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    "ocrText": "COPY\nStatement of Colonel C. C. Collins, Medical Corps, U. S. Army.\nReserve Nurse Daisy D. Urch was never appointed Chief Nurse\nof this hospital. She was appointed Temporary Chief Nurse under\nauthority contained in Par. 61, Manual of The Medical Department,\n1916 on the recommendation of Major Frederic A. Besly, the\nDirector of the Unit when I took command. She was relieved\nfrom duty on December 24, 1917 under authority contained in\nPar. 61 (a) which reads:\n\"Temporary Chief Nurses may be relieved from duty as\nsuch and assigned to duty as nurses at the discretion of\ntheir immediate Commanding Officers.\"\nfor the following reasons: She did not adapt herself to the\nconditions of service in a military hospital or show the\nnecessary executive ability. She was found lacking in good\njudgment and tact; she was disloyal and showed a disposition\nnot to cooperate with the Commanding Officer. She was found\nto be temperamentally unsuited for the position she occupied.\nEvery effort was made extending over a period of nearly seven\n(7) months to secure her cooperation and loyal support but with-\nout success. At first her attitude was believed to be due to\nher ill health; she was put on sick report, transferred to a\nBritish Hospital for nurses and later sent to Southern France\nfor a period of recuperation. During her absence a marked im-\nprovement in the attitude of the nurses on duty here was noticed.\nOn Miss Urch's return she showed plainly by her actions and words\nthat she could not serve in her capacity as temporary chief\nnurse and give me her loyal support and cooperation. I then\nexplained the situation to her and saked her to resign, which\nshe refused to do. I then issued an order under the authority\nquoted above relieving her from duty as temporary chief nurse\nand assigning her to duty as nurse. Her work as nurse has\nbeen satisfactory but she still maintains an attitude of hostil-\nity to me personally.\n(Signed) C. C. Collins,\nColonel, Medical Corps. U. S. A."
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