Show MISS LIEUTENANT NOW HERE Assimilated Rank Won for Members Member of Army Nurse Corps After Long Lone Fight There will be female officers in the American army hereafter The army nurse has Won her fight for tion Salted car carefully away In a safe sate corner corner cor cor- ner ncr ner of army reorganization legislation as ns passed by both branches of congress is a n neat little section conferring the assimilated rank of major captain and first and second lieutenant oil ou members s of ot the Army Nurse corps The Time Is to have the rank of major time the assistant superintendent t director and assistant directors director the rank of captain the chief nurses time the rank of first lieutenant and other nurses are to be he second lieutenants Officially speaking a n person peron holding assimilated rank is one who exercises limited ity authority of that ran rank It under certain conditions but does not enjo enjoy the time full privileges of the time rank It lacks several of ot the elements of absolute rank It does not call for ii a I commission commission commission commis commis- sion and it does n not t carry the time pay al allowances al a- or the emoluments of ot one It makes no attempt to confer the power of ot command Incident to a n line officer office of similar grade The only of absolute rank conferred are 1 The dignity d incident to the name of the tIme rank 2 The right to wear the Insignia thereof 3 The eligibility to exercise authority authority author author- Ity within the limits set forth in the law which are as follows As regards regards regards re re- re- re gards medical and sanitary matters and all nil work in the line of their duties duties du du- duties du- du ties they shall have and shall be regarded re re- as having authority In and about military hospitals next after the medical officers of the time army The movement for rank for tor army nurses began with Americas America's entry into the time great war A series of ot hearings on the proposition were held before the house committee on military affairs affairs af at- af- af fairs on April 16 10 April 20 and June 7 1918 Nothing Immediately resulted but the time nurses maintained an nn active bureau In Washington headed by Mrs Helen nelen Hoy Roy Greeley a New York law law- yer When the time war was ended mind and army reorganization was plainly Imminent Im Im- S they stepped in and won More than army anny nurses saw ov overseas s service during the war All were ere graduate nurses recruited largely through the American Red ned Cross nursIng nursing nurs aurs- nurs- nurs ing log service Army nurses were among the time first to represent America on the theother theother theother other side |