. The American Red Cross in the great war . mergency, fifty tons of general suppUes werepurchased from the Serbian Commission for use in Mace-donia, and at the end of September, 1918, the special Com-mission for Greece set out with a personnel of that time, the whole situation in the Balkans hadchanged for the better: Bulgaria had capitulated; theflag of the Christian had been raised over Jerusalem; theRed Cross found itself in a more cheerful spiritual atmos-phere when the new Commission arrived at Saloniki. This,of course, was very close to the end of the war. With theobligations
. The American Red Cross in the great war . mergency, fifty tons of general suppUes werepurchased from the Serbian Commission for use in Mace-donia, and at the end of September, 1918, the special Com-mission for Greece set out with a personnel of that time, the whole situation in the Balkans hadchanged for the better: Bulgaria had capitulated; theflag of the Christian had been raised over Jerusalem; theRed Cross found itself in a more cheerful spiritual atmos-phere when the new Commission arrived at Saloniki. This,of course, was very close to the end of the war. With theobligations of the army removed, the way became at onceeasier and the Red Cross has since been steadily helpingGreece back to her hearthfires. A good-sized appropriationwas set aside for the rehabilitation of Greek refugees, whilearrangements were made for the shipment of 320 tons offoodstuffs monthly for a period of three months, comingfrom Italian ports to the Piraeus and the Island of Mitylene. In the city of Athens, the children became the special. H 3 o Cq s o ^ +J w ^ g o a [/J d THE TRAGEDY OF THE EAST 261 charge of the Red Cross as they have always been whereverthe Red Cross has gone. Centers for the care of childrenof employed mothers were opened, and a daily milk rationprovided for; while sewing rooms were opened not onlyin Athens but on the islands of Chios, Samos, and Mitylenein the ^Egean Sea and in Serres, Kavalla, and Drama, theMacedonian centers of Red Cross work. In addition tothis, a number of Greek women were given special trainingin care of children and home hygiene, — after the mannerfollowed in France, — and by which the trained women inthe r61e of visiting practical nurses could take the childwelfare idea into the Greek homes. The Red Cross wasalso able to go into Bulgarian territory and give some com-fort to a mmiber of Greek prisoners in internment campsthere. The Red Cross came late to Greece, perhaps, but morethan one report says that its presence had a most
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