New Britain herald., 1919-09-05
II. s. NURSES REFUSE 10 LEAVE WOUNDED
American Women Decline to
 Abandon Sick Who Survive

Constantinople, Aug. *12, CCorre-F spondence Of the Associated Press )--s Two American nurses, Miss Margaret Mack, of Hillburn, N. Y, aand Miss Ruth Stuart, of New York city, E. working for the American .Commis- sion for Relief in the Near East, de- '~gSllned to abandon @ the sick and Mounded at Shusha, Armenia, after sSHaving themselves survived a massa -s ere by Tartars of TOO of&the Christian inhabitants of the town, according to, a letted just received here by Major David G. Arnold, of Providence, R. l., director of the commission. The let ter read: = %sfe.
 Our doctor and nurses-s were in the midst of the fight but were u,1ssf harme ed, On advice froffrs G epeisal Beach recalled the two nul.Sas.gThey came reluctantly and begg ed,s stos re- main at their station as there was an 2 urgent need for them among the sur vivors,| The spirit Miss Mack and Miss Stuart have shown has been splendid and I felt that thew should be allowed to return if they went as volunteers understanding the kserious situation They signed papers To tie effect that they knew the danger And that they were returning to their Work at their SqAyns, request" ,- X| f- tN < Humorous touch 4o San otherwise. ' lragxsal situation is .reladed by as re-. Ife f*aas4tl1er at Oulou &SaISfshla !; who ..'',Tlshesslfen T working out from Oulou skishlH are covering a large territory and tobtai43ing a large experience k sThefrSHehfef outdoor sport is lodging camel tgains and leaping culverts CoaNing the missing spark plug from its hiding piace vies with mending magnetos with thread as the chief form Of recreation There are ninety nine mountains between Oulou Kish- la and Harpoot, each one intersected by four valleys and a precipice. It is a rule that after the explosion of the twelfth tire each day the fiYVers knocks off and it's riders camp for the night sharing their pillows with any. Toving dronedary in the vicinity, and giving a treat to the predatory mos qaitos that infest the country. There issa warm box-car in Oulou I<ishla, aaIi a cook loaned to the commission. l by@f Mir. Oscar of the Waldorf. His yaWcort an da chourba are inimitable, ,'nN51tsllo one cap% have bis name or ad- dEsss because he world is fuIl of guile. On ,yopr way through, stop off
 
 Der, don't talk to the cook 7. During the last four months the comm ission has lost three members, by death---Paul D. Peltier, of New York city; the Rev. R. $. Nj. Enrich and Miss Edith NJ. Winchester, of Philadelphia, a nurse, who was among the first to volunteer for work in the typhuS ridden Caucasus.
 Just before her death Miss Win chester in a letter from Tifiis wrote: t:The% sights about us are heartrend- ing. A refuge two blocks from our off, flee yesterday fed 1,S00 starving chill drcn. We have been feeding them once a day And once a day the cart r goes around to collect the eight or ten little corpses that have accumulated. Refugees are eating grass and alfal- fa The alfalfa they eat raw; one can always see children nibbling at a bunch of it like rabbits. ~.
 From various points in Armenia, the Caucasus and Anatolie, reports have been received lfronl the Ameri- can field workers. From Batoum comes word that there are 15O,0OO Greek refugees back to the city who are gradually being pushed out by the Russians. Many of them went to Sansoun. Thousands of whom fed at an American soup kitchen Adana has 12,0Oo refugees and 1S,O00 more are in nearby villages" , ..~ , F. ;