The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-26
Red Cross Nurses Wanted.

Recruiting stations for the enlist
ment of all these young women o
to Uncle Sans plea for 25, 900 enroll
ments in the United States SUDDEN
Nurses Reserve have been designated
by the Women's section of the County
Council of Defense. These point:
which are historical as the first stations
of their kind in this war, are the Red
Cross headquarters in Hyattsville,
under the supervision of Mrs. Edgar
Brown; the home of Mrs. w. I, Davis
of Upper Marlboro and the home OF
Mrs Aldrich Moore at Laurel.
Previous announcement has been
published of the urgent need for
American women to care for the splen-
did fighters this country has furnished
the European battlefields when they
become the victims of diseases, acct
dents or sharpnel wounds. Primarily
the Student Nurse Reserve acts i'm.
mediately as release for the experienced
nurse to go over seas at once while the
recruits are receiving their training
in this country. Intelligent, respon
sible women, states recent bulletin
issued by the national committee of
the women's section of the Council of
Defense, between the ages of nineteen
and thirty five are eligible to enroll in
the Reserve in one of the following
three ways:
~ AS engaging to hold themselves
in readiness until April l, 1919 to accept
assignments to nurses schools. These
women will 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 will be
accepted.
(2) AS desiring to become candidates
for the Army Nursing School recently
established by authority of the War
Department with branch schools a
selected military hospitals.
81 AS engaging to hold themselves
in readiness until April l, 1919 to ac-
cept assignments to either civilian
training school or the Army Nursing
School. Those who so enroll will be
called when the first need arises. The
Government hopes that majority of
those who enroll will thus put down
their names for both.
The term of training varies from
two to three years, according to the re
quIrements of the particular school to
which the nurse is sent. No course
will require more than three nor less
than two years to complete nor will
any nurse be sent to any school not ap
proved by the State Board of Nurse
Examiners. The student nurse gets her
board, lodging and tuition free at prac
tically every training school and in
most cases receives small compensa
ton to cover the costs of books and
uniforms. After graduation she has
an earning capacity of from $500 tC
$500 monthly. Private duty nurses
now receive an average of from 500
to $120 month with board, while OF
duty; institution nurses from $50 to
$3.50 month with board, lodging and
laundry; and public health nurses from
300 to $3.50 without maintenance.
There is no danger of the earning
capacity of nurses being lowered after
the war ends on account of the great
number then qualified to follow that
profession; the country will need all
the nurses who can be trained during
the war and afterwards, particularly
for construction work. Even if the
war ends in three years every student
will be able to complete her course and
will be needed.
The United States Student Nurse
Reserve is equivalent for women of the
great National Army training camps
for the men. The Government will
rely on them to fight disease at HON G
and care for those injured in the in
dustries pertinent to war and to make
themselves ready to serve abroad when
the call comes.
1t is the most stupendous call for I'M
selfish service and personal sacrifice
yet issued to the women of Prince
Georges County by their owA United
States and the sperit of Florenc,
Nightingale.