Terms of service / Joint Women's V.A.D. Dept.

  • Great Britain. War Office. Joint Women's V.A.D. Department.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: Terms of service / Joint Women's V.A.D. Dept. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J.W. 146b. Mrs. ARTHUR CANE. Telegrans: Miss EpirH Crowpy. Commandant-in-Chief— ‘ Furse, Devousbire House.” Hon. Mrs. Firzroy. Mrs. CHARLES W. FURSE. Telephone : Miss Le rHBRIDGR, Mayfair 6707. Membership 4a Application. Recom- mendation. Health Certificate. Rejection. Duty. Uniform. Control. (5 lines). THRRITORIAL FORCE ASSOCIATIONS. BRITISH, RED. CROSS. SOCIETY. ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. ae lage Hovussr, Lonpon, W.1. TERMS OF SERVICE. Candidates for Special Service must be mem ers of, or attached to, a Voluntary Aid Detachment. ; Members must send in their names through their Com- mandant and County Director, together with an unmounted photograph for the V.A.D. Department. The Commandant will only forward the names of those Members whom she considers in every way suitable for Special Service. In all cases the Society’s Medical Certificate of Health must be filled in and signed by a Doctor. (This will be sent to all Candidates in due course.) The Selection Board reserves to itself the right to reject any Members whom it considers unsuitable, without giving a reason, and this decision must be accepted as final. They may be called upon to work for sick men only or they may be sent to hospitals where nurses or munition workers are cared for under the Military Authorities. No V.A.D. Member should question what work she does for the Sick or Wounded whether Soldiers, Sailors or Civilians. They must wear regulation B.R.C.S. or St. John uniform (indoor and outdoor) as detailed, and no mufti may be worn except when off duty during their month’s probation. All Members appointed to Military Hospitals come directly under the War Office from date of appointment. All Members working under the Joint Committee come directly under the officers appointed by the Societies.