Show Red Cross Cross' Water Safety Fifteen thousand water safety instruCtors Instructors tors of or the American Red Cross trained to tho minute and ready are today on the verge of undertaking one of or the most Important home-front home assignments s of ot I tho war war instruction Instruction of ot tho the millions of I prospective pros members of ol Uncle Sams Sam's armed forces in functional swimming and water safety i I Planned Panned primarily to reach the coun- coun country's co country's un- un I try's youth of pre Induction age the tho program will be conducted by all Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross chapters in cooperation with schools colleges clubs and industrial and community organizations or I I II The Tho I o swimming and water safety skills to be bo taught are those that have been tried and aro are being used effectively in inthe tho the training of men now in the armed armedI I forces for es They They are based upon the demon demon- a needs of modern warfare in which troops must be transported overseas are arc sometimes obliged to swim great ow- ow or remain afloat for long periods of time and are arc frequently called upon to negotiate bodies of ot water with fun tun equipment Decision to extent the functional swimming program to the millions likely to bo called c into service was by tho the discovery that prompted only 10 per cent of ot the men entering the tho armed forces are skilled swimmers that 00 per cent cannot swim at all or are arc merely novice swimmers The program has the tho fied tied approval of our military it IS id hoped leaders and that e very every swimming pool bathing beach In to the cooperate cooper to to some extent country will in helping to build up an army skilled ty t in water safe sarc- safety Tho The course will bo ho available not only 41 a f 1 sa to men and boys but to women girls who over are arc Vi a the t duty or enlistment In one of or x s. xIt men's mens auxiliaries of ot the armed i for It Is required however that the in d In dual be bo at least 17 years of or age a sound physical ph condition And Ana U j he can demonstrate the e eIn enn nrc u and swim tho the yards he 1113 must IDI In tho the beginners beginner's course before J admitted to the functional S gw course |