The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-09-11

Wis, who is pharmacist with tn
American Red Cross forces in Siberia
Meass, Siberia, July 13.
am about rs versts Ia verst i
about two-thirds of a mile) from
Chileobuisk, in the Ural mountains
1t is p. m. and am sitting in fin
berth Of an American R. C. car.
wish it were possible for me to writ
of the things before me as / look on
of the car window. We are right .
the front lines. Ten of thousands o.
Siberian troops are retiring before th'
Bolshevikis. Armed men are arount
us on every side. Feverish activity
of civil and military population fleeing
Dr.. Moufit, acting head of the Ameri-
can Red Cross in Siberia, has come
right to the front primarily to remove
a colony of 400 refugee children that
have been cared for by the Red Cross
since last November. am with q
party of five who have accompanied
DR.. Moufit. 1 have made several pic
lures of the children's arrival that
will be interesting to look at some
day. A few moments since, COM
pany of prisoners came by and they
are surely bad looking bunch. do
not know how l can write now, for
on every side is scene of intense in
terest and excitement. i have made
daily notes since leaving Vladivostok
and some day can group them per-
haps and when censorship has ceased
write you of the actual facts.
have not been of the train only for
a few hours since June IL. We have
been compelled to retire from
Chileobuisk with all our sup
plies and personnel. This
trip up this far is just to find out ex-
act conditions and get these children
out, as l have stated. Yesterday the
station police ordered US out, but we
told him init" which in common par
lance is nothing doing" until these
refugee children went also. They
seem to think we Americans don't
know when it is time to run. We
hope to get away tonight sometime.
You ought to have seen me doing
the "chef" act in our car this morn
ing and at noon. The nurses were
away after the children and between
transportation, getting the
400 children in from the colony that
is 18 versts from here, cooking our
own grub, attending to the struggling
we are some busy bunch.
You will understand that right now
we are in one big sleeping car and are
using the laundry room as a kitchen.
Have lots of fun, even though we see
so much grief. The stenographer, the
publicity lady reporter and the head
nurse of Siberia are the ladies in our
party. They left the car last night in
/ downpour of rain at midnight in
Russian droskey "a horse drawn We
licle) for the children's colony. DR.. {
Moufit and the interpreter had pre-
eded them. They got little sleep and
eturned about 2 p. m. today. The
,uard, the porter and Russian M. D. {
nd held the fort, and that is how S
anne to be cook for two meals. They
ay made good / don't know where
will be when l write again. My ev-
ming meal was just handed to me by
he present incumbent of the culinary :
apartment, so l must stop and eat. :
Iope to see you later if the Bolshevik :,
ont get us tonight before we get out :, .
July 14-Well, "old boy" if you !
YER have as much real life and ex- :
erience in 48 hours of your life as l :,
ave had in mine in the last 48 you !,
i'll be satisfied. Our cars for carry :,
lg the refugee children did not ar \
We until about 10 p. m. of the day I :,
;arted this letter to you. The ten :.
lrs provided are what is known as :,
'urth class in Russia. They are COM \,
on box cars with two small iron =
-op doors near the roof in each end n
.sides the ordinary sliding doors in p
e center. Platforms, sometimes one, N
metimes two, are built up in these N
RS, and it is in such holes as these -
at millions of sick, wounded and n.
ing people are conveyed across this 7 !;
range land. The car for our chill :,
en- were little better arranged than n
above described. 1t was some job =,
handle this big bunch, let me tell -
u, but they are handled by splen-
! bunch Of Russian men and women,
sides the members Of the American
rsonnel These children are from
classes Of the Russian population. pu
,st Of them; in fact quite all Of IS