Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-13
10000 LIVE
IN MISERY AS
RESULT FIRE
CAMPING OUT IN TENTS IN AND
AR0UNDD SAL0NiKI AMERICAN
RED CROSS ACTIVE IN CARING FOR
THE THOUSANDS OF SUFFERERS.

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Correspondence W. The Associated Frassl
SALO\IkI. Nov. l3.-There arg 10000
fire sufferers camping ont in tents IN and
around Saloniki. with the british and
French military authorities and the Amer
lean Red Gross taking care 81 thcm. \
tour of these relief camps gave m oppor-
iunity "a ~ec the extent NJ misery and want
of these poor people. and the efficient re-
lief work being done. chiefly by the British.
~ they nave the largest stock IF available
supplies. with the Americans and french
also doing their share.
The Dubular camp where 25OU people
are being cared for ~ the British and the
American Red Gross. Wa the first one Wis
tied. Ii j, two miles back Of the city. on
rising hills. which the Bulear- thDraht 90
take when they made their first rush on
the city.
In the way 10 the camp we passed the
British supply base aud had an oppurtuni-
ty to see the vast reserves the British
have land In. in ammunition. food and
charcoal for the cold months ahead. Moth
lng could have shown more clearly that the
British. like the French. are hers " stay.
In munitions alone the stacks ~ shells cx-
tended for 4 mile along the road. and u-
far back a. the eye, could see. Ill the en-
cheering park there were acres ~ wire.
curvel steel trench covers. and lengths of
narrow-gauge railway. ready 10 pat to-
gether. ~ children construct y toy rail-
way. The stock III charcoal being laid IN
j. rodisiou~. for there ~ No intention that
the Tommie- shall again he cold while in
their trenches and ~dugout>. Endlc-- trains
Of pack mules and camion~ circulated
through this supply base, with the hustle
and roar and overhansing cloud " dust
If a colossal enterprise.
AT Camp Dubular, where thc refugee
are quartered, n city Vt white teu'~ pread
out for halt y mile over the level plain.
They we're the regulation British army
tents. drawn from the biz reserve base.
They were land ont III regular streets ana
eros streets. Everything wa~ ~crupulous-
~ neat. with British soldiers WI guard to
see that order and proper sanitation was
maintained.
We have 70 do d all our~elvc~.r ~aid
the commanding officer I'll the camp. "for
slngularly the refugee refuse t. ~ 4
stroke W work for themselves. When their
supply VI fresh meat came sc asked them
q" -hon the fiio- off III. but they would
not keep their own food clean unle~- paid
/ for it,
The refugee are grouped III the tents
by families. five to y tent. with army cots.
The ware y very wretched Tot. who lost
everything III the big fire which destroyed
Saloniki. There are many Old women and
children and over POO nursing babic-.
At the baby nursery Red Gross nurses
were bathing the infants, with boy scouts
~ helper. Not y baby had died. and
there ~ little sickness despite the unusual
camp experience the infants are going
through.
Food for dinner was being ISSUED co. the
party passed. Each family had a card
showing III number and needs. and only
one member Of the family y recognized
~ presenting these cards. Their holder-
were gathered IN long lines. men, women
and childrn. The British furnish Il good
part of their army r%ntiona. and the Amer
lean Red Cro-- adds nee and beans.
Or. Edward ". RYAN. head If The Amer
lean Red Cro~- here. toouk the initiative
~ starting thee camps. which now rep
resent one of the largest relief work NJ
recent year. While the cuntlaeraiiun was