Nursing in the World War 317 Extensive plans had to be made. It was esti- mated that there were, in the United States, 98,000 registered and 17,000 non-registered nurses, and that 25,000 or 30,000 would be needed if the war went on. As a matter of fact before they were actually called for 35,000 trained nurses, ordered as a safe margin by the War Department, were On hand or in sight. The committee decided to begin by increas- ing to the utmost the number of full-time pu- pils in recognized training schools. It held that this was the only sound and constructive way of meeting the needs of the army. By building at the source, a steady flow of nurses to France could be assured, for it would be possible then • to release continually for the front, large num- bers of third-year pupils, who had behind them two solid years of hospital teaching and expe- rience. University; Lena H. Higbee, Superintendent, Navy Nurse Corps; Clara D. Noyes, President, American Nursing Association; Dora E. Thompson, Superintendent, Army Nurse Corps; Lillian D. Wald, Director, Henry Street Settlement; Ella Phillips Crandall, Executive Secretary, National Organization for Public Health Nursing. There were also on it. Dr. Herman Biggs, Commissioner of Health, New York State; Col. W. H. Smith, Superintendent, Johns Hopkins Hospital; Col. William H. Welch, Johns Hopkins University; and Miss Julia C. Lathrop, Chief of the Federal Children's Bureau.
