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Show Trior to October 1 more than lO.oOO Red Cross nurses were enrolled by the department of nursing, acconiu'g to a report received at local, headiiuariers. Of this number, T7.WI aie serving af TW and navy has hospital and at least half of them are now overma. - Heven hundred nurses have been aa-signed aa-signed to duty with the federal public httttlth service, or to th Red Crows service serv-ice In this country. Those who are not serving In this capacity ca-pacity or at base hospitals ate engaged in home defenae work. At the beginning of the new year about fMM) additional nuiaea will he needed. The end of hostlhtlea haa reduced the noed to thst numier. Nearly (i,uoc) has been spent by the Red Cra in equipping nurses for service uveiaesw, mi'iinUiiK tn the rswtn, while ll.boo.iHH) hws been spent In equipment of bae hospital units. The organization bas equipped ftftv of these unite. - His tit bane hosttital havs been equipped for the navy ami seventeen naval hospital hos-pital units have been organ. ir-d .since America entered the war. The public health work haa also been a bis- service rendered by the Red Croe, and It baa supplied nurses tu combat the. epidemic of Influenza. i The Women e avi vne unit of the Hed ! Cross will meet every Tuesday and i Wednesday In l.e haeement of Hi. Mark e church In Kaet if'ist toutb street. |