The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-10

lie IN a bankrupt country IKE
Greece. Is worth less thar its face
value In local money. While French
Is fairly current as a language. Eng
hsh Is not spoken at an. Yet despite
ali OF these material drawbacks the
British Tommy IN his camp outside
Salopiki Il so delighted to escape the
heat. the lies. the unslaked thirst AVID
the stenches Of Gaiiipoli that he finds
Macedonia q sort OF paradise by COM
parison.
The road from the harbor TO his
camp lies through the old Turkish
quarter OF the town. at a steep angie
up narrow. winding streets. From
almost every house hangs a project
ing second story IN which the latticcd
windows Of the haremlik do not al
ways conceal the eager. SPURIOUS. un-
yelled faces Of Turkish ome watch
ms the passage to and from OF 81
many strange soldiers Shops open
their whole fronts direct onto the
street The shoemaker or Iinsmith
sits oross-legged a, his work In wha,
would be a show window. Tho camp
bound British Tommy. like everyone
else. IL forced To bargain for bis pur-
chases from the sidewalk, "a proceed
ing which does not Improve the all
ready badly jumbled traffic arrange
meuts. At the bakeries there Is al
ways a mob OF clamoring humanity
struggling for che chance 20 buy the
round. flat ioaves Of black bread,
made with four grade flour-thc only
flour availabie-of which there Is
never enough TO supply the current
daily needs OF the inhabitants OF Sa-
ioniki, the refugees aud the Greek
army. The foreigners bring then
own food with them, II they did not
they would run serious risks OF star
walton.
AT every crossroad the rcturnins
Tommy loses himself In a dens,
crowd OF Greek soldiers, 80 slight ir
comparison with the stocky. deep
chested French. SO eiminutive IN
comparison with the tall. why Brit,
ieh. The Greeks seem TO be gatherc,
just where the foreign soldiers mus
pass ~ going 20 and from camp
Whether the purpose be to give IN,
Greeks an object lesson in soldierll
bearing or 70 impress the allies will
the number Of Greeks is not clear
Greek army pack mules choke th'
way al every turn. The streets ar'
scarcely paasable. The noise. the
canfusion. the mixture OF half "a do6el
strangers-all Of this In contrast &
the silence and the pattering OF IN,
wind-blOwn sand In the desert Ian,
Of Gallip0li. enchants the British
Tommy. He Is as one intoxicated
with a revelation that there IL stiI
normal life IN the world.
Finally the way 70 the camp leave
the town, between the high walls "a
twin burial grounds-one jew sh. tn
other Greek. A little further on 3
the old Turkish cemetery. But IN
Turks are no longer masters ~ Mac
edonia. The headst0nes OF thel
graves are scattered and broken. m
graves themselves no longer marked
The cemetery has become the cora
81 hundreds Of Greek ARM muller
the dusty. unwatered Expresses shad
the mule drivers rather than "a
tombs OF the Mussulman dead, the
faces towards b east. Close by.
long series Of barracks built of brio
shelters TEN of thousands of reh
gees from Macedonia and Throce am
from Serbia, the dcrclitts uf war.
The road iu the open country Do,
comes an incredible succession ,
mud holes along which swing co.
umns of brOad-shouldcred. bluc-cla
Frenchmen making their way Co the
own camp lying Co the south of tf
British compound Trains OF supp
wagons. officers automobiles. mot.
HrHaUM .w sFH.arU..H ed. AZ. HH-.H..N -
them. force Tommlc- and "pollr.
alike into tho sogsy fields Two hu.
tractors draw each "a gray paint,
French i-inch long range gun "a
whose muzzics are painted the
names. one BE- "Hnrhc Chaser" q
other Bee "Deatk splitter
Along the road hundreds OF Iune
ant vendors of everything portable D.
up imprlylsed stands Boo thc field
Nccktics. hot chestuuts. so speudoi
writing paper. raw shrimps. s0ci
swcctmcatr. fortunes told. pilot
graphs utkeu-and bang goes Ton
mys pay Euterprlsing Scmii
merchants have ever Installed barre
of beer boz the fields as stations
refuge for the thirsty soldier too Jon
on the way. Beggars Of curse
cripplcs. little girls in tattcred, ho
iow-chceked misery. the old Of eve
race and Kind.
Finally the tent city appears. seen
ing 10 cover unendinR acres of hi|
tops The road and "a stream selara
the French from the British Aloi
THE stream the British Tommics knee
washing their clothes against II
. - ....l....a..
might Where the stream trickl
over a flyc-foQt rock. making a me
ger waterfall "a number of men, stan
Ia the chill air are bathing. hal
way up "a slope a sqund of signal me