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318 3i8 A Short History of Nursing A campaign of publicity was set on foot, and it was so successful, and the readiness of hospitals to do their uttermost was so general, that at the end of one year reports from schools state that seven thousand pupils above the usual number were at work in different institutions, taking the regular course. A large number of these came in through the Student Nurse Reserve which was largely recruited by organized women's committees throughout the country. In February, 191 8, the Committee on Nursing submitted to the Surgeon-General their recom- mendation that Miss Goodrich be sent to inspect the nursing service in military hospitals at home and abroad. He made the appointment as asked. On Miss Goodrich's return from the home camps she advised the establishment of an Army School of Nursing, and drew up and presented a plan for the same. The Surgeon-General adopted her views and appointed her as Dean. The army school was opened in May, 1918. This was prompt and re- sourceful work, and well timed, for, as nursing leaders had learned, the War Department had been on the verge of employing half-trained aids at a half-pittance. The plan of the army school was broad and elastic. It was capable of indefinite expansion,