Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-01-02
Iny Associated Pre.s1

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Scenes in
bnd about Constantinople, and con
dnions resulting from the Balkan
agar are interestingly described In a
seter addressed to the Associated I
lpress by DR. Caleb f. Gates, presi I
ldcnt of Robert college al the Turkish (
ltapital.
The letter follows
This has been a war Of surprises
Ito mcst people The Turks them
lselYes were among the most sur
brised. They had expended some
Iortytwo million pounds upon their
brmy. They supposed that what
byer else they had not done they
had al least prepared an army, but
Ahat army has failed them
The principal reason seems 70 be
hack of organization. The officers
Iof the army were not in touch with
Their men. The committee OF union
land progress had gotten rid Of the
Hold officers trained in the military
schools of Turkey and Europe, I'm
fortunately these officers have been
deyoting much time to politics and
too little time to their work with
1.-THE army So they did not ade
lquately know their men
Turkey at the beginning Of the
lwar strained every nerve to bring
Iher soldiers to the front. They
lcame in by ships which passed down
lhe Bosphorus every day. the sol.
ldiers cheering and the bands play
ling. The soldiers were put into cars
and sent TO the front, often without
their officers. When they arrived
Iat the station where they ware TO
leave the railroad officers were in
lwaiting who took them and placed
Them in their companies. All corp
Hand division formation was lost II
Twas confusion These soldiers went
Ito the battle under bad conditions
lThey needed month at least to
Itrain with their new officers and
get to know one another and their
Headers.
Then the commissarat failed #
soon became evident to us here in
IConstantinople that the government
was bringing In men much faster
than food. They gave money to the
soldiers and told them to go and
bug food for themselves, but often
they could not find food to buy, and
Emany OF the soldiers were suffering
lfrom hunger before they saw bat,
tile or heard a gun When fighting
lactually began all their difficulties
Iwere increased II is painful TO con
template.
( i Under these conditions the Turkish
Iarmy ought never 10 have advanced
Ibeyond the line OF Laule Burgas
EThey should have taken up strong
Ipositions there waited to get all
Itheir army together trained their
men and put them into sympathy
with their officers.
BY this time all the world knows
that the Bulgarian army did not pur
sue the Turks beyond I.ule Burgas
They waited nearly a week before
they made their demonstration tc
try the strength of the Turkish army
at Chataldja There has never beer
pitched battle there and now
peace negotiations are going on The
Turk is not driven out Of Europe
nor do | believe that he will be now
lConstaitnople will remain under tbs
Turkish government and a striI
Iof territory the size of which vii
be determined by negotiations
While the newspapers have beer
filled with accounts OF the conditions
Of Constantinople, filled with refu
gees and soldiers driven back upoi
the city and while they have beel
describing scenes here only rivale'
by the scenes in Dante's Inferno,
we have been living IN Constantine
pie in peace and quietness. Their
has been no bloodshed here, and tn,
Government has maintained orde
EEith great frmness.
There il one other thing ! mus
speak Of though ! find It Difficult
to write about IT, When thing
were so congested that the govern
ment could not even feed its so
diers Il was not to be expected tina
the hospital service and the care @
the wounded would be perfect TIL
Hospitals that were organized !
Constantinople at the outbreak G
he war were well equipped, clea
land ready for their work, but whe
The wounded filled these, and the
mad to provide more, they took ba
racks which were very dirty. and th
people who had charge of thel
did not seem to know what to d'
Ahach time was lost and man
you nded died for lack of care.
THere was lack of system In th
Fece 3ption Of the wounded at III
etauW pn when the trains came
lrom# the front, and often they r
mar led many hours without car
wiHWout water, suffering severel
But the worst scenes were perhal
at SIT Stephano This station is {
The railroad between the Chatald
lines and Constantinople. 1t becan
Sd brt of receiving station for Il
sickN Cholera prevailed, though
lhrAk much what was called chele
WASP not true cholera
THESE sick men were taken q
lheN train at st. Stephano in ord
lotN to bring contagion into the cit
nutH pains We're not taken to see tn
arrangements were made for Carl
torI them. Sick men, wounded M
whIo were also sick and dead m
sY around upon the ground wit
Y shelter. The dead were n
Yried Often a sick man was fou
Nlith his head pillowed upon de
kJan. The sick were calling
Fater. II was a sickenng scei
md many were afraid to help the