Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1917 — WOMEN ACTIVE ARMY AIDS [ARTICLE]

WOMEN ACTIVE ARMY AIDS

Tfibusandsto Fill Non-Combatant Posts for British at Home and : —-'■ I■■ 1 ■■ ' • -l<» Pl'Mtwet , ~ 7" Ixmdbn.— According tothe Express, the military authorities are developing a scheme under which women will be substituted for men in non-combat-ant posts in the army both in Great Britain and France, such as cooktag, canteen work, bookkeeping and clerical work, thereby releasing thousands of men. The Express says already 30,000 ut.wi'n arc employed in army- work as cooks, Waitresses, motor drivers and similar occupations, hot the new scheme will open vacancies for many thousands more.