Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-03
GIVES APPALLING PICTURE
OF CONDITIONS IN SERBIA

Terrible con9s7 .ons brought on in
Serbia thror..: Il! wer ar. picture
in a letter to his sister, Mrs T. Ed
ward Davies of Canterbury. from
Lieut.. Charles H. Nutting, who is
with the Serbian Red Cross unit at
Kremljani. His letter follows.
Oct. 81. 1918
My Dear Sister, Your welcome
letter of June 10 received today. You
can see the mails are very irregular
and unreliable ere.
an wei, work very hard every day.
Am secretary Of American Red Cross
Agricultural section and dc very
many things. | am rot required to
do keepin 'Sv all the time.
Nearly eFs-y hospital around here
and there were quite 4 number Of
them, has beer moved llp to the front
ard there are now none, Or but one, of
which ] will speak, nearer than Sa-
lcnika, over ZOE miles from here.
There is great deal Of sickness
around here. ard am called on daily
to deal cut Guin;!ie. aspirin. salts, etc.
The one aosDit2I within one half mile
Is under the Joint control IS English
end Serplcns and will 1e moved 10
the front IS soon as they can get
transportation Yesterday heir head
officer and priest came TO me and
wanted a few boards to make a coffin
for an orderly who had Just died and
today the same request was made for
another victim
We happen to have criIe pile of
boards. which are carefully saved from
the boxes that CIR machinery came in.
j board here 8 II X in. is worth over
D dollar.
This = tho 1900 aero farm Just
starting under the American Red Cross
for the triple purpose Of raising sup
plies for this region in foodstuffs. Civ
ing work to sCue people and giving
them lessons = modern farming. We
have twenty-five farm tractors. many
disk harrows and all Kinds of L. S,
farming implements. vs. have 900
farm wagons and are GIVING many 10
The Serbians and one to Missionary
House which is q great help 10 him in
his work
Rulearan prisoners worker for lis
urder guard and wounded Serbian SOL
ders, waiting 20 be called # necessary
The fiercest fighting stand Of the Bul-
CARS was in a mountain PISS very near
| us. On oct :. We heard that Bulgaria
had asked fer an unconditional peace
| will give yoll some of the prices
| that common articles are costing al
| Scopia. to which our Il. G hospital
! from Barnitza has Just been moved
| one spool OF thread 81; one small can
| die 2hc: one small box of matches zoe;
one loaf Of bread 81: one rV;ynd Of SUI
| gar So: one pair cheap Shoes $40; one
! common suit Of clothes $50 to 500:
one pound lard s.: one can condensed
milk 81; porl; $1.20 10. beef and nut
| ton 81: q b; eggs 60 each: rice Zoe a
| III: chaap laundry SOAP soc II. etc.
Gasoline. kerosene and common salt
and mary other things cannot be ha6
at any price.
The conditions OF the people are
| something friantfuI especially Of Tbs
women and children Eounp women
| lots OF them. il 10 IS Years are now
| coming back to Serbia. <~om Bulgarif
| and most Of them with children anl
| many have teen seen TO Rave theil
| children born in the road with melody
| caring for 1hem and nothing to eat
| We sent 25 cases ct condensed milk fol
| these young mothers Yesterday.
Many of these women have only {
burlap sack about their loina and many
| children up TO five or six wears witIaou
. single rag on them. 800 women ant
| children wer1 taken TO Salonika il
| this condition last week,
| I could write Of man! things tina
this war has done, but think I have
| written enough.
! Write when you can find time. Love
to all.
Your aftectionate brother,
! c. II. NUTTTNC,.
Address all mail, until notified t,
change care Of Am. Red Cross, Salon
lea, Greece.
Serbian Unit
| On Active Duty