Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1917 — WOMEN HELP IN WAR WORK [ARTICLE]

WOMEN HELP IN WAR WORK

Motor Service Organized by Mrs.* J. Borden Harrimatj Is Latest of ' K rter Activities. Washington.—Womeß’s activities in the war game are intoafising every day. A woman’s motor Service, organized by Mrs; tL Borden Hamman, in which scores of Washington SW&iety women ■ have enrolled, is one of thw^ test. The cars are kept busy on work directly far 1 the war department. 'W These women drive their to which an army ambulance, "'as a trailer. Is frequently attached as they are sent to the training camp of marine corps at Quantico, Va., or tfie engineering corps‘at. Belvoir, Va., tO? bring to Washington for hospital treatment sick or injured men. The women are also getting intensive training themselves under officers of the war department. ~ , They are getting the same drills and the same maneuvers as regular army units. The course of Instruction Includes litter drills and training in ambulance work. The women’s motor service in Washington has been taken has a rpo'del for similar organizations throughout the country and the w*ar department is receiving daily applications for officers to be detailed ,to train women in motor ambulance work.