call is being issued jointly by Anna
Howard Shaw, chairman Of the Wo-
men Is Committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defense; W. G. Gorgas, surgeon
general of the United States army; Ru
bert Blue, surgeon general of the Uni
ted States public health service; Fl.
P. Dawson, chairman of the war coun-
ell of the American Red Gross; DR..
Franklin Martin, and chairman of the
general medical board of the Council
Of National Defense.
This call is made necessary because
Of the depletion of the Nation s re-
serve Of trained nurses through the
calling of thousands of them for serv-
ice in military and naval hospitals
both at bases in the United States and
abroad.
The formal appeal which has just
been issued saws.
s'To the Young Women of America:
Across the sea, from France, with
struggle of our fighting men, there
comes more imperative call to the
women Of America to assume their
full share of responsibility in winning
this world war for the right Of men,
women, and nations to live their own
lives and determine their own fortunes.
There exists now an extreme need
for at least $4,000 women of character,
intelligence, and education to Eli the
gaps in our hospital stats caused by
the calling of many thousands of skilled
nurses to the fighting front.
There is only one way to fill these
gaps: by helping. our hospital train
ing schools supplied with students,
who are not only preparing for serv-
ice abroad and at home at the end of
their course and at the same time
are equipping themselves to earn their
living in one of the noblest of profess
sions, but from the very outset of
their course are serving their country
as well as learning.
The Surgeon General Of the
United States Army, the Surgeon
General of the United States Public
Health Service, the American Red
Cross, the General Medical Board,
and the women's committee of the
Council of National Defense therefore
unite in an earnest appeal for $4,000
young women between the ages of 10
and IS to enroll in what shall be called
the United States Student Nurse Re-
serve The enrolment win begin on
July 80, 1918. Those who register in
this volunteer body will engage to hold
themselves in readiness until April /,
1919, to be assigned to training schools
in civilian hospitals or to the Army
Nursing School and begin their course
of study and active student nursing.
| 'sThe service which we are asking
cs4ls for the best that the womanhood
of America can offer in courage, devo-
ton, and resourcefulness. We can not
60 forward to victory overseas if the
wives and families of our fighters sTs
not sustained in health and strength,
il We can not protect our workers
against the hazards of war industries,
if we can net defeat accident and dis
ease-our enemies at home. Upon the
health of the American people will de-
pend the spirit of their forces in the
field.
Acting on the urgency of the need,
the undersigned have asked the State
divisions of the Women 3 Committee
OF the Council of National Defense,
through their local units, to enroll the
$4,000 women needed. We ask the
women of America to support us in our
further effort not to lower Americas
hospital standards, and to give us the
practical assurance of their support by
going to the nearest recruiting station
established by the Women s Committee
ief the Council Of National Defense On