Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — Trained Women for the Work of Military Relief Greatly Needed [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trained Women for the Work of Military Relief Greatly Needed

By MAJ. GEN. LEONARD WOOD.

.U.S.A.

There are two ways, especially, in which women can aid in |he present crisis: 1. By working in industry, thereby releasing men for the front, and 2. By joining the American Red Cross. Vast numbers of women are now working in the various supply establishments making munitions, clothing and the like, but the time is not yet here when women need to go into the factories to take the places of men. But the time is here, not merely for the Red Cross to prepare, but <o meet the actual test

iof real service. Trained women for the work of military relief are needed. The immediate call is for competent nurses. A soldier’s life is too precious to risk in unskilled hands. Nurses must largely be drawn from the hospitals of the cities, and womeq must be found to take the places of many nurses in civilian hospitals. if the time comes when women must go into industry, the burden •of caring for children must be shifted from many mothers and homes or nurseries must be found for infants. It is the Red Cross that will be called upon for this service also.,