through Home Service; the making and filling of several
million kit bags for servicemen.

Increased need for Home Service work on behalf of the
men and women of our armed forces and their families was
met by an increase in the number of chapters having a
Home Service Corps and the number of members of exist-
ing corps, while a revised training course increased efficiency.

Volunteer nurse’s aides became recognized for their skill
and devotion to duty. Army hospitals asked for their serv-
ices. Because of the millions of hours of service they gave,
hard-pressed civilian hospitals and clinics were better able
to carry the load imposed by reduced nursing staffs as gradu-
ate nurses joined the armed forces. ‘Their compatriots, the
Gray Ladies of the Hospital and Recreation Corps, grew in
numbers and concerned themselves with the personal needs
of convalescents and other patients. Arts and Skills Units
of the same corps lessened the patients’ tedium as they de-
veloped a new program in
military hospitals teaching
_ pottery-making, model-build-
_Ing, sculpture, painting,
| weaving, bookbinding, and
other arts and crafts. The
Dietitian’s Aide Corps
helped relieve the manpower
shortage in the dietary de-
partments of civilian and
veterans’ hospitals.

 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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