Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-14
10000 FIRE SUFFERERS
CAMPING OUT IN TENTS
Want and Misery Witnessed Among
the Refugees In and Around
Saloniki.

tStaf Correspondents Of the Associated Press.l
SALONIKI. October 24-There are
10000 fire sufferers camping out in tents
in and around Salonili. with the British
and French military authorities and the
American Red Cross taking care Of them
tour Of these relief camps gave an OPP
portunity to see the extent Of misery and
Al. Q. thu e poor people. and the efficient
relief work being done. chiefly by the
British. as they have the largest stock of
available supplies. with the Americans
and French doing their share.
The Dubular camps. where $500 people
are being cared for by the British and the
American Red Cross, was the first one
visited. 1t Is two miles back Of the city, on
rising hills, which the Bulears thought to
take when they made their first rush on
the city.
British Well Supplied.
On the way to the camp, we passed the
tunity to see the vast reserves the British
have laid INN ammunition, food and
charcoaIfor the cold months ahead.
Nothing could have shown more clearly
that the British. like the French, are here
to stay. In munitions alone the stacks
of shells extended for mile along the
road. and as far back as the eyes could
see. In the engineering park, there were
acres OF wire curved steel trench covers
and lengths Of narrow-gauge railway.
ready to put together. as children con-
estruct toy railway. The stock Of char
coal being laid in is prodigious. for there
again be cold while in their trenches and
dugouts. Endless trains of pack mules
and camions circulated through this sup
ply base. with the hustle and roar and
overhanging cloud Of dust OF a colossal
enterprise.
At Camp Dubular. where the refugees
are quartered. q city Of white tents spread
out for half mile over the level plain.
lat 10 e%pA 40 nv,A
tents. drawn from the big reserve base.
They were lai dout In regular streets and
cross streets Everything was scrupu-
lousy neat. with British soldiers on guard
were maintained.
We have to do 1t all ourselves" said
the commanding officer Of the camp.
for singula rly the refugees refuse to
When their supply Of fresh meat came
we asked them to shoe the flies off it.
but they would not keep their own
food clean unless paid for it,
Refugees Grouped in Tents.
The refugees are grouped in the
tents by families. FIVE to tent. with
lot who lost everything in the big
fire which destroyed saloniki. There
are many old women and children and
more than 200 nursing babies.
AL tho DaDieS nursery ES6Q SIO0
nurses were bathing the infants. with
Boy Scouts as helpers. Not a baby
had died. and there is little sickness
despite THE unusual camp experience
the infants a~e going through.
Food for dinner was being issued as
the party passed. Each family had
card showing its number and needs.
and only one member Of the family Is
recognized in presenting these cards.
Their holders were gathered in long
lines. men, women and children. The
British furnish a good part of their
army rations. and the American Red
Cross adds rice and beans.
Dr.. Edward ". Ryan. head Of the
American Red Cross here. took the
Initiative in starting these camps,
which now represent one Of the largest
relief works of recent years. While
the confiagration was still raging he
had set up soup kitchens, and within
twelve hours OF the start OF the fire
he was feeding $500 people.
The military authorities. British and
French. came in later. and the work
has been kept up ever since, with Brit
ish. Americans and French co-operat-
ing. The problem now is what to do
with this army of destitute people
when the Macedonian winter sets in
AND tho "'-'"s of tents can no longer
be inhabited.