The sun., 1916-09-10
SERB HEROES
REMAIN AT CORFU
They Are "Third Ban" Men.
Too Old or Too Badly Hurt
to Fight Again.
115 IN THE HOSPITAL
Those Who Are Well Enough
Work at Trivial Tasks
to Kill Time.

C~orrespoadeNcs ~ Associated Press
ISLAND OF CoRrr. Greece. Aug. b.-Tnc
Serbian army has long since gone from
Corfu. but not all the Serbs. Besides
those who rest for eternity In alien soil.
on the suniit slopes Of the island Of
vldo. some coo Serbs remain here. This
war goes on without them. They are
the third BAN men. too old or too
badly MANNED ever to night again.
Many Of them are III even now and
the two hospital tents at Potamo under
the supervision Of Miss Emily Simmons
Of New York. an English trained nurse
sent out by the American Red Cross.
are generally full. Out OF the 900
third ban mon IN camp there are III
in the hospital. The remainder are In
charge OF two English Quakcrs. acting
for the British Serbian Relief Committee.
Those who are we'll enough work DIT
trivial tasks to all their empty days
they who have been heroes. They carve
canes OF white olive wood or weave
baskets to sell to touris.s-anything u
keep the fingers busy and dull the
dreams ~ what Ia passing over there.
behind the Albanian hills. In what was
| once Serbia.
Save what has como TO them from the
American Red Cross or the British Ser
bian relief they ave nothing. They
staggered through Albania. leaving h,
the roadside all their meag gre possession.
even at the last their useless guns. for
which there was no more ammunition.
Here and there one or W have KEEP,
their torn M mud stained bla nkets
! tlnC fhrClRh nil NhA .irtsait,Ia. 80 sl.l
hideous retreat. chung to a deep. Ions
handled saucepan. a mountain heirloom
Of other ages.
Metam0Pphosls Of Saucepan.
And now the saucepan has come Int
its own. A miraculous metamorphosis !.
in progress. over the oval bowl bend,
the gray head Of what seems an OLD
man. He Is sc. but he looks 20. III,
We sons are dead. his brother and hi,
l%brother's three sons. his sisters husband
! and her son-all are dead somewher.
between the Danube and the Adriatlc
on the road from Kragujevatz {
| Durazzo.
He alone rema,ns-a ".h,rd ban" man
his lighting done. his family come to ar
end and Of what IA once his home onl,
an antique saucepan. lie is %stringlng 1
cord OF twisted horsehair across the hoi
low howl IN tbe f.r cnd ~ ~, ,,oa5.,
ha"uie' on thc ground beside him lie
an olive wand bent In the shane OF A,
arc, it's tips connected by another etrin,
OF woven horsehair.
o'u ma = TASK IN completed. Mum
'nns y nn'ser' ne PICKS up the sauce
pan an" "a'ahces " on MS Knee. In hi
''sht haho 'he hnproVised bow sweep
"N,o's Nv so'''ary string win n ton
,ni"" u" 'o"' me nhgers OF MS ief
- sly .ne naho'e ana pressing IN
~. ,aIs '"e 'o"e w u scale OF ha!r :
"'".n no'.
u-n''. tne ON mar urh~s MS DOW. ex
pe.'"'e".ins WIN MS new maze ins'ru
I'm H'ou'" MN Ra'ner inc others II
nv 'ent' a eusia A susia they or!
oe,,sn.eu. pressing Closer.
~ II. Iepies' prouoI! rondihg IN
'"Ht"'H"'" saucNPhn' d Gusla An
~ nhn voice he 'eslns 10 sing. accom-
pa"s '"s '"c Moius with tne ie" prlmeva
no'es o MS saucepan gusia' Al mrs.
= the enan.' NV centuries o!d' OF IN
iuk,','e seros aI,er ,ne'r deieat on Ia
p.a,n, ~ NoTso,o-tne chaN' mar
ca.'ru " n,oous ,,sh'
,,.uu ~ "e,oNe'
WI " emu az 'as'. ms 'raeic hisnt
""ose "a"" you must 20 10 pattie :
Tn. Ola Man. H....U,.
hui there nave been SO many blood
nights since then, so much that Is now I
he added to the ancient legend. The oil
man ahandons the song OF centuries oil
ana raising his voice, he begins the mar
ratiVe or another defeat, a more recen
ana more oigpan trial or the soul q
Heroes, do you remember he he