Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-25
CREEKS MAY EXTEND VALUABLE AID TO
 BATTLING FACTION
Forces Inured to Rough Work in Macedonian Mountains Would Prove of Vast As. sitance to Allies.

SALONIK1, Greece. Jan. 24-Should the Greeks determine to enter the European war they will be in a posi- tion to furnish their allies with some valuable military material of a very special kind, used to the rough work of fighting in the Macedonian noun tains, and thoroughly familiar with the broken trackless country of the in- terior. Just, now Soloniki is full Of these "evzones", as they are called in their short, once white skirts. their long, once white. tights, their upturned "shonskir, or heelless slip pers with black pompons at the turn ed up toes.
 very different from the magnificent, red-capped, bue-skirted. betassled "evzones" that parade the streets of Athens. The latter are the royal guards, of the first "evzone' regiment, of which Queen Sophi is the colonel. The "evzones" that are so common in Soloniki are for business purposes only They are fighters, not paraders.
 They look anything but soldierly, squatting sidewise on the rough wooden saddles of their mountain mules, their balance precariously kept by having one foot thrust in a rope stretched from the cross of the sad dle, and with very long-barrelled sharp-shooter's rife hanging across each bumped over back. They are little men, and like most Greek sol diers look astonishingly puny beside the deep-chested French troopers. But they undoubtedly do get over the ground-the difficult ground of the Balkan mountains with amazing speed And they are besides popular ly supposed to be ignorant of what fear is.
 Certainly they are a silent lot, with whom was seems trade rather than temporary service of their country. If they frequent cafes-and it is diff ficult to conceive Greek or civilian, who does not pass the major part of his walking hours in a cafe-it must be some obscure. ill-lighted. evil smelling dram shop hidden away in the Jewish quarter of old Soloniki, or perhaps it may be the rare mountain inns buried in the hallows of the Macedonian backwoods that harboS him in his hours of ease. For contain ly in the more frequented streets of Soloniki or along the crowded qusis. the "evzones" seem always on the move. conveying long trains of pack mules mountain bound, driving supply carts or marching along in single file, habit learned from following scarcely marked trails among the rocks.
 The "fustanelIa", or accordeon pleated skirt of summer has been covered over for winter service by q long, yellowgreen coat fitting close at the waist and spreading out like a skirt somewhat after the manner of the Cossack's coat. The ''fustanella" proper is beneath this, and does not appear. The skirt of the ''evzone" is one of the oldest of the military relics of Greece. Bas reliefs of the soldier who fought at Marathon show that he too wore a similar costume. In the time of Louis XIV. of France there was a like uniform in use in the French army, where the skirt was called "rhingrsve."
 For the most part the 'evzones" of modern Greece are the less pictures que as they are anything but smart in appearance. But the uniform can lend itself to many legitimate embellish- ments, should the wearer desire. The sort of pointed night-cap which is the customary head-dress may be orna- mented with a tassel, not directly at tached to the cap itself. but at the end of cord some eighteen inches long at tached to the peak of the cap. The tassel is then brought over the left shoulder of the wearer where It hangs conspicuoucly on his breast.
 The garters, too, may be luxurious. They hold nothing up, so far as one can see, acting rather as scabbards for daggers. For the close-fitting cot ton drawers seem to extend from the waist to strap passed under the,feet But the garter. worn below the knee, consists first of an embroidered circ- let from which hangs, loose, a cord in the form of an arc, each end fastened to the garter proper at point from which atassel also hangs.
 The Greeks are very proud of ther "evzones" for whom they claim prodi- gies of valor. But there is nothing ansible to show that this reputation Is moi based rafher nnon legend and a