The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-27
RED GROSS IN THE ORIENT.
MISS CLARA BARTON WRITES OF
 THE RELIEF. WORK,

The Expedition Has Performed Invalu-
 able Work in Humanlty's Interest
 Suffering and Sickness Decreasing
 Porte Has Rendered All Possible Aid.
 Washington, June 26-Miss Clara Barton, who has charge of the Red Cross relief work in Armenia, writes an interesting letter to friend in this city under date of Constantinople, June 10, from which the following excerpts are taken:
 We hear either by letter or despatch nearly every day from one or the other Of our expeditions in the interior, and the news they send is always good. No ill fortune has befallen any of them and they are succeeding in all they at tempt. A despatch in Turkish received from Dr. Hubbeu of Arab kir states that levers are disappearing every day, which means that he has succeeded in bringing to a successful close a field of contagious levers Una, gave one hundred cases a day for treat ment and five to twenty deaths at the time of his taking it up. There are no deaths now, and a few or no cases.
 AS l have stated before, the great field of sickness, Zeitoun and Marash, has been successfully closed, the physi- clans released and gone to their homes and 1t only remains for us to feed the ConValescents. l have never known in all my experience with places where contagious diseases had settled in so radical and successful treatment and termination as these fields have pre- sented,
 We heard from MT. Wood a day or two ago the most successful and cheering notes. He is buying cattle, ploughs and farming tools of various kinds, having spinning wheels and looms manufactured, providing cotton to be spun into thread woven into cloth, cut and made into garments and when finished given to the sick and needy. MT. Wistar has been doing the same with marked success.
 'Dr. Hubbell will leave Arabliir in a few days to return to Malatia, where he passed a few days on his way to Harpoot and left with the intention of returning. The need was too impera- tive and the conditions too dreadful to duIlllL Ol HIS lttiN llIS IL NlIuOltl LtA NAASl help. I can imagine something of the change that will take place in that des- olate city if pr. Hubbell and his trained | corps of assistants stay there for eight or ten days.
 MT Wood thinks that one thousand are needed in the forty northern will | lages of Harpoot. We hope to be able to double this number to make ready for the fall sowing of grain and the | vegetables needed for next winter. l l am glad to report that no Instructions are placed in the way of our men, and | that they are regarded With favor and respect by all parties and persons with whom they come in contact. Physi- 1 clans are few in those regions, and
 medical skill at a very low ebb, and | Dr. Hubbell and his assistants have | been called upon to treat in the fam Lilies of most of the officials since leav- | ing Alexandria. Their presence has | been a great comfort to the mission aries stationed at the various points,
 most of whom had seen no visitors since
 the massacres The cooperation and
 assistance has been mutual and most
 hearty. We hear only kind words and l blessings on every side.
 "The government has neglected no opportunity of doing any favor which
 has been asked of it, both kindly and
 promptly. With the exception of poor
 Mrs Mason, the health of every one
 of us has been excellent"