Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-24

Washington. Feb. 24.1rha, the
Army school OF nursing VIII soon ~
nmde an integral part OF tins Army
organization liz the hope OF ha)D1
julia Stimson, superintendent OK the
Army nurse corps.
Tho nurse lcorpsy believes In pre-
paredpess forf seryice-in peace or an
emergency. And preparedness. from
the point Of view of the corps means
training school for nurses, correspond
ing in general way with the train
Ing school for officers at West Point.
We have such d school. but IL ex-
lists only by an order Of the Secretary
OF War. This may be q permanent
enough existence. but 81 has an In
definite sound Congress is 20 be
asked, therefore, TO give this import
ant eohool u military status so that
1 II may be part Of the Army and so
that the student nurses may have the
relative rank OF cadets instead OF the
status Of civilian employees of the
Medical Department of the Army.
Until the recent war tho Army
maintained a small standing corps oi
nurses in time OF peace and when II
needed large numbers, recruited then
from the Red Cross Nursing Service
But during the World War tho arm,
opened It's own training school 4
fit women for service. and IL proved I
Successful venture. The first class 0
800 young women was graduated las
June. They served during their train
ing at Walter Reed and bettermai
. General Hlspitals. and other Arm
hospitals in this country, and In tina
way rendered valuable service.
The school Of nursing cannot use a
, Of its graduates in ordinary times, bJ
. those who are not needed go out we
( trained 10 give service in civilia
[ feids. Some Of the Army nurse grad
D yates have gone into the newest lin
Z Of nursing, public health work. Other
have gone iistos private hospital
z homes, institutions. and factorie
: There Is need for every ono Of ther
|. for there are never enough nurs
II graduated from first class schools,
q seems. It is because OF this gre
s need for we'll trained nurses and b
o cause IL is an economy to the Cover
!" ment to get It's nursing done partly
10 students-as most hospitals doth
the Army school OF nursing expec
Is to continue.
9. Schools In East and West
% The school is really two schoo
= Walter Reed Hospital in this ci
y takes the greater part Of the st
~ dents. but TO make st easier for we'
ern girls 10 take the course. traini
10 also given In San Francisco at
Letterman General Hospital.
1t is interesting 10 visit the sch'
at Waiter Reed. You 90 with
vague idea, perhaps, that first aid
UT the prominent subject in an Arr
y. nurses course. You would not
surprised 10 find one Of the demC
g stration rooms fitted out like a cai
with dummies dressed in khaki to
10 used as models for dressing ina gina
Oh wounds.
re You find however. that there
IL very little OF the emergency atm'
eo phere in the school Hospital a
Ut transportation facilities for warti
nave Df'hi AoNtAtF'1 - %f.f
NJ ly during the late war that the Ar1
NJ nurse can count on having practica
n the same apparatus as the nurse
10 any civilian hospital.
Nor is the army nurse taught o.
ey the technique needed in treating .
I'D tie cases. She goes through the ga
OF course of training that the civil
iet nurse does. From diet in commur
ms able diseases TO public sanitation,
ted various kinds OF therapy. hosp
ire architecture, oral hygiene, and ind
of trial and school nursing run the S
sp- jects with which she is expected 10
familiar when she is gradua
md knowledge of all these subjects r
the not be required in line Of duty in
ig- army, but the school fits its stude
N. for service anywhere.
:. One OF the instructors points
with patriotic pride that the al
school Is one Of the few schools
nursing in the country that Is sbi'
cover the entire course reeommen
=. by the League OF Nursing Educat
"The army can do this" said
nurse instructor. because the stud'