Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-14

When Mrs. Kate Scott, in charge
of the enrolment OF Tulsa nurses
for military service, reached Red
Cross headquarters yesterday after
noon at o'clock she found a wait
ing line of applicants, who had read
the announcement In The World
that she would be there from to
4 o'clock each afternoon this week
For two hours she was kept busy
answering questions, and filling out
application blanks.
I'VE are greatly encouraged by
the splendid response" said Mrs,
Scott, and are hopeful that the rs
or 100 nurses expected from Tulsa
will be secured, although the time
Is growing short, as the national
campaign for $4,000 nurses ends
this week"
Mrs. Scott announced that the reg
ulations had been changed so that
any qualified nurse from 81 years
of age and up. would be accepted,
Any graduate or registered nurse is
acceptable. A local committee
passes upon the applicants, and then
forwards the applications to the ma
tional officers, There is little de-
lay as thw nurses are badly needed
by the army and navy.
Should Enroll Now.
"The nurse who enrolls now"
said Mrs. Scott, "is doing the pa
triotic act, She is doing just as
much as the soldier who goes into
the army. The only difference is
that the army can be maintained by
the draft while the nurses must vol
unteer.t Our committee intends to
make Il list of all qualified nurses
in the city Sooner or later the gov
ernment will see that they are in
the service in one capacity or an
other"
The list of nurses published at
the heal Of this article is those who
have already volunteered, and are
now seeing Gctive service In the
army o. navy.
THE surgeons. OF the army and
| navy" explained Mrs. Scott, have
| called upon the department Of nurs-
| ing of the American Red Cross to
enroll $1,000 nurses by the end OF
| the year. This call from the sur
| geons general constitutes one OF the
| most important demands ever made
| on the American Red Cross. In the
| public mind the Red Cross is ire
| v5cably associated with the nursing
care of the sick and wounded OF
our army and navy. In this call
| then, more than in most. 1t is, there.
fore highly essential that the Red
| Cross measure up fully TO the de.
mand made upon 1t by the govern
! m.nt.'
VIII Explain AalI.
| Mrs Scott will be at Red Gross
| headquarters. corner OF Fourth and
! Boulder again this afternoon from
| until o'clock. She will be glad
to answer questions and assist pros
| pective Red Cross nurses in every
| possible way. Even those who feel
that for any reason they cannot go,
| should see Mrs. Scott and explain
their position and circumstances,
for rules and regulations are being
constantly altered and changed. so
that what might have kept n nurse
out OF the service yesterday, will not
apply today. and so on.
Mrs, Scott is urging that persons
in Tulsa. who are in the habit Of
calling graduate nurses upon every
occasion, use discretion in the fu-
ture, and procure the services OF a
practical nurse wherever possible,
so as to rrake II easier for the
trained nurses to enroll Sacrifices
OF this nature must be made If the
lives of our sick and wounded SOL
diers at hcme and abroad are to be
saved