The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-07-25

When the war en0eQ ~ was
ranged that the relief work tor the
sufferers within the former Iurkish
empire should be undertaken Dy
Americans, who for many years nave
sustained missionary and educationai
work in those lands, and an organl-
cation was made called the american
Commission for Rehet IN the Neal
East "a. c. r. N. E.l directea ~ .ne
creation Foreign Missionary, many
e whose missionaries and those look
inc to service under it offered them
selves: our government placed trans
ports at their disposal, turned over
some army material to them, SOLD
Them much and aided them in the
purchase of supplies. The Tribune
has been permitted to print several
of Mr.. Hawkes. letters, and here IS
another Just received. For some time
he has been the only American IN
charge of a central railroad point IN
Turkey, but each few days meeting
Europeans and Americans passing
through, filling orders for supplies
and sending them off by trucks. Inc
Christie family mentioned are mis-
sionaries in charge of St. Pauls
school at Tarsus, the Apostle Paurs
birthplace. DR.. Christie is veteran
of our Civil War; just before the late
war he came to this country and was
then prevented from returning, and
Mrs. Christie held the post alone
through the war, having a big load to
carry, meeting many hardships, but
respected by even the Turks, which is
not surprising, as she, as well as Or.
Christie, is able and charming Many
of the relief party are. college and
seminary men who looked forward,
as did Mr.. Hawkes., to foreign mis-
sionary service.
81 had hardly written my last letter
and sent it off before three men ar
rived from Derindje, bringing some
much needed gasoline. Two of these
men are for transportation work and
one of them has come to relieve me
so that can 60 to Sivas and get into
the actual relief work with Mr.. Par
fridge. The day after they got here
l went up to KissiHissar about Is
miles on the motorcycle and got the
captain, Nazim Bey, to send me six
trucks, Turkish Pragas. We loaded
these for Talas (Caesarea) and l sent
them off in charge of one of the new
men, who is fine lad from Texas. 1t
began to hail and rain about noon, al
though when he started the weather
could not have been nicer and he had
a stiff time, especially with the mo-
torcycle, in the mud.
I'VE loaded our Reos Monday and
then it rained. There were five Of US
Americans here and we decided to
take trip to Chifte Khan, down the
Bozanti road, and get bath at the
good hot springs there. We had
talked of going to Tarsus, but | think
none of US thought we would, al
though / wanted to 60 there vert
much. We kept on going. however,
and never stopped when we reached
Bozanti, but went on up into the
mountains again and then down a
wonderful mountain road. 1t was so
much like some of the places i'll our
$daho mountains that it did no good
for me to talk of it. Its beauties were
all about and / did not attempt to
speak of them. We passed on the top
of a hill overlooking deep green
canyon a German military cemetery
with its iron crosses and its inscrip-
tons. Most of the men buried there
had been drivers of motor vehicles.
Just up the hill from it a ways on the
road was sort of settlement which
he'd evidently been German and per-
haps q hospital.
Then on down a fine road and
through a canyon or gorge and the
real Cicilian gates of history. Com
ing back we stopped and took some
pictures of the pass and the inscrip-
ton which is carv ed in the solid rock
on a sort of PLAGUE. l gloried in all
that trip, but especially that part
through the mountains. Some of the
fellows had never oecn in zeal moun-
tains before and it was int. esting 10
see them and heal their remarks.
"At one place on the road up the
mountain from Bobanti we had to
pass through bad stretch of gumbo
mud where a spring keeps it wet, an.'
it happens to be on a very steep .cut
out piece of grade, too. We got
stuck there and all got out and
pushed. We had the same expert
ence twice on the road from Tarsus
to Adana that night.
1--WE kept going and in spite OF
three blowouts we made good time
into Tarsus. There we surely sur
prised the folks. / saw DR.. and Mrs
Christie and Jean. DR.. Christie re-
membered father and spoke of hin:
often while we were there, and he
told the other folks that he knew
father we'll. Mrs. Christie is one OF
Gods saints if there ever was one
and is always thinking of other peo-
pie and their comforts. She has been
there all through the war and is
rather thin, although she seemed we'll.
Within the past eight weeks her hus-
band and her daughter have arrived
to be with her. With the Christies,
assisting in relief work, are two of
our commission ladies who hail from
Montana. One of them has started
some rug making and the other some
silk work. A DR.. Kennedy is there as
relief -orker. but is under the Lord
Mayors Relief of London.
I'VE left Gilbert there over night
and the four of us went on to Adana
and spent the night. We slept on
cots in the hall where the hospital
staff live and at present the Adana Y
man, Mr.. Lee from Denver. DR.. Nc
earthly showed me all over the hos
pital and believe me thew have zine