Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
ETTORD comes from Washington
wv that women will be trained in
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Corps for Women are carried out,
The corps, organized for women war
workers in Washington, under the
direction of Miss Susanna Cocrolt,
Of Chicago, has been turned into a
permanent organization for building
up women physically and fitting
them for the places they are taking
il business, industry and in the work
OF the nation generally.
Admiral Cary T. Grayson will act
rs medical director of the corps. On
the board of directors with Miss
Cocroft are Surgeon General Rupert
Blue, Gen. Enoch Crowder, Brig.
Gen. J. F. Kerr, Mrs Robert Lans-
ing, wife of the secretary of state;
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, OF the
American Red Cross; Mrs. Franklin
K. Lane, wife of the secretary of in
terror; Mss Gertrude Lane, we'll
known magazine editor, and Julius
Kahn, chairman of the military af-
fairs committee of the house of rep
-rsentatives.
Permission has been asked of the
War department for the use of
part of the environments when they
are released from military service
or use as training camps where
women can be trained as teachers of
;etting-up exercises and semi-mili-
ary drills. These teachers will be
equipped to give training in indus
trial plants and public schools. The
corps has also asked for the release
Of a part OF the environments for
recreation camps, where physicians
can send women and children who
do not need medicine so much as
they need conditioning.
White House Lot.
The original training corps in
Washington numbered more than
$500 war working women. 1t was
organized on the White House lot
and the War department detailed Is
army officers to assist Miss Cocroft.
The work will be extended to
every part of the country, modelled
after the system which has de-
yeloped the men in the war training
camps, except that it will be made
specially suited for the training OF
women.
In announcing the purpose of the
crops, Miss Cocroft, its organizer
and director, said, 1--WE wish to
utilize the knowledge of what the
camps have done for men, mentally
and physically, and to apply this
same knowledge to the conditioning
Of women while the public mind is
quickened to this Utility, so that all
men and women, the young, the
middle-aged, the old, may be given
an opportunity to benefit by outdoor
life. regularly supervised and trained
under semi-military discipline and
under the supervision of competent
medical and nursing assistance.
New Opportunity for Women.
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Cudahy says that
before the war the average woman
thought she was leading a. useful
life, She had her home, her family,
her friends, her local field of service,
in which she worked and found her
horizon within her garden walls.
The great need came" she ex-
plains. almost every woman an
swefed the call in one way or an
other. A large proportion volun-
teered for Red Cross service. The
work women have done has accom-
plished far more for us. | am sure,
than for the great cause which we
have labored to help.
Although we see less of our old
friends, we have made new and in
many cases more valuable ones, and
their message of comradship is
warmer when we meet. We have
less time to worry about countless
details, many of which in a measure
are taking care of themselves.
we have found out that we are
no longer satisfied with being pri-
vate individuals, but are looking for
a broader scope with a larger view
point. We have learned the Joy Of
service. We shall find many ways
TO continue our Red Cross work dur
ing the period Of reconstruction and
in peace. The specific need will
change, but there will be enough
work forsall.
TO have been the moulders of public
opinion, but pever have we been so
conscious of the importance OF our
function. Our interest in the soldier
aud his family has led us into know
ing the community problems where
we see conditions for which we also
see opportunity for constructive re-
lief. There we have found an impor-
tant duty which we cannot ignore.
May we assume the newly found re-
sponsibility with the real Red
Cross spirit"
When Women VIII.
To prove again that American
women met the requirements of our
government during the war, read
what 1t. Marion Swanberg, chief
dietitian, United States base hos
pital, Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga,
says in Red Cross Magazine about
her work:
why it's just as simple to plan
meals for 1000 patients as it is for
four.
But to give you an idea of the
amounts we cooked. We used 500
worth of grape juice for an after
noon drink for our patients. We
cooked as many as 1000 eggs at a
time, 20 sides Of bacon, 5000 pints
of milk, and other things in proper
ton"
Miss Swanberg tells an interest
ing story of her work at the big
base hospital, where she planned
diets for as many as 1000 sick men,