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Show New Plan Offered To Enlist Nurses A new enlistment opportunity tor women oi Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Fountain Green and vicinity was announced today by Mis. Justus Seelcy, Civilian Representative Rep-resentative of the WAC Recruiting Recruit-ing Service for this area. "Word nas come from Washington that eligible women may select any one of nine Army General Hospitals Hos-pitals in the Ninth Service Command, Com-mand, including Bushnell General Gen-eral Hospital at Brigham City, Utah, for their initial assignment assign-ment upon completion of the Army Technicians Course," said Mrs. Seeley. The new enlistment regulation regula-tion which gives every recruit an opportunity to not only elect to do medical work in the Army but to designate the Army General Gen-eral Hospital in which she desires de-sires to serve, has resulted from the recent battle reverses and consequent increases in war casualties, said Mrs. Seeley. Women of Mount Pleasant and surrounding area who are 20 years of age and not over 49, who are in good health, and have no dependents under 14 and have had at least two years of high school, are urged to seriously consider this new opportunity. It is not necessary for women who meet these qualifications, to have had prior medical training train-ing of any sort. The Army will provide specialized training for all qualified women who enlist under the new program. According to information just received by Mrs. Seeley, overall battle casualties as reported through January 7, 1945 were 662,399. At the moment every Army nurse in the United States must handle twenty-six hospital beds almost twice as many beds as any one person is efficiently able to handle. The plain fact of the matter is if something isn't done soon, and very soon, the wounded and hospitalized A-merican A-merican soldier may not continue to get the care to which he is entitled. To remedy this situation situ-ation the Army offers to give eligible women a six weeks basic training course at Fort Oglethorpe, Ogle-thorpe, Georgia, a six weeks specialized training course as either medical or surgical technicians tech-nicians at an Army General Hospital Hos-pital at Camp Atterbury and then immediately transport them to the Army General Hospital of their choice in the Ninth Service Command including Utah, Oregon, Ore-gon, Washington, and California. Interested women are urged to contact Mrs. Seeley at her home at 457 West Main Street, Mount Pleasant immediately for further fur-ther information as to enlistment enlist-ment for this new Army opportunity. |