 the sixteenth of July we reached the Bosphorus, four months and six
days from the time we started out from Constantinople for the interior,
glad of the privilege and power we have enjoyed as messengers to carry
some of the gifts that have been entrusted to your care by the people of
America for the innocent, unfortunate sufferers of Anatolia.

Wherever we have met the missionaries, Protestant or Catholic, we have
found them devoting most, if not all, of their time to the work of
relieving the suffering about them, regardless of sect or nationality;
but in all cases their fields of work have been greater than their
strength or their means. With them we have worked always harmoniously
and without consciousness of difference of place or creed; and to them
and to many others we are indebted for courtesies and for hospitalities
that will always be remembered with gratitude.

The real work of the relief expedition was greatly aided by the hearty
co-operation of every European and American resident with whom we came
in contact. Each did all in his power for our aid, and we regret that
space forbids our telling how each gave his support and help.

At Egin we will ever remember the generous hospitality during our short
stay with the families of Nicoghos Agha Jangochyan and Alexander Effendi
Kasabyan, noblemen, who by their energy and liberality saved the city
and people from destruction, while the country round about was being
plundered and burned, and who gave us great assistance in furnishing
tools and implements to this section of the country.

Not long after leaving Egin we learned the sad news that these gentlemen
with nearly a thousand others had been killed. These families were the
centre of a large community of the most charming and cultivated people
we had met.

[Illustration: RED CROSS EXPEDITIONS PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF CATCH
BEARD.]

To the Turkish officials everywhere we are grateful for their careful
supervision of our personal safety, and for the general personal freedom
allowed ourselves wherever we