The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
AMERICAN NURSES
REFUSE QUIT
! ARMENIAN WORK
PIuCky Maidens Stand by
Sick and Wounded Even in
Midst Of Most AtroCious Of
Turkish MaSsaCreS.

coNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 1.-TWO
American nurses, Miss Margaret Mack,
OF Hillburn, N. r., and Miss Ruth |
Stuart, Of New York city. working for
the American commission for relief In
the near east, declined to abandon the
sick and wounded at Shusha, Armenia,
after having themselves survived a
massacre by Tartars Of 700 Of the
Christian inhabitants Of the town, ac-
eof1ing TO a letter Just received here
0y MAJ. David q. Arnold, OF Providence,
y; J., director OF the commission. The
Our doctor, and nurses were in the
midst OF the fight but were unframed,
On advice from Gen. Beach / recalled
the two nurses. They came reluctantly
and begged to remain at their station
as there was an urgent need for them
among the survivors. The spirit Miss
Mack and Miss Stuart have shown
has been splendid and l felt that they
should be allowed to return II they
went as volunteers, understanding the
serious situation. They signed papers
to h effect that they knew the dam
ger, and that they were returning to
their work at their own request"
A humorous touch to an otherwise
tragical situation is related by q relief
worker at oulou Kishla, who writes:
men working out from Oulou
Ktshla are covering a large territory
and obtaining a large experience. Their
chief outdoor sport Ia lodging camel
trains and leaping culverts, Coaxing
the missing .sparkplug from Its hiding
place vies with mending magnetos with
thread as the chief form OF recreation.
There are 30 mountains between Oulou
kishla and Harpoot, each one inter
sected by four valleys and a precipice.
the twelfth tire each day the fivver
knocks off and it's riders camp for the
night, sharing their pillows with any
rowing ~dromedary in the vicinity, and
giving a treat to the predatory mos
quitos that infest the Country. There
Is a warm box car In oulou Klshla. and
Mr.. Oscar. Of the Waldorf His va
wort and chourba are inimitable, but
no n a a his name or address
because the world Is full of guile. Or
your way through, stop off and sample
the chow, But remember. don't talk L
the cook"
During tho last four months the com
mission has lost three members BY
death, Paul d. Peltier. OF New Yorl
city, the Rev. r. s, M. Enrich anS
Miss Edith M. winchester. Of Phila
delphia, u nurse, who was among tn
first to volunteer for work in the ty
phus-ridden Caucasus.
Just before her death Miss VIII
chester. in a letter from Tiflis, wrote
| 1.-THE sights about US are heartrend
| ing. A refuge two blocks from our of
! fico yesterday fed 1900 starving chill
dren. We have been feeding them one
l a day. And ono a day the cart goe
Q around 10 collect the eight or 10 fittl
. oorpses -4hat hate accumulated. Refu
gees are eating grass and alfalfa, Th
alfalfa they eat raw; one can Away
SEQ children nibbling at a bunch of
like rabbits"
From various points in Armenia, IN
Caucasus and Anatole, reports hav
been received from the American fiel
workers. From Batoum comes wor
that there r 100, 900 Greek refugee
back Of tho city who are gradually be
, ing pushed out by the Russians. Man
of them went 10 Samsoun. Thousand
Of whom fed at an American sou
kitchen. Adana has $4,000 refuget
and 1900 more are in nearby Ct
l. lages."