The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22
HELLENIC WARRIORS
FROM UNITED STATES
Leaving Adopted Land They
Swarm Home TO Fight Their
Traditional Foe
CONE AS STR \ n C + r S
Many Never Saw Before the Hills
and Wales of Their Classic
Country
rron a specIal corresponaent.

From a Special Correspondent.
ATHENS. Dec p.
Patras is the stepping stone between
Greece and the far west. For some years
past. thanks to the enterprise Of the
Cunard and Austro- American Lines. thou
sands of the young men of Greece have
left for the United States 10 find fortune
and security. Today they are all coming
back In the last month over 10000 Greeks
have returned TO help their country in
the hour of need.
This morning the Laura. Of the Austro-
American Line. landed 500 volunteers on
their way TO Athens. They were men
typical Of what the United states turns
out of the raw emigrant material. Not
one Of them was more than 20. well SET
I'D with the unmistakabie American
stamp On them. Many of them spoke
English better than their mother-tongue,
sons OF Greek emigrants who had pre-
served their nationality.
All New to Them
To them everything in the country they
had come TO fight for was new. The little
p!glny trains, the fiocks OF turkeys, the
Turkish coffee, the loustros (bootbiacks),
were all sights OF new land. To the
eye they were pure American.
American boots clothes. hats and walk.
Each one in his buttonhole wore a d.
minutive Greek flag. This flag represents
their land and her ambitions. II does not
matter TO them that volunteers are not
accepted. They are willing to enroll in
the regulars and serve for three years or
more, IL need be.
During fhe cOur7a the last six weeks
I have met scores OF Greeks from foreign
lands. / generally found that their ex-
periences abroad had SO broadened their
minds that the Greek officers put them
In the more responsible positions For in
stance. at Eieutherochori. the base OF
supplies for the Seventh division. where
stores were being landed daily, the sec
ton Of the A. S. c., was almost entirely
composed of Greeks from America and
South Africa At Janitzs. the squads in
charge Of the prisoners and the stores
were under sergeants from Chicago.
Their lives in distant countries had done
away with a great deal of the racial
hatred and intolerant spirit which char
acterizes the majority Of the Greek SOL
dlers, and therefore they were better
fitted to take charge OF the responsible
posts.
Greece Must Be Strong
Even when the Official war Is ended. il
Will be necessary for Greece TO keep
considerable force scattered throughout
MacedonIa, not so much against the
Turk, who will rapidly disappear from
the scene, but as a police force 10 calm
the never-ending strife among the Balkan
natfonalities. For this purpose II will be
necessary to maintain a small force IN
almost every village. The Anglo-Saxon
Greek, whether he comes from Chicago.
London. Capetown or Montreal, will be
invaluable for these services. His ex-
periences in well-governed lands. his ap-
probation of law and order, should form
a valuable asset to the Greek govern
nent IN the future for Macedonia.
An attempt will also be made by the
government to retain a large number OF
these Greeks IN Macedonia, by offering
them farms to work and other induce
ments. But / do not think that many
will stay. Their experiences OF city life
are too vivid. and when their work is
done. back they will go TO their homes
across the water