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Show fflKESfflEO BEFOREJilY 1 Thirty-four Thousand Will Be Required by July 1 for Army Duty. XI ne thousand more qualified nur.'-es nit? needed between now and the first of tho year and a I.OOO are needed bet ween now and the first of next July, tn meet the reqiiiromontH of the United Slates army, iiivordintr to an announcement Just made from Washington by Itrigadlcr-Keiienil Itrigadlcr-Keiienil Charles Kiohard. aelliiK aurKoon-Ketirral aurKoon-Ketirral of the, army. This announcement hi made by the at'lltiK surgeon-general In refutation of a propaganda story which has been circulated cir-culated to the. effect that the nursing needs of t he army have been met and that the full quotu uf necessary nursctf has been secured. Such is far from bolng tho rase, ways the acting surgeon -general, and he adds that an impression to t lus el feet should not be permitted to gain circulation or credence by anyone. The army need for active nurses In pressing now, and it will Ki-ow with time, It Is pointed out, ho t ha I the ca mpaign to secure (nullified nurses for army duty should bo kept up with, una ha ted energy. 'Ine propaganda story Is said to have been based on a report t hat the Red 'iosh has en rolled nurses in re sponse tn (he nui Koon-Keneral'K call for LTi.ooo. The acting head of the medical department points out that although the lied t Voss has report cd the enrollment of L'T.OOii women, that t his number docs not mean this ma ny are available for army duty. He stales that a total of -T.u00 nurses must be on the rolls of the. army nurse corps before the first of the year, and there are now lti.ufto on the tolls. This leaves a balance of pnnf) nurses lo bo secured for active duty bc-foi bc-foi e llu first of next January. It is further estimated that before July I. V'lli, a total tf Mt.OfMi active nurson must bo had on the rolls of the army. With Iti.Ot'O now on the rolls, a total of 3 t.t'Oit must he scoured and added to the rolls beforo next July. These figures fig-ures are cited as proof sufficient of the 'falsity of the reports that have been circulated cir-culated and the necessity for keeping up the work of gelling more nurses for the army. |