MRS. ATTAWAY IS FIRST ENLISTEE
AT SAVANNAH



The Georgia Guardsman, March 1945, Volume 2, Number 2, page 3

Mrs. Frances Wall Attaway of 710 East Forty-eighth street, who felt she wanted to take part in its activities, is the first enlistee in the Woman's Auxiliary of the Georgia State Guard in Savannah.

Assigned to battalion headquarters as assistant to Capt. David Hirsch, battalion adjutant, Mrs. Attaway will perform clerical and stenographic duties with the rank of staff sergeant.

Three other women are expected to enter the auxiliary shortly, two in the medical detachment and one in the supply room. The battalion's table of organization calls for five auxiliaries in headquarters and two in each of eight company units.

Stressing the fact that the State Guard is carrying on where the former National Guard left off, in readiness for emergencies, Lieut. Col. George A. Rice, commanding officer of the local battalion, expressed the anxiety of the organization for additional women recruits.

All women auxiliaries in the Georgia State Guard will have ratings up to that of staff sergeant, like Mrs. Attaway. Those wishing to enlist should report to battalion headquarters in the Park Extension during the regular drill any Monday night.

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