Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-01-31

that the war lasts Increases the d.
mand for nurses and decrsases the
number available for service. After
the war ends for At least i've years
the demand will continue to increase
for trained women who can do their
part in the reconstruction Of devsst-
ed parts Of France, Belgium, ROD
mania and Serbia.
These Wexe tho statements made to.
day by Miss Edith Barter, director
Of nursing for the Northsen Division
Of tho Red Cross.
1T seams nsxt TO impossible" de-
elaTed Miss Barber, 80 1na1ps TIE
young women Of this country awake
to the importance Of this nursing
work, 70 make them know how serious
10 the need for nurses now, both in
our camps and environments and in
France, and 70 appreciate the neces-
sity that will exist for trained nurpes
after the war has ended.
Hundreds Of young women are
anxious to join the nursing service,
but they are not urspared. They
hesitate to enroll for the three Year,
training provided In this state, de-
claring that in three years the war
will be over and there viii be no call
for active service, they will have
wasted their time in training.
such 10 absolut"'.- not the case.
No one knows how long this war will
last. It may last three years or
more. We all hope and pray that it
will not, but If it should this country
would be drained Of every nurse and
there would be none to take the plac-
60 Of those who had gone.
Even II the war should end tomor.
row, the demand for nurses would
still increase for the next five or even
ten years. All the devastated areas
Of Europe must be rebuilt and re-
constructed. This work must be &C.
complished by Americans. There
will be tens Of Thousands Of poverty
stricken people, crippled men and or
phaned children who will need medical
attention. This must be furnished
by Red Cross nurses. I can think Of
no moro splendid work than this and
nurses who enroll for traininp now
will be the women who must bear the
brunt of this great task.
They may enroll for training in
any accredited school for nurses.
The Red Cross does not train nurses
but accepts graduates from any &c
credited school. There are no short
courses in nursing that will admit
the graduate to the Red Cross ranks.
Much Of my correspondence is devot-
ed to correcting the prevalent impress
sion that there are short courses
valuable for young women desiring to
become nurses.
There are none. The three year
course is the only training that will
admit nurse to service with the Red
Cross in this state. Nurses who en-
roll for such courses now, however,
can be assured plenty Of actual SER
vice after their graduation.
MANY women write concerning
courses In nursing aid That is q
valuable course Of training for women
who must do what they can to take
the places Of nurses from this country
who will be called to the front, but
there is little or no demand for such
graduates in. Europe. There vomen
who speak the language and know
the customs Of the country are much
preferred for such service and the
nursing aid course does not admit q
graduate to the full rank Of Red
Cross nurse"
Nearly $4,000 children in France
are receiving aid from the American
Red Cross in France at the present
time, according to q copy of cable
0Vann fovwo dad ~ kho No~kAc. n:
vision headquarters.
Seven hundred children are receiv-
ing comnlete medical care at the
hands Of the American Red Cross doc
tors, and 5000 are being treated at
the medical dispensaries Of the Amer
lean relief society.
In addition there are 10000 orphans
and other children who are being aid
ed by the American Red Cross either
directly or indirectly.
The American Red Cross is also
aiding 5000 Belgian children, of whom
it has 1000 in complete charge. Hos.
pitfalls and other shelters for orphans
and children from the ruined areas
are maintained as an important activ-
ity Of the American Red Cross abroad
Children who have long gone un-
washed, many Of them infected and
seriously i'll, receive tender and intel.
lgent care. Not only as a work OF
mercy, but because it helps insure
the welfare of the coming generation
this child welfare work Of the Amer.
lean Red Cross is regarded as of i'm.
mense value.
: Members Of the Degree of Homo,
at Bismarck, N. D., have completed
plans for the raising of funds for its
share in the states assessment fo1
the Red Cross nurses fund and the
first benefit will be card party. The
Degree Of Honor, which is an auxil.
iary to the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, has started campaign fol-
the nurses in government service.
Many of the comforts known to the
bovS in the trenches are mt cr;von