Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-21
VARIED ACTIVITIES OF
AMERICAN RED CROSS

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cape with it's crimson lining, who
fought so yaliantly, achieved so won
derfuliy and died so heroically dur
| ing the day of the war. If the
American Red Cross had accom-
| plshed nothing else than the re-
cruiting of 1877 trained nurses to
stand behind our fighting men, to
care for them, to comfort them when
they lay dying, and to nurse them
back to health, it would have justi-
fled its existence
The American Red Cross is CON
tinuing to furnish nurses to the
army the navy and the public health
service hospitals for the care of dis
abled eX-service men.
There are today 37,7S7 nurses en-
rolled in the nursing service of the
American Red Cross. They are the
reserve of the army and navy nurse
corps and in certain emergencies of
peace time as we'll as in time of
war may be called upon for service
by the surgeon general. AT the pres
ent time the three governmental
services are calling upon the Red
Cross nursing services to provide ad-
ditional nurses for their corps in
order to give adequate care to the
disabled ex-service men and nurses
are being enrolled at the rate of
about 100 a month
The Red Cross not only enrolls
nurses who have had professional
education to fit them for active mil
itary service, but also aids in sup
plying the necessary education, in
cases where it is lacking, through
scholarships and loan funds. Nurses
with special qualifications for spe-
cial services, such as public health
nurses are also enrolled by the Red
Cross.
The Red Cross is the greatest CO.
ordinating, registering and distribut-
ing agency for a profession that both
in war and peace has proven itself
necessary to the public safety.
Up to date it has furnished, from
its reserve, 1853 nurses for the pub
lie health service for the care of dis
abled men, and these assignments
Will increase as the need grows.
Aside from these federal activities
it has furnished 1885 public health
nurses to Red Cross chapters, Civ
ing health instruction and definite
nursing service throughout the rural
communities of the United States.
1t has furnished 1926 trained in
structors for the home hygiene and
care of the sick classes. In con-
nectiOn with the work of destitute
children in Europe, it is preparing
and sending forward constantly
nurses chosen for their special fit
ness for child welfare work. 1t is
carrying on a continual campaign
in behalf of the enlistment of stu
dent nurses for civilian hospital
schools of nursing-that the supply
OF young women may not fail--who
shall keep alive a work so big with
usefulness and self-sacrificine serv-
Ice for humanity 1t is in close
touch with the various nursing as
sociations of the country, and is vi
tally interested in the training
schools carried on in connection
with great hospitals. 1t is estab-
fishing and contributing to the sup
port in Europe of training schools
for nurses where modern nursing.
as we know it, has never been de-
yeloped, but is now made manifest
as one of the paramount needs of
war-torn, unhappy Europe.
Red Cross Nutrition Service
Nutrition instruction is now rec
ognized as an important factor in
public well being, efficiency and re-
SASeNAASS W ilOGdSc. lie nutrition
service of the American Red Cross
is being developed in response to
this general awakening to the need
for more intelligent application of
the principles of nutrition in every
day life.
Physicians examinations have
shown that about 20 per cent of the
school children of this country, rich
and poor alike, are below normal
weight for height and age. To aid
in correcting this situation the
American Red Cross nutrition serv-
ice has developed three chapter ac-
tiVities, namely, nutrition classes for
undernourished children, hot lunches
for schools, and a course in food
selection for mothers.
The standard which the service
oil