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Show 4 THE HERALD REPUBLICAN, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, M AY -- 14, 1916 WOMEN IN KHAKI FACTOR IN PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN; CHOOL TO TEACH WAR DUTIES ESTABLISHED AT CAPliAL A-- r One Thousand Women From , 7 Over Nation Put in Two AH Weeks at National . "ST"""' .., 5, r X. M.k t k 5 t-- '7 -M Service School at Chevy Chase, Near k. Washington, Learning How to 5 vJ of the Nation's Need Under the Plattsburg Idea As plied to the Fair Sex. Xk fif - q jsiw r - ,4 .l5t J ;r s-- yki v . k - .' J - k.k . v"" S re s t . -- r i .V - A . v k f ?r i ' k t 1 .k; f "Vr;r i fete -- k q? "rTR I . J X Top, President Wilson and Mrs. General Scott at opening exercises; bottom left, Mrs. Wilson visiting Service School; some of the girls at the encampment. making. and, if they choose, heliogra piling, signaling, and both plain and wireless telegraph j. Maid, manicures and men are only a few of the comforts of life which have been banished from the tented city in Chevy Chase. The course of instruction at tho camp includes the duties of a Tied Cross nurse, the principles of preparedness and reveille at 6.30 a. m., with only fifteen minutes for dressing. President and Mrs. Wilson were prominent figures at the opening ex scienif ic bed g, wig-waggin- . - -- - kk i r?, 1 k "y ercises of the school. The President and his party were met at the entrance of the camp and escorted by the wife of General Hugh L. Scott to the platform between lines of khaki clad young ladies. The President chose this occasion to make one of the most stirring addresses he ever delivered. In concluding his talk to the students he voiced a .warning that the honor and integrity of the United States could not be tampered with. He prayed that the country might not be drawn into war, but declared that if it should be, "in the great voice of national . e -- . ' 'J , , , S . - . ' V riV rX- V.V7cvA. .. . .k . . ,;y., s National enthusiasm which would be raised all the world would stand once more thrilled to hear the voice of the new world asserting the standards of justice and liberty." The call of the woman's section of the Navy league, "Patriotism, Americanism and National Defense," has brought to its standard women from all over the United States. It has a branch in every state in the union and a membership of 313,000. The members are pledged to think, talk and work for patriotism, Americanism and sufficient national defenses to keep the horrors of Avar from America's homes and shores forever; to do their share to awaken the lawmakers to the danger of the country's present undefended condition; to make their homes centers of American ideals and patriotism, and to instil into the hearts of their children reverence for the country and its history and the determination to. uphold its honor and fair repute. Comes now the National Service school, sponsored by the Navy league, where girls and young women may be trained along the lines of the instruction which the Plattsburg .military instruction camp afforded their brothers. "The camp, which is to be established, on the outskirts of Washington, will open on May 1, to continue four weeks at least, perhaps longer. Tf the experiment proves successful branches of the National Service school will be established in important cities all over the country. Plans for Curriculum. Plans are now; complete and details of the comprehensive and interesting curriculum are being arranged under the direction of the National Service school committee. Mrs. George Dewey, wife of the admiral; 'Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, wife of the chief of staff, U. S. A., and Mrs. (J. Barnelt, wife of the commandant of the marine corps, are serving on this committee; like wise Mrs. lienry r. Ashurst, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer, Mrs. C. L. Hussey, Mrs. James. II. Oliver.- Mrs. Kichard Wain-right, Mrs. Sidney Ballou, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, . Mrs. Edward McCanley, Jr., Mrs. Vylla Wilson Poe and Mrs. Spencer Wood. Miss Elizabeth' Ellicott Poe" is chairman.' These are names to conjure with from a social point of view, and they, are borne by women of vision and executive ability who have turned their undoubted talents to account in mapping out a thoroughly interesting and k!T" r-r-- zJ- r- - : .i - Vjr- w I v It" N W ' ), i t k ' , ' v "i A V If Left to right; top: ' 'Xk , v-- X 'tk - f VN k ?k5 f vk VVk t :i . k k T - a k . kV - LVjfk , r. k . kk butterflies. The camp is established on a ten-actract, lent for tho purpose by Senator Newlands. It is being conducted on military lines, with the Red Cros3 and the war department helping. The women will live until May 35 in camp uniform of khaki coat and skirt with ilannel shirt to match, high tan shoes, and campaign hats. Eating at a common table and sleeping on army cots, they rise at reveille at 6.30 and mint be in bed at taps at 0.30. They are putting in the most of the intervening time learning how to make, surgical dressing, preparing food for the sick, the I of camp sanitation, ;rt principles the mysteries of aid" dietetics, "first t yar ill rJ? Ap- With ASIIINGTON, May 13. the National Service School for Women in. full swing at Chevy Chase, near Washington, the woman in khaki has become a factor in the preparedness campaign. Some 500 of her from all over the country are spending two weeks learning' how to he most useful in tho hour of national need. After these another ."00. and so on until through similar encampments run by pupils from this one, the womanhood of America has been mobilized. It is the Plattsburg idea applied to "women, under the direction of the woman's section of the Navy league, and is being taken up with enthusiasm. Among the 200 resident students at the camp and the 300 day scholars are debutantes and dowagers, working girls and professional women, social workers and society . k v , k. the Hour