The School was authorized by the Secretary of War as an alternative to utilizing nurses' aides in Army hospitals.
Although the Adjutant General authorized a military uniform and an insignia consisting of a bronze lamp superimposed on the caduceus, the students in the Army School of Nursing retained civilian status.
It was discontinued by the Secretary of War on 12 August 1931 as an economy measure.
A total of 937 young women completed the course in nursing and received the diploma of the school.
Among the many notable graduates were Mary G. Phillips and Ruby F. Bryant, who later became Chiefs of the Army Nurse Corps, and Virginia Henderson.