, 1877-08-20
WORSE THAN KILLED.
uow thu Turkish Wounded Are Allowed u
Dice

How TIM Turkish wounded Arc Allowed Il
Die.
A correspondent OF tho Boston Journal yrts
ing from Erxcronm says: "Twctvo days AZ,
tho frat real battle since the fall Of Ar,,ah,,
took place. Six days a9o there wis nnothc,.
III Ll,esu two engagements probably not les1
than 1000 or 30tN men wtrc wounded. Thert
were no ambuanccs on tic field, no surgeons,
in fact, uu preparations whatever for caring for
tho wounded. Tho poor fellows, after lying Tor
luurs, perhaps days, whcre they fell, were fnal.
" loaded on to ox-Carts and started oil for
Erzeroum. lfty. miles away. After lying fot
three or four days OIL these carts, un1cr thu
burning sun, and covered with dust, they finally
nrriye lii Erxcro,,us atId arc mt into kl,a6.
where they spend tho night lying on tho iJarss
flour, with tut 50 much as u blanket To cover
them. About O'clock this m6rnfng MrC,
almttiancc to Tho Khan, having the daY prs-,
vious succeeded, aiter much vcxattons dclar, IN
obtaining paper frnm tho Government, With.
out which VIC should be unable to do anything
Immediately on entering we saw sight which
IN tue face. The bali had entered the left cheek
making fearful lt,lc, and passed. out just un.
der thy noae Seven days had passed and lbs
wound was still undresscd. Such aight /
something fearful, and The mans check, tongue,
mouth, and nose literally a1ire with worms.
For want Of n better instrument ! took nj
ptvket kniIc n,ll succeeded fndlsludgng nun.
bcr Of white worms half an Inch loug. After.
which at least 10d wcro G.kcn out. by t|Ie aid
uf surgeon, who happened In, tho wound VII
cleaned as much as p0ssihic, bound up. a cleaa
shirt tut Oh THO, mau md blanket procured,
terward taken 10 the hospital. where he viii
probably die for want Of care. Ono other poof
fellow, whose leg was s1attcrcd BY D rifle baI,
was IN much tho Same condition, though ths
~yIktn I..A
utl,er caac. VIC remained in thc khan iii |
o'clock, during whict, thnewc helped to dress 1t
least alxty wounds, providing our own band
ages, lint, sponges, ctc.+ distributing quanthr
2, Shirts and a'so hteaa, ts for tbs ,nen wefs
have sumo twenty-five shirts. ANAL number Of
ban.lagcs, a very little lint, and nlso few paifa
of drawers. But what nro they among n
many' The Government nctnallr has no prep
arat.on for thc lew hundreds now here: What
will become Of the thousands yot to DO brought
!na unlcss money and supplies arc prosidel
Immediately, not only will there be most ici.
bio suffering, but hundreds, and pcrhau
thousands, must asc' an'' all for lack OF prottt
'''relcgrnms haye al.cadv been sent to En-.
glasll and Constantfn0pfo asking for money aal
supplies, which It Ia to be hoped will be forth.
coming. We, tho American missionaries 1t
the intention OF dcyotint our time and strcugth
to II, a,ltl inpst cordially tnv!tc all friends u
humanity tn Europe and America to aid IN tkls
work uf mercy. anu We also most cordially nm.
lcttakc to distribute, Us faithfully anl dElieent.
ly as possible, all moneys and supplies, oi
.wtlatcTer kind, which may come 10 or
hanus.
"aloncy Is also greatly needed to provide
bread for the thousands of ucatftute families in
and about Erzcrori,n. II the war continues slr
months longer, lho suffcrings Of tic poor
villagers mist be fearful. Crops arc destroyed
animals stolcn, nnl IN many. cascs tho intabtt.
ants obliged to tleo for their lives. War anil
fatnlnc In Turkey are tcnfold more terrible than
IN most other countries. God ltaYe merry "a
the peoplc.h