Be Most Useful in ; . k I kk f " ' v ii.kvJi Mrs. George Barnett and Mrs. Ashurst. Tucker and Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer. Bottom, Mrs. Mary Logan Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, the National Service school at the 1 capital the first of its kiud ire the world may inspire the founding of other schools "where women may fit themselves for the part they must play in the national service of good citizenship and patriotism, delegates will be sent from the different states to make a study of the work of the. 4 school. Conferences will be arranged r r V for them to be held during the afterAvili also haAc noon hours and they 1 '' access to the lectures by noted men ik and women, experts on the topics J. discussed, who Avill take up questions k.,k,k4.v of national defense, food conserva' ' ' 1 American histor and the tion, Americanization of the foreign-boras a featui'e of the program. Thee Avill also be given in the afternoons and Avill be, open to the general public: The regular classes and special courses will' be held in tha mornings and only regularly enrolled students may attend. Nosstudcnt Avill be enrolled for less than Iavo weeks, and plans are being ' made to accommodate 500 girls, 200 '' 3 '; kT ,.Niresident students and 300 dajr;' pupils ' ?' ' & ' each fortnight. The school will bo women over open to all native-bor- n 18 years of ago, whose 'applications s - ... 1 arc acceptable to the committee in charge and who are members, or intend to become members, of the' woman 's section of the Navy league. However, no student will be permitted to live at the camp unless she can .kJ ,' f " x y ?tsx' 'i present a certificate from her physician that she is physically able to endure the life and camp Maryland Women Taking Lessons on Machine Gun at Winthrop, Md. routine. The routine Avill be strict and the recruits, will be put through Women are flocking to the range at 'Winthrop,' Md., all eagerness to a stiff course, but every precaution learn how to shoot. The most of them arc full of determination, and insist for their health and comfort av ill be foe. taken. A physician and trained that' if this country is eAer invaded they will help the men destroy the nurses Avill be in residence and a Red Cross relief station Avill be set up in the camp grounds. Picked men from the local "police force will do the actual guarding of the- - camp at night, "but resident students Avill be called upon for guard and inspection duty, after the manner of their brothers at Plattsburg. Officers of the day will be in "direct charge of the school and camp and the regulations laid 'down by them under the direction of experts must be obeyed with military promptness. teW v- si'-- : , W k 3 k : n, :' ':r ' sf'; , ?"K k fcfk,-- out-of-do- or practical venture. The National Service school of ihe x'v woman's section of the Navy league e will be located on a tract in Chevy Chase, Md.. just over the border from the district, the me of Top, "rockks" going through exercises. Bottom, officers of camp. Left to right: Miss Vella Poe Wilson, Miss which has been given by Senator Natalie Lincoln, Miss Elizabeth E. Poe, Miss Mary Baker, Miss Anne Tracy and Mrs. H. B. Joy. 4 Francis Newlands of Nevada. It is l l" ' , kV ,'v " irft, V'jf,,riikk to the street car lines, ami v : Among the "rookies" who have Her staff consists t,f Mrs. B. R. rines step as lively to obey orders as accessible ' 1 1 1 -';t rr.n. automotown of reach within Russell of easy by I). if the Washington, School aide; the C, commandant t of Service lie given National by joined bile. Moreover, the property is imPoe Wilson. Washing- marine corps. Miss are the wic and daughters of many ton D.Vella water and Miss Natalie The classes in signalling are popu proved with seweracre, C. adjutant; noted men. Among them are Mr.-- . Lincoln. Washington, I). C. major; lar. Two enlisted men nre servinyas lighting facilities, all ready for the Ifobert Lansing, wife of the secre- Miss Mary Paker, WiIdwood,N. J., instructors and are kept busy. At pitching of the tents Bnrneit. wife of aile; Miss "Ann Tracy. New York, first they perforin the service of in tat:ral Mrs. tary of ( 'Vne Army Tents Supplied. N tN'. "' Karnett of the ma- major, and Mrs. H. H. Joy. Detroit, structors just as it (he students Major tents have been requisiontd Army rine corj. and Mrs. Champ Clark Mich., aide to chief of statf. were mere men facing them, to tee for the use of the resident pupils and wife II. Mrs. James The a Thomp-oin marine of the signals were made right. the camp Avill be conducted along regthat ;nd spectacle big iitid daughter of the speaker of the service uniform being ordered about Some of the "rookie" objected to ulation military lines, Avith set schedlfousf. Thc.--o women, clad in by a slip of a girl in khaki is one of having the instructors, look directlv ules of classes, drills, etc., for resi khaki, say they are proud to be num- the sights of the National Service at them declaring it was "embarras dent and dav pupils. The main ob- A detachment bered among the rookie,' and are camp. of marines sing." Now the two young men are i of the school is to give an oppor work in tho the was of sent to the camp to relieve the trynur the expedient of making the jeet ot5tmuch interested tunity to American women to acquire "rookies" of all the heavier work signals on the reverse side and sufficient camp. training to be of Preparedness advecate learning to shoot; standing, Misi Elizabeth. Elliott Poe, commandant (left), and Mrs. Miss Elizabeth K. Poe of Wash- and assist them generally 'in keeping standing with their backs to the use in time special of Avar or national calamVella Poe Wilson, adjutant, National Service School for Vomen. . . . ington is commandant at the camp. things in ruilitarv order. The ma- - rookie j. ity. To this end and ii order that t - ?" v - - , . . -- - ' , - ! ', - i ten-acr- " k' J,' - - . ''c1", -- ,- -- . . . . - k -- k" ' n. miiiy! . . - , r |