Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-06
OF THE
RED CROSS TO
BE REMEMBERED
Will Not Soon For
get Aid Given $4,000
Refugees During War.

SSs Xanthi, Greece March 3o.-tCor-
S~Tespondence Of the Associated Press.)
--Greece is i1rdebted to the United
@Sstales for many things. but she prob
sSsaahly will remember longest the aid,
ygtven by the American Red Cross to
NJ We been coming back from Bulgaria
8sesd Asia -Minoi over every road and
mountain pass Unable through its
own agencies to care for this immense
number of homeless sand destitute
people, the Greek government left>the
task to Americas big relief organiza-
,,9n: X. King "a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sa yeni.
ALREADY testified their gratitude for
this assistance which was made pos
sible tn 'ough the generosity of the
&American people.
Twenty-four hours after the sign
] ing Of the arlnistice the Red Cross
established relief stations at every
point in Bulgaria, Turkey and Mace-
TINS of the war were likelY~to come.
1t dispatched trainload after train
load of supplies -to-the areas inSwhich
suffering was Known to be worst
The stream of 7refugees has not yet
: ceased, and the work Of the Red
Cross continues. There MAS been
serious development u. typhus nc
NNN A6SS0 ~
Drama and this city.
Edward Walker of Luray. Va. q
young officer in the. American Red
Cress, gave his life in fighting the
disease. Three American nurses have
also been stricken but are recovering
in Greek hospitals.
n Some of the experiences ! of the
Americans in relieving the great
misery among the refugees have been
, tragic. "a woman Red C:oss worker
Z Thugs describss q typical day spent by
sLiehtenant, Abner Cobb >of Denver,
Il Cdlo., at his lonely Red Cross relief
\ station at. Xanthi: =
n. With the assistance Of two Greek
boys he fed from 500 to 1000 people,
administered to the sick. and gave
~out-rations of bread and soup and
rice, and that day had been able to
add bully beef to his rations.
"There were AS airs on the side
tracks loaded to the limit, forty to
sixty persons to the a These refu-
their donkeys. pigs, chickens, sheep,
goats and personal effects. From a
few of the cars cows poked their
heads. In this environment one baby
has been born rs
Lieutenant Cobb numbers the cars
when they come in and counts the in
mates, chalking their number up or
LIE. OuLSlUc VI l1lC CdTS< I1LS hlICIl0I
is on the tracks. He selects four per.
som from each a to come after the
food, bringing with them their owr
receptacles. In that way they are
cared for swiftly and without con.
fusion. After everything is served, hi
goes through the train to see that nj
one has been overlooked.
"On this train was the governor Of
Zichni and his wife, both pitfull,
wasted. He had been deportet
eighteen months before to Bulgaria
together with 81 Others from hi
town.. Thifty-seven of his party diet
of ill treatment in Bulgaria." Thu
same observer, writing regarding
visit to the American Red Cross sta
ton at4Kavalias,ssays:s -fsbs
"Today there are-foweaE than $1,000
inhabitants in Kavalla. When tn
Bulgacs evacuated the,<2town the,
looted it Systematically, stripped tn!
stores and banks, took all the foo
and swept the homes bare, taking no
only all the furnishings but all tn
window glass, door and window fix
lures, electric light wires, door knobs
etc. .,t
pore than 1900 years as the HON,
Of a peculiarly. deadly: form of ma
larian fever, the road guns to Dram'
where the American RED Cross ha
another relief station. The plague
raging throughout the valley. Their
has been an unusual number o
deaths. as there is ATTACK not only o
doctors but Of medicines"