Register
Des Moines, Iowa
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SS VAN RENSSELAER SPEAKS TO WOMEN'S GROUP
Explains Place of WAAC in a Nation
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FREES MEN FOR COMBAT DUTY
Army Has Need of Woman Power.
Women are banded together in an army corps because more men must be released for combat, Miss Catharine Van Rensselaer, director of physical education for the women's army auxiliary corps, said in a talk Monday night.
Spea king be-fore the Des Moines Business and Professional Women's club at Younkers tearoom, Miss Van Rensselaer, in de-s cribing the growth of the" jWAAC, said this country is fortunate in preparing its women for non-combatant duties in time van KENssEi^ER.to free the men before it is too late.
Miss Van Rensselaer outlined the five specialized courses in which the women at Fort Des Moines army post are being trai
