The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12
AS AN emblem
OF MERCY OLD
GLORY IS THERE
American Girl Nurses and Doc
tors Work in Holy Land.
Amid Historic Biblical Scenes
They Succor Wounded.
FOLLOWED RUSSIAN ARMY
Holy Land a Panorama of Cory
War Scenes.
Relate Pitiful Incidents Among
Civilian Refugees.
FOLLOWED RUSSIAN ARMY
Holy Land Panorama Of Cory
War Scenes.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP sINfMs.

Petrograd. July IL (by mail) The
Stars and Stripes today flap in breezes
waited across fields famous in the
United States as the land OF the Holy
Bible. The flag flies free over the
door of an American hospital where
pretty American girls and able Amerf-
can doctors care for Russian sick and
wounded.
The hospital is at Khoy. forty-five
miles south of Julia on the frontier
between Russia and Persia To the
northwest of Khoy the icy dome of
Mount Ararat stands linned against
the skyline, 1000 feet high, or nearly
1000 feet higher than Mount Blanc
Here Noah's Ark is supposed to have
rested after the flood.
To the southwest of Khoy lie the
slopes where Abraham and Isaac tend
ed their flocks. There TOO is the scene
of the most famous of all famous
crimes, the murder of Abel by his
brother Cain.
just Like in Abraham's Time.
There is no railroad from Julia to
Khoy and the dirt road Is very bad.
| 1t takes four horses to pull a carriage
At first the way lies in a desert with
| barren mountains on both sides but
gradually, as one approaches Khoy.
the terrain smoothes itself out and
richer soil. aided by irrigation, gives
vegetation chance; and here one still
sees droves of sheep grazing just as
they did in the days when Abraham
| begat Isaac.
In a valley of orchards and gardens
lies Khoy, surrounded by its mud
walls Low mud houses along narrow.
crooked streets surrounding gaily dec
| GRATED and colorful bazars which form
the center of the place. compose the
| city, while just outside is the conspic-
uous building of the Russian consul
Opposite this is the American hospital
with its Yankee flag flying, a building
| long, broad and squat
| With Caucasus Army.
The hospital . staff, including DIR.
Hazlett. DR. Dickey, DR.. McClintic and
several American nurses, originally
was at kiev, but when the Russian
| retirement from Galicia began all hos
pitfalls were evacuated to points fur
Their east At first the Americans
tended wounded at a temporary hos
pital near the Kiev railway station.
but upon being assigned to the Army
of the Caucasus they moved to Tiflis-
From Tiflis they went to Khoy to be
nearer the Russian front then operat-
ing in the region of Erzerum.
At first there were many contagious
cases. And the beds were crowded
with sick refugees from Armenia, Sy
ria and other districts.
There were many children too, to he
looked after, many of them in the
most pitiful condition. One Syrian
girl mentioned by the American Com
mercial Attache Baker who visited the
hospital, had been found by the way
side, in a dying condition, her legs
below the knees frozen, vermin filling
her hair, and covering her body. She
was scarcely more than a skeleton in
rags and starving. She was the last
of family, the victims of Turkish
massacres, and she had escaped only
by seeking refuge in the mountains
Both legs were amputated above the
knees and her life was saved.
i Conditions rapidly got better in
Khoy and vicinity, the contagious dis
ease being practically stamped out, SO
Doctors Dickey and McClintic, and
Nurse Miss Lee were transferred to =
field hospital at Kazvin and later to
Hammedan, Central Persia. DIR. Haz-
lett remained in charge at Khoy.
Imperial Honor for Staff
Russian and American ladies are
now nursing the sick and wounded
side by side at Khoy, Russian and
American surgeons in charge. Over
the roof the starry banner of Uncle
Sam and the white, blue and red tri-
color of the Little White Father, are
ripping side by side. And, to show
his appreciation of their work, the
| Grand Duke Nicholas has given the
order for imperial decorations for each
| mn ri n tor