The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-28
Frederick Hask1n's Letter
The OUerseos Women.

ject engineered by this unit r,r
fall. -
Another group has an enDlou
ment bureau for ex-soI5io.y,
Omaha girls back from oyerSs.-
have given benefits OF yario~
sorts to help a new yocatio.e9s
school and hospital for ex-ssyv1e'
men. Tho list could be eYtsr5.s
indefinitely. The girls look ah an.
the home town to find some nbss'
Of welfare that needs help. an
then they go quietly to work
The overseas girl learned to NO..
efficiently under what would bs--
been regarded as impossible eops,
ttons in peace time. Every me-.
Der of an overseas league unit La.
this background of experience aS a.
tradition, and that accounts for ~
amount of work the units are Ali.
to do in spare time. There ara ~
novices at welfare work anon
them. Every member is at bo1oas
in some line of social servico
whether it is in library. cantaas
hospital, or recreation center
Help Unemployment.
Scattered after their war ssrvic.
the girls could have made yerv H.
tie use of their experience. OrpaT
lied, they are at hand whereyer
call comes. Already, there bays
been several requests for their ne
sistance. In the New York uner9.
ployment crisis, the local unit n
overseas women was asked 10 bain
the city find employment for M.
destitute. Colonel Forbes Of t5s
veterans bureau also called on ~
league to help him in his clean.Dn
campaign to adjust claims that had
not been decided by the bureau
The league expects to interest
itself in several lines of welfa-s
work with which no other organic
ton seems to be concerned For
instance, there are overseas girl.
themselves who suffered from tber
war service. If their injuries cou8
be shown directly due to service
some provision was made for them
But in a few cases, women haya
developed tuberculosis or neryoBs
troubles which could not be DEF.
nttely connected with war eXDeri.
ences, but which nevertheless were
probably brought on by strain and
hardship abroad. The league hopel
when possible, to help such girls
In their rehabilitation difficulties.
Almost all organizations Of this
postwar type have worked out
memorials Of all sorts and degrees
of idealism in honor Of their war
dead. The leagues plan 70 "a trib.
ute to the women who lost their
lives overseas is especially fitting
The overseas women, whatever
their line of work, were much con.
cerned over the troubles of the des,
titute children of France. Mrs. O5.
wald Chew, national president Of
the league, who has just sailed for
Europe, expects to look into the
possibilities of the league estab-
fishing an orphanage in some
French city.
In nine months 1000 Of the 24,ON
women who went overseas from
this country have been organized
into units of the WOmen's Oversees
Service League. Perhaps it should
be explained that this large mum
Der, $4,000, includes nurses. The
nurses who served in the army.
navy and marine corps are al
mitted to the American Legion as
well as to the wOmen's overseas
league. Other women who served
in the war, however, were not pro
yided for in the service Organizs-
tons; so the league claims that iG
organization is not a duplication Of
any other project