Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-22
CARE FOR
VICTIMS OF THE
BALKAN WAR
PROVIDED
Renewal of Fighting Renews
the CHASTITY Procession Of
Wounded Soldiers to Hospi-
tails Of Constantinople.
HORRORS OF CHOLERA
CAMP THING OF PAST

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ConsisntlnopIe Fco. 90 The re-
newal OF nghung along the rchaialia
lines and al Adriunople Will bring
again 10 Constantinoplc the long lines
Of wounded men, some in Filters,
selves, still others supported by hos
pital stewards or their own compan-
ions-in-arms. The situation. however,
for these Unfortunate viii have im-
proved In some ways for today the
Consiantnorlo hospitals are better
equipped 10 care for the wounded.
Two months have passed since tho
/ nghting was discontinued 10 give dip
| lomacy "a chance Go make peace Ia
| London. and these weeks have been
utilized 20 make preparations OF many
kinds. The possibility of further
| fighting has never been lost sight OF.
| and chief among the cvCntualitios proc
/ yided for has been the care OF the
! Wounded who we're len she city hospi-
tails when the armistiCc VAS declared
4 nave recovered and been discharged
10 return again To the hring line The
hospitals at tho front have been clear
| ed Of all cases that could bee moved
| 20 make room Tor new cases. and In
| COnstantinople there have been es-
tablished number OF innrmaries Cor
the housing of convalescents.
The December horrors of the chol-
era camp at san Stcfano are now
happily thing of the past The mo-
BILE and self-sacrihCing work done
here by devoted women ana men Tor
the suffering Turkish soldiers brought
not only alienation az the time when
the situation in the camp was az iis
worst but u has resulted iu the os-
adjustment OF better sanitary and
! general conditions az the camp, so
that 10 the dread visitor cholera again
makes It's appearance among the
Turkish soldiers Ht the front "a place
! OF refuge viii bee open Cor the stricken.
The American and British residents
OF Constautinople Including Mrs. W
! ". Rockhiu the Wife Of the Ameri-
can ambassador Lady LoWthrr. wife
uf the British ambassador, HOFFMAN
z Philip. secretary of the American en-
= bassy. c. r. Gates president of Robert
+ college. Mary Mills Patrick president
b. OF the American college FOR girls, and
d Major CLYDE s. Ford a., :. 4. are IN
: tercstng Themselves lea the cases OF
% Miss Ait and Miss schneider two old
i ladies residents Of san Stcidno. who
J not only did such Naloruus duty az th'
cholera camp before help came IRON
e | the outside. but who continued t
n their SsIf-Impuspd tasks until the 'ur
IS m.r became 900 oi tnp disease and me
e. latter was compelled to stop on ar
{ count cot absolute exhaustion.
4 party of Americans the latte
% BART OF November came tu san ste
% fauu boz an automobile, They ipun'
O. the gay little sensidv resort sadl
t | transformed. The population ha'
A." | mostly tlrd tu the ,ItN, and ln
- streets. the open squares. IN, door
q yards and the now famous Grr'l
81 school were till,d with terrible thui
e. era stricken figures, IN, dead lynn
Hs Nf q
y the DYING moaning for help, thot
[" able still 10 move about trying Fd.hI
ID Co draw water from the we'll. 60 dH
suugc their burning thirst
san Stefauo had become 1 chol'r
. camp. and there tho stricken m,
!, from the army fighting desperate
K" az Tchatnliu, were sent by trainlohd
But in the strain ana stress "i in
+, days OF battle when AN eyes Wct
~ turned toward the front and the tctr
y biz danger from cholera had not 81.
"a been realized. the camp was stlll ul
I. orgauizcd, and no help was Tcru
~ for tho miserable suffering hundrc,
n left there hy tho Wnysidc.
~ only two women. Miss Az aud boo
"A friends Mrs. schneider residents
san Stciauo. had stuck 10 their post
and drvotiug au of their small sJ'
ings 90 the task. were making sou
\ and feeding and caring us hest M
~ could for the soldiers stricken dow
rs with this terrible disease. These $50
g. mon, both nearly seventy, hHu Doe
ro working there alone, quietly, car'lr
lt OF SELF for several days whom the u
nm tie party in the automobile discover
.d them ut their wonderful labor ui
Ih Tor man, weeks more. Gwen after
sort of "firld cholera hospital u
.k started at IN, Greek school aud oi
- c,s were there TO- bear tho burd'
I- they continued their noble Wui
le stunning recognition, wishing
le thanks. working for suffering o.
manIty in its most rcpcileut form,
Miss Az Be- now recovering from
at attack ot cholera. both ladies q
nt much broken in health hy their tctI
nd bio days az San Stctano cholera can
* and both are in very straighten
ng circumstance Their friends in %
city are cndeayorlng 90 make th,
some rcCumpousc for thcir sclt-sht
flee. and Mrs Eockhill has enlist
~ friends in America GO aid BOO the CO.