Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-28
TURK CAPITAL SOON
TO BECOME HOSPITAL
Constantinople Better Prepared
to Care for Wounded Battle
Victims.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: The renew
al of lighting along the Tchatalja lines
and at ~Ardianople will bring again
to Constantinople the long lines OF
wounded men. some in ~litters. others
walking stoically by themselves. still
others supported by hospital stewards
or their own companions in arms. The
situation. however. for these unfor-
Inmates will have improved in some
ways. for today the Constantinople
hospitals are better equipped to care
for the woundcd
Two months hay passed since the
lighting was discontinued to- give di-
plomacy a chance to make peace in
London, and these weeks have been
utilized to make preparations OF
many kinds. The possibility of further
fighting has never been lost sight OF
and chief among the e~ventualities pro-
vided for has been the care of the
wounded and the sick. Many OF the
wounded who We're in the city hos
pitfalls when h armistice was declared
have recovered and been discharged
to return again to the firing line. The
hospitals at thef front have been cleared
of all cases that could be moved to
make room for new cases. and in Con-
stantinople there have been established
a number Of intirmaries for the hous-
ing of cOnVAleScentS
The December horrors OF the cholera
camp at a Stefano are now happily
a thing of the past. The noble and
self sacrificing work done here by de-
voted women and mel for the SUI
fering Turkish soldiers brought not
only alienation at the time when tho
situation in the camp was at it's worst,
but 1t has resulted i'm the establish
ment of better sanitary n general
conditions at the camp. so that If the
/ 6raAn VISITOR nh0larl AUnin nnnkoo ffM
appearance among the Turkish SOL
diers at the front. a place of refuge
will be open for tne stricken.
The American and British residents
of Constantinople. including Mrs. w.
w. Rockhill, the wife of the American
ambassador; Lady Lowther. Wife of the
British ambassador: Hoffman Philip,
secretary of the American embassy:
G.. G. Gates. president of Robert col
lege: Mary Mills Patrick. president OF
the American College for Girls. and
Maj. Clyde s. Ford. u. S. A, are in
teresting themselves in the cases of
Miss Alt and Miss schneider. two old
ladies. residents OF a Stefano, who
not only did such valorous duty at the
cholera camp before help came from
the outside. but who continued at their
self imposed tasks until the former
became i'll of the disease and the lat
ter was compelled to stop on account
"f absolute exhaustion.
A party of Americans the latter part
of November came to San Stefano in
an automobile. They found the gay
little seasodie resort sadly transformed.
The population had mostly fed to the
city, n the streets. the open squares,
the dooryards and the now amols
Greek school We're filled with terrible
choIera-stricken figures. the dead lying
unburlcd as they fell by hundreds, the
dying moaning for help. those able
sim to move about trying .vainly to
draw water from the wells to assuage
their burning thirst.
San Stefano had become n cholera
camp and there the stricken men from
the army. fighting desperately at
Tchatalia. were sent by trainloady.
days of battle. when all eyes were
turned toward the front and the ter
rlbie danger from cholera had not yet
been realized. the camp was still un-
organized and 40 help was ready for
the miserable suffering hundreds left
there by the wayside.
Only two women. Miss Ait and her
friend. Mrs. Schneider. residents of San
Stefano. had stuck to their posts, and
devoting all of their small savings to
the task, were making soup and feed
ing and caring as best they could for
the soldiers stricken down with this
terrible disease. These women, both
SoaAs w !CaiS VIZ. IAu OcCu WOrklOX
there alone, quietly. careless Of self,
for several DAYS when the little party
IN the automobile discovered them at
their wonderful labor; and for many
weeks more. eve after a sort OF
held holer hospital was started at
the Greek chool and others were there
to bear the burden. they continued
their noble work. stunning recogni-
ton, wishing no thanks. working for
suffering humanity in its most repel-
liant form.
Miss Alt is now recovering from an
attack of cholera; both ladies arr.
much broken in health by their terrible
days at a Stefano cholera camp. and
both are in very Strengthened circum-
stances. Their riends in this city are
endeavoring to make them some re-
compense for their self sacrifice. and
Mrs. Rockhill has enlisted friends in
America to aid i'm the recognition OF
these heroic women.