The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-12
PROP ACANDA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FALSE ARTICLES Head of Nurses Association Scores Statements As
 Without Truth. FINE PROPORTION OF NURSES ENROLLED Nurses Who Left in January on Recreation Visit to
 England.

Graduate Nurses in this city have come to the conclusion that the arti- cles that have appeared in some Of the papers in this city relative to the enrolment of the nurses are noth- ing more nor less than propaganda to keep nurses from enrolling in the service. They are all very much 1 garbled statements and contain very small percentage of truth and some times not event that. One such was given publicity yesterday which is full of mis-statements from begin ming. It was published without au- thorization from any accredited source and there is a great deal of dissatisfaction among the nurses who feel that the article did them a great injustice.
 dent of the Alumnae Association of the Bridgeport Hospital Training School for Nurses, branded the state ment of yesterday as absolutely false and very misleading. She said to a
 representative of The Times today:
 '"The nurses are volunteering but there
 is much to consider and when all facts
 are weighed it will be found that the
 nurses are doing their part as well as
 any other department of the war work.
 "At the last military census there
 were 234 registered nurses in this city. Of these 42 have enrolled. There are 75 or 100 who are not eli gible- The requirements the nurses must meet for military service are very high. Married nurses, at least those whose husbands are living are not accepted. There are some over
 45 years of age who have not beer in active service recently and they would not be taken.
 'sThere there are nurses in the pub. lie health serevice of this city whose
 health is such that they could no
 pass the very rigid physical exami
 nation required by the government
 They are anxious to enroll but they cannot meet the requirements. Whe1
 all these facts are considered the per
 centage enrolled is very good.
 Another thing there are very few
 nurses that are working night and ( day in this city. That is most ri
 diculous thing to say. Sometimes
 there is a shortage but nothing like
 that obtains at the present time.
 When the nurses enroll they spec
 fly what date they wish to enter the service, the date they will be ready
 This is on their application and they receive their orders to go few days q ahead of the date they set them @ selves They are permitted to selec
 either home or foreign service, hom u service being in the camps here, anc
 as far as possible the government re y spects the choice of the nurse. If sht g wishes to go she is given every op a portunity to go across, except ther s might be a delay until unit ha J been, completed.
 g Volunteers are asked for work fl h the base hospitals. Later on thes r. nurses are given an opportunity t d signify whether or not they wish t e go overseas. If they do desire to en
 ter that service they are sent witt IF the very next unit. As for the nurse q that went over from here cominj e home to spend a long period recuper . ating that is all nonsense. At tn ,- meeting yesterday of our association
 a letter was read from one of the i !, nurses who went to France from here - They went in January and she wit J three of the others are nov enjoyin . vacation period in England an II having very delightful rest We ar Beginning to think that all these ar Ce ticles so 1nanffestly in error are prop IS aganda to keep our nurses from en
 rolling"