Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
GREEK DEST|TUTES
A|DEDBY RED CROSS
Stream of Refugees Cared For
and Fed by American
Mercy Society.
SICK FOR UNDERGOING
Women Come Begging Single
Loaf of Bread, and Children
Plead for Food

HANTilI, GREECE, May 3l-Grcecc
~ indebted to tho United States for
many things, but she probably viii
remember longest the aid given by
me american Red Cross to the $4,000
q. more refugees who have been com
Ing oack from Bulgaria and Asia Minor
INcE every road and mountain pass
Unable through its own agencies to
tare Tor this immense number OF
S s;,nnt and destitute people. the
Eins NoHandcr. Premier Ncnizeios and
Inc Greek government have already
. .St,I 'heir gratitude for this as
distance. which wa3 made possible
rnroush the generosity of the .,mcri-
Iwennty-four hours after tho sign
lug Of tho armisticc the RED cross
Established relief stations AZ crcry
no,H;. u, IN Ru iis,, .Turkey and Mace
,tms Of tho war Mere likely TO come
dlsraichcd train load after train
t ~ gI sunntses to Inc areas in which
stream of Refugees Continues.
The, stream OF refugees has no, sc,
ceased and tho work Of the Red Cross
SG!' ,I S9eS on on, There has been ssri
refugees Guartcred IN Cavilla. Drama
.ds ard Waite, OF Luray. Va =
.i,ea>s; three American nurse have
Iliness has not proved fatal and they
are now recovering IN Greek hos
ritals.
some Of the experiences OF the .,r1erl-
cans IN relieving the great misery
among the refugees may be Of in
Red cross worker thus describes a
tEpieal day spent BY Lieutenant Abner
n ne6 Of Of pen}TIer' col, a, his lonely
With the assistance OF Two Greek
noys. nc ted from 500 TO 1000 people
rations OF bread soup ard rice, ana
that day had hccn able TO add bully
beef TO his ratons.
Brought Their rnraphcrnaIia.
side tracks loaded TO the limit. forty
20 siAty people 10 the car. The refu-
gees carried with them IN the cars
goats and the n'tisceiianeous assort.
mcnt OF ,raraphernaiia which might
T. termed personal effects, From q
That morning, a fen minutes after
lieutenant Cobb boarded The rain, a
q siri OF cighissn. lay in The middle
OF the car shrickinS, group OF NO
men about her and i small donkey and
.orty;;three human beings and their
poor belongings crowded into the place.
Licutenant Cobb numbers tho cars
nen shs ehaEns ,h h and mum S SS ss
tho outside Of the ears. Ills kitchen
is on the tracks. lie selects four poo
NE from can CAT 10 CONC after ING
food. bringing. with ,hcm their own
!ece7taclcs. IN that way they are
cared for swiftly and without coriu
sion. After everything is sery"d he
socs through the train to sec that no
one has been overlooked.
Had Many Ailments.
He reported considerable. sickness.
colds, malaria, dysentery. bad teeth.
sna ,erriS!e need g q Hsi;4a
g.Na
The Buisars had shown disposition
10 be disaErecsbie when he frs, came
but were now his great friends and
IN one case girl, who had been
shoekinsiy m's,rsated had lost her
pn,nd ana her rower o: speech She
Icred ike an animal. She was horri-
by thin and wasted and .piteously
~ three years had badly infected eyes.
Duned and swollen from lack OF food.
TO add TO her misery she had broken
IS. There were dozens OF cases OF in
fected eyes aboard and Two or three
children were already blind.
a little girl of twelve. small and
tee: we're bare and, her few clothes
svoicn, as ot,en the ca na"f IN 1 the
final stages of starvation. After being
sSiyen stockings and shoes she told
I<arnaba, and her mother dropped
dead on the train after they started
An American nurse found that the girl
WAS 10 become mother.
Many OF Pnrty Died.
Also on the train was the Governor
OF Hlchni and his wife. both pititully
wasted. TIc had been dcported ciEh-
tccn months before to Shumcn camp
in Bulgaria. together with ninety
seven others from his town THIRTY
seven of his party died of Entertainment
il Bulgaria.
The RulgarS who sazed at the
Creek refugees in tho villages through
which the train passed also looked
hard pressed for food and clothes
Many children were barefooted and
the women we're in RAGS. There were
no potatoes in the town and meat Is
Very rare.
Many Bulgar women came to beg
a loaf OF bread from tho American
Red Cross. One old woman who was
given loaf wanted to Kiss our hands
The tears streamod down her face
There were children. too-lttle bare.
footed wrctches shiverns in tho cold
wind and holding out pleading hands
for bread
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