Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
NEED $4,000 IN
NURSE RESERVE
CaII Sent Out for Women NOlun-
teers in United States Stu
dents Corps.

Because the nations reserve mas
been depleted by calling of thou
sands of graduate nurses for ser
vice in military and naval hospitals,
il is absolutely necessary immed-
lately to call $4,000 student nurses
Tor training in American hospitals.
These Young women are to be en-
rolled in the United States STU
Gent Nurse reserve. The enroll
ment will begin July %.
The war is creating an unprece-
dented demand for trained nurses.
only those who have taken the full
training course are eligible with
the forces overseas. These nurses
are being drawn largely from the
hospitals at home. Their places
must be filled by student nurses en-
rolled for the full training course
Of from two to three years. Every
young woman who enrollS in the
United States Student Nurse re-
serve is releasing a nurse for ser
vice at the front and swelling the
home army which must be relied
on to ace as the second line Of hos
pital defense. Upon the health Of
the American people Will depend
the spirit of fighting forces.
Age-The call is for women be
tween the ages of 19 and 30.
Qualifications - Intelligent, re
sponsibIe women Of good educa-
ton and sound health are wanted
the pick of the country. A col
Iege education is valuable asset,
and many hospitals viii give credit
for it. Credit will also be given
for d special scientific equipment
or for preliminary training in
nursing, such as that given in spe-
cial courses now being conducted
by various colleges and schools,
Some schools. on the other hand, do
not even require d full high-school
education.
Women will be Civ
en- an opportunity TO enroll in the
United States Student Nurse re-
serve in any one of three ways:
% As engaging TO hold them
selves in readiness until April l..
1919. to accept assignments to
nurses training schools. These
women viii be sent to the schools
as fast as vacancies occur. Those
of superior qualifications Will be
given preference, and it is, OF
course. possible that not Everyone
who enrOlls viii be accepted.
90 As desiring to become can
didates for the army nursing school
recently established by authority Of
the war department, with branch
schools in selected military hOspi-
tails
80 As engaging TO hold them
al in
1919, TO accept assignments to
either d civilian training school or
the army nursing school Those
sRho so enroll will be called where
the first need arises. The govern
ment hopes that q majority Of those
VINO enroll viii thus put down their
names for both.
There are .579 nurses training
schools in this country Their need
IS as great and imperative as that
OF the army school of nursing
Those who enroll for these schools
Will be assigned as vacancies occur.
The enrolment card will indicate
two classes Of registranJs-p
fsrred and deferred. The preferred
class viii be those who are ready
10 accept assignment TO whatever
hospital the government directs
them although they may state what
training school they prefer TO be
sent 10. Those who register in the
preferred class Will be assigned
first. and all possible consideration
gill be given 10 their preference as
stated The deferred class is COM
posed Of those who limit their
pledge Of service that is. who will
nor engage 10 20 except largely
for those who, for family reasons, /
cannot accept training at q dis
lance from their homes Those
who register in thc deferred class
will be assigned only sitter the pre-
ierrd class is exhausted